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It's official. You don't have to pay $800 to pick up a high definition TiVo. The new TiVo HD is available from TiVo's website for $299.

All the details are pretty much what we had expected:

• Dual CableCards, located at the front
• M-Card support for tuning two channels with one card
• Support for analog cable (standard definition) and ATSC over the air high definition recording
• No OLED front display
• No THX certification
• Comes with the standard Series2 remote control, not the Series3 remote
• 160GB hard drive for recording 180 hours of standard def or 20 hours of high def programming

You can also pre-order upgraded units with larger hard drives from DVRupgrade and WeaKnees.

Dave Zatz has been playing around with one for a few weeks and he's impressed. He also managed to grab a video of the new opening sequence, which you can check out after the jump.