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Man, I got a DVR system with my satellite dish in July. Best investment I've ever made. We use it constantly. What a great tool...
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Man, I got a DVR system with my satellite dish in July. Best investment I've ever made. We use it constantly. What a great tool...
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I have two dual-tuner 35hr DirecTivos - they were $70 bucks each at Best Buy. I can record 4 shows simultaneously.
<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>
<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>
<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>
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The only drawback is that my wife's friend has a DISH two-tuner PVR, and it can output two different shows to two different TVs at the same time. Mine won't. It's not horrible, since both Tivos and TVs are in the same room. We use the second one mainly for my daughter's shows (we have 3-4 episodes of each of her favorite shows saved. It beats having to look for them in real time, assuming they are on at that time.) I also have it recording 80's videos from MTV, and every few weeks I sit and watch those for nostalgia's sake.
<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>
<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>
<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>
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DVR's are the diggity I've had one now since June 1999 and I really don't ever see NOT having one - MAN, I'm broke BUT I'd donate blood to pay for the TiVo service!
DVR's in use
Dish Network PVR510: 120-140 hours (Stock - 120gig HD)
TiVo Brand TiVo Series II TCD24004A: 168 hours (Hacked 160gig HD)
Unused DVR's
Philips TiVo PTV100: 14 hours (Stock 13.6gig HD)
Philips TiVo Series I HDR112: 14 hours (Stock 13.6gig HD)
Philips TiVo Series I DSR6000 DirecTiVo: 30-36 hours (Stock 30gig HD)
Philips TiVo Series I HDR112: 0 hours (No HD)
Philips TiVo Series I HDR212: 0 hours (No HD)
Panasonic PV-HS2000 Replay Showstopper: 0 hours (No HD)
Sony TiVo Sat-T60 DirecTiVo: 0 hours (No HD)
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Originally posted by: Rikter
I worked for TiVo for 2 years (in support and beta) and I still say that the TiVo offers the BEST features - my Series 2 is networked and with the HOME MEDIA OPTION I can browse all my MP3's and pictures on my TV
DVR's are the diggity I've had one now since June 1999 and I really don't ever see NOT having one - MAN, I'm broke BUT I'd donate blood to pay for the TiVo service!
DVR's in use
Dish Network PVR510: 120-140 hours (Stock - 120gig HD)
TiVo Brand TiVo Series II TCD24004A: 168 hours (Hacked 160gig HD)
Unused DVR's
Philips TiVo PTV100: 14 hours (Stock 13.6gig HD)
Philips TiVo Series I HDR112: 14 hours (Stock 13.6gig HD)
Philips TiVo Series I DSR6000 DirecTiVo: 30-36 hours (Stock 30gig HD)
Philips TiVo Series I HDR112: 0 hours (No HD)
Philips TiVo Series I HDR212: 0 hours (No HD)
Panasonic PV-HS2000 Replay Showstopper: 0 hours (No HD)
Sony TiVo Sat-T60 DirecTiVo: 0 hours (No HD)
Rik: Have you heard about some people reporting that on their TiVo units they've noticed shows that have been "flagged" for deletion by the system after a certain amount of time? I believe the official line from the company was that they were testing this technology but have no intentions of deploying it. Pretty much the people who were targeted believe that it's the first steps in copyright holders protecting themselves by not allowing someone to retain copies for an extended period of time.
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I own a Toshiba RD-XS32. Its a DVD-burner with a 80GB hard drive, which allows me to record off TV the same way a normal tape deck would.
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Rik: Have you heard about some people reporting that on their TiVo units they've noticed shows that have been "flagged" for deletion by the system after a certain amount of time?
- Yes, I've heard of this but have not had it happen myself BUT I've had this happen in the past during beta software. NOW I know that when this has happened in the past the honest reason was that TiVo Suggestions and all TiVo recordings are kept on the HD for a set amount of time OR if a new recording has a hight priority then recorded shows NOW back in the tivo would start to delete shows as the HD filled up; suggestions first then recorded shows - some of the first software versions would auto delete shows in 7 days in order to make room for more recordings.
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I believe the official line from the company was that they were testing this technology but have no intentions of deploying it. Pretty much the people who were targeted believe that it's the first steps in copyright holders protecting themselves by not allowing someone to retain copies for an extended period of time.
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I also know that TiVo has been against the wall for some time and the MPAA is not gonna back down SO this MAY very well be a sign...
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QuoteTivo is a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) device with a subscriber service.
Originally posted by: theredbaron
Call me a Phillistine, but what is a TiVo? I hear all these American Hollywood stars talking about it in awards ceremonies and on Oprah, but I don't think they've been released in Australia yet (although I'm probably wrong). Is it just a brand of set-top box? What kind of features does it have?
The base equipment is basically a VCR that saves to a computer hard drive instead of tape. The advantages are that rewind and fast forward are practically instantaneous and you can save a LOT of stuff on one.
The subscriber service, which requires a phone line/network connection, offers a number of automated features.
There is the TV listings system. Every night, the system downloads the next days lists, so you can browse what is going to be on without a TV Guide.
Also (and this is the big feature), there is the ability to input a show name, and it will do the programming work related to recording every instance of that show. For example, say you want it to record Seinfeld. It will search the TV listings for every Seinfeld show listed, and automatically set itself to record them.
That's too lazy for me. I'm perfectly happy programming what I want recorded. The benefit I have is that I can then burn the stuff to DVD-R...WITH a decent menu system.
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Starkiller, you missed one cool thing about the subscription... when, for example, you set your TiVo to find all the episodes of Lost to record, you can either tell it to record every instance of the show or just new episodes. With shows that are in syndication and still have new episodes on, this is great, because, otherwise, you will wind up with a TiVo full of King of Queens episodes, both old and new, when all you really wanted to see was the new stuff. But, if you are trying to catch up on the old stuff as well, then you're not just stuck with the new episodes. TiVo automatically finds them all regardless of time, date, and station.
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Originally posted by: starkillerAlso (and this is the big feature), there is the ability to input a show name, and it will do the programming work related to recording every instance of that show. For example, say you want it to record Seinfeld. It will search the TV listings for every Seinfeld show listed, and automatically set itself to record them.
right. at first glance, TiVo is physically the same as any digital video recorder. saves TV broadcasts as MPEG files, plays MPEG files. simple enough. but what they're actually selling, especially since the recorder itself is sold for so little (or given away, even), is the convenience provided by the interface. the ability to easily search and record things, record multiple episodes of your favorite series (even when they're shown at irregular hours) without having to select each episode individually... and the option to automatically record things which you might never have thought to record, yourself, based on genre/actor/director/etc preferences. the system essentially learns your tastes, by accepting your "i enjoy this show"/"i don't enjoy this show" responses via the remote control. it's a way of sorting through a large selection of channels and finding shows that you actually wish to see.
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Bossk (or anyone else that knows), with the just recording the new eps or recording all. Can the Tivo pick up episode title/number so it only records each episode once even if its shown on 2 different stattions
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Ours is not a brand name TiVo, but it seems to not record episodes that are duplicates of something it recorded say in a two week period (even if you've deleted it). After that it will record the same episode again.
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Originally posted by: Darth Simon
Bossk (or anyone else that knows), with the just recording the new eps or recording all. Can the Tivo pick up episode title/number so it only records each episode once even if its shown on 2 different stattions
-Darth Simon
Ours is not a brand name TiVo, but it seems to not record episodes that are duplicates of something it recorded say in a two week period (even if you've deleted it). After that it will record the same episode again.
with TiVo, it depends on the complete-ness of the guide info. if the guide contains detailed info for a series, like episode title and description, then TiVo will be able to avoid recording each episode more than once. however, if it's a series that typically does not have a detailed listing in the guide, then TiVo will have problems with it. it shouldn't have any problem with most of the popular weekly series, but if you're interested in recording something like a news broadcast, talkshow, or syndicated series that's shown more than once per day, there's some chance that it will try to record duplicates. you could go into the "to do" list and remove the duplicates from the list, although that might get slightly tiresome.
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Originally posted by: Bossk
3RA1N1AC is right... it all depends on your cable service provider and their program listings. TiVo is only as good as the cable provider. I had set my TiVo to record the entire season of Tommy Lee Goes to College (morbid curiosity... sorry).
Awww, Bossk, I am soooo disappointed.
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