Rabid TiVo Fanaticism

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Posted by michael on Sunday April 20, 2003 @09:58AM from the evangelical dept.

surfacearea writes "The New York Times [free reg] is running an article that, without sounding like over-the-top blatant product placement discusses the reasons why TiVo owners are at times frighteningly fanatical. Personally, I won't bother to find out first hand until they slap a recordable DVD drive in there."

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Thanks Google! by FsG · 2003-04-20 10:02 · Score: 5, Informative

Thanks to google, here is a URL that doesn't require registration to read. Enjoy!
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/fashion/20TIVO.h tml?ex=1051416000&en=a77422bb2a91649e&ei=5062&part ner=GOOGLE

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Re:I need just three things to replace my vcr by microbob · 2003-04-20 10:11 · Score: 4, Informative

You can do #1 already. My TiVo has dual tuners so I can watch one channel and record another. If you don't have dual tuners, then you can record a channel and watch a pre-recorded show.

As to #3, I don't care to record HDTV, but I would like a HD decoder built in. Once I got my TiVo I've not turned on my Proscan HD decoder since. It just collects dust until something really good comes on in HD (like Band of Brothers).

M.B.
Re:I need just three things to replace my vcr by LoadStar · 2003-04-20 10:19 · Score: 5, Informative

You can do #1 already. My TiVo has dual tuners so I can watch one channel and record another. If you don't have dual tuners, then you can record a channel and watch a pre-recorded show.

You missed that the poster said he has cable, specifically digital cable. The dual tuner PVR is manufactured by and for DirecTV with TiVo Technology - it doesn't work with cable. Neither TiVo nor ReplayTV make a cable-compatible PVR with dual tuners.
Rip from your TiVo by pcwhalen · 2003-04-20 12:29 · Score: 4, Informative

I had my TiVo modded to add 2 120 gig HDs [can't go bigger because of a BIOS deal...] and have over 300 hours of viewing goodness. That's over 10 DAYS of programming. That's a lot of SpongeBob. If I wanted, there is an Ethernet add-in that ostensibly allows the"daily call" [for programming info] to be made over your broadband connection. It also allows you to telnet to the TiVo and take programs off the unit to your computer HD for transfer to CD or DVD. Pretty much they are MPEG files with additional info for the TiVo OS. Try Ninthtee for info.

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Re:A TiVo Feature I'd Like by Bleck · 2003-04-20 12:44 · Score: 5, Informative

You know what TiVo feature I'd like? I'd like the ability to specify that I only want X episodes of a show recorded, but to not keep replacing those X episodes unless I've deleted them. Right now, you can specify that you want 2 episodes, but the TiVo will keep recording the latest aired episodes regardless of whether you've touched those two.

Actually, TiVo already does that -- we use that feature quite often. Just set the "Keep Until" date to the "Keep Until I Delete" option (green-dot mode). That will make it record the shows, and since it won't erase them until you do it manually, it will stop recording any newer ones; it won't overwrite them. Works like a charm!

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