If you are a slashdot reader you likely have the skills to make it work in Canada. Buy a Series 1 TiVo from ebay and go to here http://www.tivocanada.com.
You can do most of what you want by using TyTools - get stuff off of a TiVo and edit it. You can then convert to mpeg or DVD. I am not sure if it works for S2 TiVos, but it works fine for Series 1.
It is unlikley you will ever be able to edit on the TiVo, but you will not be able to do that with the cable company box either. And the cable boxes have a very poor UI compared to TiVo.
I prefer MusicMatch. Problems with iTunes:
Will not downsample when moving to iPod - I ripped my MP3s at 256k, but I want them at 128k on my iPod.
iTunes forces you to have song name in the first column of the library. I want artist - you cannot change this in iTunes.
iTunes is slow at ripping MP3s - MusicMatch is 50% faster at ripping than iTunes.
iTunes is SSSSSLLLLLLOOOOOOWWWW
iTunes music store is unavailable to 95% of the population of planet earth. I live in Canada so I can't use this service.
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If you are a slashdot reader you likely have the skills to make it work in Canada. Buy a Series 1 TiVo from ebay and go to here http://www.tivocanada.com.
You can do most of what you want by using TyTools - get stuff off of a TiVo and edit it. You can then convert to mpeg or DVD. I am not sure if it works for S2 TiVos, but it works fine for Series 1. It is unlikley you will ever be able to edit on the TiVo, but you will not be able to do that with the cable company box either. And the cable boxes have a very poor UI compared to TiVo.
You need to install vserver on your TiVo - but this is quite possible for both S1 and S2 TiVos
I also find iTunes is also much weaker at editing MP3 tags. MM's auto-tagging function, or whatever it's called, is very good.
I prefer MusicMatch. Problems with iTunes: Will not downsample when moving to iPod - I ripped my MP3s at 256k, but I want them at 128k on my iPod. iTunes forces you to have song name in the first column of the library. I want artist - you cannot change this in iTunes. iTunes is slow at ripping MP3s - MusicMatch is 50% faster at ripping than iTunes. iTunes is SSSSSLLLLLLOOOOOOWWWW iTunes music store is unavailable to 95% of the population of planet earth. I live in Canada so I can't use this service.