My wife hardly every used the computer until I got a DVR, now she uses it all the time. At least now she's more willing to let me spend the money on a bigger hard drive.
I never owned a Tivo, so I couldn't point out advantages or disavantages, that said I would suggest you get a PVR card for your PC, I bought the WinTV-PVR-350 and it works pretty good (albeit a little buggy), it should cover all the bases you mentioned above. Also, you can output it to your tv if you don't like watching on your p.c. monitor.
My wife hardly every used the computer until I got a DVR, now she uses it all the time. At least now she's more willing to let me spend the money on a bigger hard drive.
I never owned a Tivo, so I couldn't point out advantages or disavantages, that said I would suggest you get a PVR card for your PC, I bought the WinTV-PVR-350 and it works pretty good (albeit a little buggy), it should cover all the bases you mentioned above. Also, you can output it to your tv if you don't like watching on your p.c. monitor.
you normally want to brush up on a language BEFORE you actually do any travelling and attempt to be at all fluent with a new language.
He mostly blamed the editor, not the writers, you would expect these errors to be caught in a publication that hires an editor.