I got Tivo

Wow! We have ReplayTV too, and we have a video server rack-mounted in the garage (right next to our Prius) that is also running DVArchive, a hypercool setup indeed.

We have about 300 episodes of The Simpsons, virtually every episode of Futurama, and maybe 100 episodes of Iron Chef all ready to watch on demand.

We also have a White BC '05 like you do, Bill.

 

www.tivocommunity.com

 

Hi GreenSteve,
Not only that we're both 56, my birthday is 3/27. Never been to California though. Happy New Year.
Bill

 

Right, tivocommunity.com. Also www.dealdatabase.com (which seems to look like some kind of search-engine-fishing site until you click the Forum link at the top right) has more technical discussion. Those guys aren't afraid to talk about things like extracting video from TiVo, which TiVo themselves seem to dislike. I believe mentioning dealdatabase.com on TiVo Community is a bannable offense or something, so they apparently don't want people to find out about the things they do there.

Oh well.

When you try that code, make sure you're playing a recorded show (from Now Playing) and not watching live TV.

Hope this helps!

--Michael Spencer

 

Yikes! Sounds like an awful lot of work! The ReplayTV remote has a built-in 30 second skip forward button that used to get more of a workout before I discovered the x-minute skip functionality...

 

I don't think you're being fair, Ms. Piggy. An awful lot of work? I disagree.

We still respect you even though you didn't buy a TiVo.

 

I've had ReplayTV's since 1999 and we've had 30 second skip since the beginning. How often do you have to do those key strokes? If it's more than once to permanently change your unit then I agree with Ms. Piggy that would be an awful lot of work.

With ReplayTV we also have scene change. Hitting the right arrow takes you from your current postion through any commercials to the start of the next scene.

For High Defiition we also have two Comcast Motorola 6412 DVR's.

 

Yeah, it's pretty much once per the lifetime of the unit.

(If you have a power failure you have to enter the code again, but that doesn't happen that often. It's less work than setting the date/time on your VCR, that's for sure. Definitely not significant enough to warrant purchasing one brand over another, so it's not really fair to say "wow, that's a lot of work, I'm sure glad I bought ReplayTV instead" because of it.)

--Michael Spencer

 

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Well, I never said that's the reason I chose my ReplayTV unit, but now that you tell me the code drops out every time there's a power failure, it makes me even happier not to have a Tivo.

 

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Exactly. I've had mine for almost 2 years now, and I will never go back. However, I despair at the thought of being a TiVo marketing guy. You have to have one for a week or two to "get it". Thank goodness for all the unpaid testamonials from celebraties et. al. (The best one I saw was Rick Reilly on the back page of Sports Illustrated.)

And a lot of it is the software -- TiVo's is head and shouders better than what I've seen of the competitions'. When I first started looking at DVRs, all I wanted was the hardware -- the ability to pause while watching "live" TV. It's the ability to be able to see "what's coming" a week in advance, the "saved search" WishLists, and the "Season Pass" feature that really make this thing invaluable.

Without a doubt, the best place to get started with TiVo. The PriusChat of TiVo. Very nice folks, very helpful -- and they will help you get through the problems, like Season Passes and NBC/ABC 1-minute delays in starting.
:cussing:

 

Some more observations on using TiVo

A few points from my own experience that I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere:

• , thanks to the easy-to-use "Save to VCR" TiVo function.
  
  And after a few weeks, they won't even worry about trying to VCR their favorite shows. They'll just have you do it. I kept my entire division in Buffy, Angel and Alias for the last few years. I should have charged for it. :roll:
  
• Switch TiVo "Suggestions" on. No, I rarely watch the things my TiVo suggests for me; but they will never delete/kick out something you've purposefully recorded. What's more, the easiest way to tell how close to "full" your TiVo is, is to see how many "Tivo Suggestions" programs are currently stored. If you're down to one or two, you're TiVo hard disk is close to full.
  
• This summer, after I had "caught up" on my saved programs, and there was very little on, I upgraded my TiVo to a larger hard drive via weaknees.com. Excellent move. I've now got about 45-50 hours at the very best quality on the TiVo. This is great for grabbing whole seasons of stuff when there's a marathon on.
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    Welcome to the club, Evan! artytime:

 

Evan,

Try this site:

http://customersupport.tivo.com/knowbase/r...blic/tv1533.htm

 

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Select the program you wish to save to VCR from the "Now Playing" section of Tivo. Among the options you can select (besides Play and Delete) is a "Save to VCR" option

I know TiVo allows folks to hook up their TiVo to a home network, but I'm unfamilar with what you can do, and can't do, there.

There are a number of third-party TiVo/DVD-burner combos out there now (Pioneer in particular) -- but that's not much of a help to you.

 

Holy crap, efusco! I can't believe I missed that news!

I'll definitely have to check my TiVo when I get home, and see if I have a sufficient version of the software.

--Michael Spencer