Tonight on NOVA....

Paul Tomblin wrote:
In a previous article, Bob Fry said:
"LD" == Larry Dighera writes:
LD You mean to tell me you don't have a Tevo DVR? It's time to
LD join the 21st century. :-)

You mean you still use TiVo?? You are so last century. There's free
or cheap alternatives that are much better and no monthly fees.

Nobody who has ever used both a TiVo and the free or cheap alternatives
would say that they're "much better". The user interface for MythTV and
your average cable company DVR sucks donkey dongs compared to TiVo. And
a TiVo box is extremely cheap compared to a decent PC to run MythTV on,
which has to be balanced against the $7/month cost of the TiVo service.

This is one of those cases where being an early adopter has its benefits.
I have a Series 1 TiVo with lifetime subscription. I put in a larger hard
drive and ethernet card and now I've got a system with no monthly fee that's
easy to use and works with my DirecTV box. I can "backup" any show, edit
out commercials and burn DVDs. And if I happen to be at work when someone
posts that a cool airplane show is on that night, I use my browser to tell
my TiVo to record it. Yes, I'm a geek.

--
Paul Tomblin

--
Don Poitras

On Jan 31, 11:46 am, (Paul Tomblin) wrote:
In a previous article, Bob Fry said:

"LD" == Larry Dighera writes:
LD You mean to tell me you don't have a Tevo DVR? It's time to
LD join the 21st century. :-)

You mean you still use TiVo?? You are so last century. There's free
or cheap alternatives that are much better and no monthly fees.

Nobody who has ever used both a TiVo and the free or cheap alternatives
would say that they're "much better". The user interface for MythTV and
your average cable company DVR sucks donkey dongs compared to TiVo. And
a TiVo box is extremely cheap compared to a decent PC to run MythTV on,
which has to be balanced against the $7/month cost of the TiVo service.

Plus DirecTivo is the only interface I'm aware of that supports two
tuners. These old fashion guys with their Media Center or other "free"
DVR system actually have to change what they are watching when the DVR
wants to record something. Man, I'm happy I don't live in the dark
ages.

-Robert

You mean to tell me you don't have a Tevo DVR?
It's time to join the 21st century. :-)

It's funny you should ask. Just the other day, during the playoffs, I
discovered a "record" button on my cable TV remote. I asked my son
"What's that?" -- and he casually responded "Oh, that's for the DVR"

I was astounded. This box has been in my house for over a year, and I
had no idea it was a DVR! I decided to record the Bear's victory
over Seattle, as a test run...

Unfortunately, when it came time to play it back, neither my son nor I
could find a "play" button in any of the menus. The thing has
apparently dutifully recorded the game, but there is no software
button for "play" -- at least in our cable TV package.

I suppose that's available for an extra monthly fee...?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
You mean to tell me you don't have a Tevo DVR?
It's time to join the 21st century. :-)

It's funny you should ask. Just the other day, during the playoffs, I
discovered a "record" button on my cable TV remote. I asked my son
"What's that?" -- and he casually responded "Oh, that's for the DVR"

I was astounded. This box has been in my house for over a year, and I
had no idea it was a DVR! I decided to record the Bear's victory
over Seattle, as a test run...

Unfortunately, when it came time to play it back, neither my son nor I
could find a "play" button in any of the menus. The thing has
apparently dutifully recorded the game, but there is no software
button for "play" -- at least in our cable TV package.

DishNetwork has a DVR button on the remote that gets you into a menu to playback
stuff you record.

My DTV remote has a button called "List" that gets you into a similar menu.
Jim

On 31 Jan 2007 06:24:55 -0800, "Jay Honeck" wrote
in .com:

Unfortunately, when it came time to play it back, neither my son nor I
could find a "play" button in any of the menus.

The buttons you want should be on the remote. There should be a
'List' button to see what has been recorded, and a '|' (that's an
arrowhead) button to play the selected recording.

Larry Dighera wrote:
On 31 Jan 2007 06:24:55 -0800, "Jay Honeck" wrote
in .com:

Unfortunately, when it came time to play it back, neither my son nor I
could find a "play" button in any of the menus.

The buttons you want should be on the remote. There should be a
'List' button to see what has been recorded, and a '|' (that's an
arrowhead) button to play the selected recording.

When you pushed the record button did it come up with any kind of menu
or indication that it was actually recording? I have 2 Motorola cable
boxs. 1 has a DVR built in and the other does not but the remotes are
the same and the boxes look the same from the outside. While I swear by
my Tivo on my standard definition TV upstairs, I went with the cable
company DVR downstairs because I wanted HD and at the time Tivo had not
come out with their HD DVR. While I still prefer the TIVO, the cable
company box works well enough and bottom line is it's cheaper then the
Tivo. You should be able to swap out your standard cable box for one
with a DVR for another 10.00 per month

Jay,
If you dont' have it already, get the Discovery Channel DVD's on
SpaceShipOne. Absolutely incredibly well done. Beyond inspiring. I
probably have watched the first DVD 50+ times. By far the best flying
"movie" I've ever seen. Burt Rutan should win a Nobel Prize. Only
problem is which category?

Gerald

If you dont' have it already, get the Discovery Channel DVD's on
SpaceShipOne. Absolutely incredibly well done. Beyond inspiring. I
probably have watched the first DVD 50+ times. By far the best flying
"movie" I've ever seen. Burt Rutan should win a Nobel Prize. Only
problem is which category?

Is that the one entitled "Black Sky"?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"