Tonight on NOVA....

I'm so happy with TiVO,

If I had to go back to watching commercials, I'd quit watching TV.

Who watches commercials? That's why the remote control was
invented!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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

On Jan 31, 1:45 pm, (Don Poitras) wrote:
Paul Tomblin wrote:
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.

And if you happen to be in front of the TV it will change the channel
on you. How irritating. Single tuner DVRs are so old.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:
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

My dishnetwork dvr has two tuners also.

"Mike Proctor" wrote in message
. ..
Robert M. Gary wrote:
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

My dishnetwork dvr has two tuners also.

As does my Cox Cable HD DVR.

I also have an alternate input which allows me to at least watch the basic
channels (2-99) in the event both signal paths of the DVR are tied up.

Jay B

In article ,
Mike Proctor wrote:

My dishnetwork dvr has two tuners also.

My DVR has two tuners. No TIVO, no cable box. Just a recorder.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

In article . com,
Robert M. Gary wrote:
On Jan 31, 1:45 pm, (Don Poitras) wrote:
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.

And if you happen to be in front of the TV it will change the channel
on you. How irritating. Single tuner DVRs are so old.

Who watches live TV? Series3 TiVos and DirecTiVo are dual
tunner, btw.

I've got a single tunner Series2 TiVo, and it has never been a
problem.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

http://www.byopvr.com/
http://www.sagetv.com/
http://www.dvrplayground.com/article/12576/

OK, right, maybe not "much" better. Some assembly required. But you
do get your privacy. The only reason Tivo sends your requests back to
HQ is to peddle the info to marketeers. Oh, right, they consolidate
it first. For now.
--
Microsoft: "You've got questions. We've got dancing paperclips."

On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:01:04 -0800, Bob Fry
wrote in :

The only reason Tivo sends your requests back to
HQ is to peddle the info to marketeers.

The telephone connection isn't required to watch/record TV. It's only
used for Pay Per View, so there's no reason not to disconnect it.

On Jan 31, 7:59 pm, (John Clear) wrote:
In article . com,
Robert M. Gary wrote:

On Jan 31, 1:45 pm, (Don Poitras) wrote:
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.

And if you happen to be in front of the TV it will change the channel
on you. How irritating. Single tuner DVRs are so old.

Who watches live TV? Series3 TiVos and DirecTiVo are dual
tunner, btw.

Timeslip

-Robert