Do you own a tivo?

[scoobydiesel]

Hmmm them options sound good or no?

anyways iv had mine for about a year or so(maybe a little longer) and i love it...but i cant wait for series 3(the HD one) i just want the new one for the front LCD screen thing, so i can see what it is recording instead of the little red dot...

[Minty]

no point having the equivilant in the uk, were way behind the states (i.e lost series 1 only just finished)

so just download all my tv off the net, so im up to date with current US shows

[scoobydiesel]

ahh so sorry about that, lost season two was good then kinda slumped but now is for sure picking up after last night(but i bet you dl so should know this by now)

love the show ;D

[Minty]

lol, i have it about 6 hours after its aired in the states

season 2 was crap up until last night, and its now back to ok. season 1 was like the best viewing ever tho

[scoobydiesel]

I love tivo...

(goin to make a lost post)

[g4m3r7ag]

when is the hd one coming out, 3rd edition, not sure what you called it, cause my parents are thinking about getting one and if its coming out soon i might tell them to hold off for a little while

[scoobydiesel]

they showed it at CES they hope for later this year (dec?) but said it could be 07 tho....it looks nice

[g4m3r7ag]

well were not going to be able to wait that long, i used to download shows for my dad, not allowed anymore. so were gonna get a tivo

[Minty]

i used to download shows for my dad


isnt that illegal?!!!!

[scoobydiesel]

just buy a 80  hour series 2 for now(thats what i have)

[g4m3r7ag]

god dammit you said it

that was for minty, scoob always posting when i am

[doadea]

Yes I have a TIVO, in fact I have a original TIVO for my upstairs TV and a HD DVR for my basement TV. The great thing about the TIVO is the menu system...it's second to none. It's so much better than the menu system on my HD DVR. However, Tivo (at least the normal Tivo boxs 40 hour...80 hour etc) does NOT support HDTV or digital surround sound. There is a satellite TIVO unit that does, but that is $500.

The differnce between a TIVO and a DVR is the menu system to get around. TIVO has a patent on their menu system and it's so simple a child could do it. Plus it has the cool clicking sound.

[Tron]

i have dvr with two satelittes, so i can tape two shows and watch a third, powned.

[g4m3r7ag]

whats the difference between these two, besides color and price

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=4793138&type=product&productCategoryId=cat03021&id=1051806252790

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6654836&type=product&productCategoryId=cat03021&id=1082742833318

[scoobydiesel]

not 100% but usly the black ones are llike for satalite or some crap, i have the greyish silver one...it works great

[g4m3r7ag]

after you get it hooked up do you have to call the cable or satallite company, or just have the account activated with tivo?

[scoobydiesel]

after its all hooked up and you turn it on, it takes like along time to laod everything up...but after that you have to give a credit card and what not thats about it, i have comcast digital cable and didnt have to call or nothing, was very easy just kinda slow

[TheIcemanCometh]

Yes, I have a Series 2 TiVo that I modded to put a second, 120GB drive in it. At the lowest quality setting, I can get about 188 hours of recording on it. ::)

Love TiVo.

[scoobydiesel]

ahhh nice mod, i know a company in san fran that add's any size hdd for you, its pretty sweet idea...but i just have my normal 80er

[doadea]

whats the difference between these two, besides color and price

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=4793138&type=product&productCategoryId=cat03021&id=1051806252790

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6654836&type=product&productCategoryId=cat03021&id=1082742833318


I think the first one you listed is a earlier model of the Tivo...no longer being made

[graf1k]

I got a HD DVR through Time Warner. It's a million times better than the one through Comcast I had in Maryland. I usually don't remember to watch shows or just don't have the time when they are on, except for The Wire and maybe 24.

[Krazie]

I could really use a tivo, but dont have one at the minute, i might consider getting one pretty soon..

[g4m3r7ag]

just bought one for my dad for his birthday, should have it hooked up soon seeing as how he wants it hooked up so he doesnt miss anything this week and his birthday isnt until the 11th, tell you guys what i think when its all hooked up

[scoobydiesel]

glad to see you guys bought one. hope you guys lvoe it, tell me how it sgoes

also what one did you get? jsut a 40 or something coolio ;)

jp 40's cool

[g4m3r7ag]

80 hour silver, series 2, im having some confusion with the whole phone line thing, i was arguing with the chick at best buy and my mom for like 10 minutes over, do you have to have it plugged in forever, or just to start the service, or not at all, we bought one of those 3 month subscription cards from bestbuy just to see if we liked it, so any help with this would be nice

[scoobydiesel]

80 is what i ahve(same one i ebt silver and what not) so ncie pick

as for the phone i always kept mine in for updates and waht not, im pretty sure you have to keep it in but if you hook it right up to the cable(or shitalite) it might work without the phone line, but it needs updates that i dont think it would get that way

i now have a Wifi thign hooked up to it(cost 40 dollars) so its alwasy hooked up...i still didnt unhook the phone line tho lol

read the booklet it should tell you, its not a big book(or the main one is but the simple set up isnt)

[g4m3r7ag]

updates meaning like the os stuff or like tv show delays because of sports and what not, because theirs only one phone line in our living room, so i guess a splitter and an extra phone cable would solve the problem, it doesnt tie up the phone like dial up does right

[scoobydiesel]

I honestly dont know if it ties anything up, im pretty sure it doesnt tho

it updates at werid random times like 3 in the morning and what not.

its for the OS to add new stuff(like i jsut got the Podcaster not to long ago)
but also updates the channle stuff liek what is airing when and stuff

but that part could be doenw ith just hooking it up to the cabkle box.


Id go buy a .99 cent spliter and a 2 dollar phoe cord(maybe up to 10 dollars matters how long a cord) and do it that way

thats how i actuly did it at first

[g4m3r7ag]

yea i think we have that stuff laying around anyways, we have lots of odd random stuff laying around the house

[scoobydiesel]

oh well there you go jsut do that then

also have you looked on the back of the tivo box to see if it has a DSL conector(ethernet whatever) if so you could plug that u8p to your router, but msot have it USB nto ethernet...like mine... :'(

[g4m3r7ag]

is it just me or does the tivo site take forever to load

[Crash]

I don't have a tivo yet, but am thinking about getting one. It would help to watch the shows that I like more easily, Always seem to have friends over playing games when my shows are on.

[doadea]

oh well there you go jsut do that then

also have you looked on the back of the tivo box to see if it has a DSL conector(ethernet whatever) if so you could plug that u8p to your router, but msot have it USB nto ethernet...like mine... :'(


I have a wireless USB network adapter hooked up to my TIVO. Similiar to the one I have for my 360. It works great.

[g4m3r7ag]

im gonna get the linksys usb200m usb adapter for it, run another ethernet cable in their for it, ones already there for the xbox, im gonna have to be a hub to hook to my router cause i think i just ran out of ports

[graf1k]

oh well there you go jsut do that then

also have you looked on the back of the tivo box to see if it has a DSL conector(ethernet whatever) if so you could plug that u8p to your router, but msot have it USB nto ethernet...like mine... :'(


I have a wireless USB network adapter hooked up to my TIVO. Similiar to the one I have for my 360. It works great.


Do you have the official 360 one? I tried a USB one from D Link first but it didn't work so I shelled out $90 for the 'official' one and I still hate that I did it...

[scoobydiesel]

I have one but i forgot what it was, it works great tho(for tivo nto 360)

[doadea]

I have a wireless USB network adapter hooked up to my TIVO. Similiar to the one I have for my 360. It works great.


Do you have the official 360 one? I tried a USB one from D Link first but it didn't work so I shelled out $90 for the 'official' one and I still hate that I did it...


Yes I have the official one from Microsoft....I did not mind buying it since I considered it a necessary evil. It was really my only option since I did not want a RJ-45 cable trailing throughout my basement.

[g4m3r7ag]

ok i need to know that if with this setup

http://customersupport.tivo.com/knowbase/root/public/tv1028.htm?

how to record something thats on cable and watch something on the satelite, if that is even possible

[scoobydiesel]

ahh you got me there bro, I cant stand shitalite...im a cable guy.

I know you can record somethign that is on TV(the one the tivo is hooked up to) and wile thats r4ecording watch whatever you already ahve recorded, but you cant change channles or nothing like that, its still like having a VHS