How does your Tivo work?

[feejer222]

I hear of it mentioned on here often.

We have just up-graded to what is known here as Sky-plus. This is a satelite facility that allows us to select programs from the programing menu up to a week in advance, click record and it is instantly set to record to the hard disc in the machine. We can actually record 2 shows at the same time. We can record up to 80 hours of TV. We can then copy this to a DVD if we have a seperate DVD recorder, or playback as many times as we want from the hard disc.

We can also use the remote to pause, & rewind live TV as though it were a recording. So if the phone rings in the middle of your favourite show, or if you arrive home late for the start of it, you simply pause the program or rewind it to the begining, you can then watch it or record it.

I don't know how on earth we survived without it!!!

Is this the same idea as Tivo?

 

[Bounce]

pretty much. we have a DVR through direct tv that does 80 hours of HDTV or 300 hours of standard def. it lets us look 2 weeks out and also schedule entire series (new episodes only or new and repeats).

 

[FJRMGM]

sounds a lot like my HD-DVR from DirecTV. Life is good with it.

 

[squeezer]

Yeah, that's pretty much all the same stuff TiVo does. I think the only thing that TiVo adds these days is more flexible searching technology, suggestions regarding similar shows that match preferences (which we don't use), and a different user interface. We can also transfer shows to our other TiVo box or to our computers over the wireless network at home -- not that we do that much.

 

[FJRMGM]

I just went online at www.directv.com and set my dvr to record a show on Wednesday nite.

That is so cool.

 

[feejer222]

Makes you wonder whats next eh?

 

[rogdeb]

Makes you wonder whats next eh?

Yeah !! .. Deb can't wait We have only 8 hours available out of 100 on our DishNetwork with a promise of a free upgrade sometime soon to 200 hours. This thing has her hooked :lol: ,, at least she's not out hookING.

 

[FJRSTAR]

I hear of it mentioned on here often.
Is this the same idea as Tivo?

We have a Comcast cable HD-DVR.

We almost always run out of recording space.

It is awesome technology!

We can set to record up to a week in advance.

 

[eg23232]

I got TiVo a while ago and even though I now have Comcast HD DVR, the TiVO has a lifetime programming subscription so I keep it around anyway.

TiVo beats the Motorola HD DVR in that it's user interface is much more powerful and friendly. You can have it record shows based on keywords and create wish lists which will record automatically. Can't do that with Motorola. TiVo is much easier to interface with your wireless network and you can download your recorded shows right to your laptop if you want to take your shows with you.

My TiVo has proven to be much more reliable than Comcast's TiVo dvrs. I'm on my third Motorola DVR in two years. Never had one single problem in the two years I've had the TiVo unit.

My TiVo dvr is not HD, although they do have a model that is.

It's no wonder Comcast is doing away with the P.O.S. Motorolas and going to TiVo dvrs!

 

[squeezer]

My TiVo dvr is not HD, although they do have a model that is.
It's no wonder Comcast is doing away with the P.O.S. Motorolas and going to TiVo dvrs!

Just got one of the TiVo HD dvrs. It's almost too nice. Records two shows at the same time. I'll never get in shape now.

 

[juniorfjr]

It's the only way to watch regular programming. A half hour show can be watched in 20 minutes. fast forward the commercials. And watch when it's convenient

 

[FJRSTAR]

It's the only way to watch regular programming. A half hour show can be watched in 20 minutes. fast forward the commercials. And watch when it's convenient

Exactly. I hate most commercials!!

 

[jmdaniel]

I echo the DVR comments above, but have just experienced the one thing that is a bummer, in my opinion. When the box craps out, as my DirecTV HD-DVR did, you can't easily get the stored programs off. Transferring to the next box is not possible, and about the only thing you can do is burn a DVD, if you have a DVD recorder, (I don't). I had some good stuff recorded that I had planned on keeping, (Adrian Peterson's 276 yard game last season), and they went pfffft! when I switched to the new box.

Hopefully, the new box works better than the last one...

 

[Rondo777]

TIVO rocks. I have Dish network DVR, COX cable DVR, and TIVO. Ive had tivo since 1999 when they first came out and so far no body has even come close to the ease of use of an actual TIVO. The menus were so well thought out before they released the first TIVO box that now 9 years later they are still unchanged. Talk about getting it right the first time. They all record but TIVO is just more user friendly. Searches are easier, the sound cues for button pushes are a great feature. When you forward fast on a TIVO, it rewinds a few seconds when you hit play again to insure you havent passed the spot your trying to stop at. Just little considerations like that make it a superior DVR. On the series 2 and 3 it integrates into your home network and allows you to play music, video, and pictures that are stored on your networked PCs. These are all features that I havent seen on any other DVRs. There dual tuner alows you to record 2 programs at once which I know others do but with the TIVO, I have it hooked up to both Dish Network and Cox Cable. The Tivo combines the 2 program guides in one and will intuitivly do what ever it can to record my request from either system.

 

[feejer222]

I am going to become a proffessional TV watcher I think.

 

[FJRSTAR]

I am going to become a proffessional TV watcher I think.

I already am!