why is TiVo good?
does anyone have a tivo?
it is 16 dollars a month to add a TiVo digital cable box to the cable bill my parents will not authorize the addition of the tivo for me in my room, saying that i should take that 16 dollars a month and put it in a savings account unless i can come up w/ a reason that it's actually worth 16 bux a month instead of getting a VCR so i was hoping that you guys could help me out and tell me the good with the bad of having a TiVo and why i should or should not get one |
TIVO owns. it is a device that once you have, you will not be able to live without it. wife rolled her eyes when i bought it (another "gadget"), but now she wouldn't deal without it! i never watch live TV anymore - i'll start a show half hour after it begins and just skip all the commercials. you'll love it. record two shows at the same time and watch another on the hard drive. i can't really think of any bad points to TIVO.
its only $5/month with DirecTV - why cable cost so much? |
it would only be an extra like 8/month if it were the only digital reciever
but to add it as a second reciever makes it the primary reciever and then the other non tivo reciever secondary which is also 8/month as having the 2nd box. so the total increase in the bill will be 16 dollars, 8 for an extra box and 8 for the tivo. if my parents didn't have the normal dig box downstairs it would be cheaper anyway your not helping my dad apparently has talked to as many ppl that say that it's worthless and they never use it as i have heard that it's great (never heard that it was bad) i need pros/cons lists so far i have pros: record multiple shows simultaneously skip commercials automatically better quality than vhs no fast forwarding/ rewinding time ability to rip to computer cons: 16 dollars/month the tivo functions might not be compatible w/ my 8 function one for all remote. so i'll have 2 remotes |
My opinion is that TV isn't that important.
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i have a Kameleon remote that does the TIVO functions, and all my other components, plus macros (push a button, turns on DVD player, sets TV and stereo to DVD, etc.) |
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anyone else have useful input?
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sorry - someone else give some input...... |
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I do, however, have plenty of friends with TiVo. They love it. But the stupid thing records tons of things they otherwise wouldn't watch, and they spend whole weekends 'catching up.' |
I have a ReplayTV which is similar to a Tivo. I love it. It catches thing that I like to watch but don't have the time to search for or
have the time to watch it when it is on real time. It also is nice to be able to pause live TV, for doing other important things( like getting another beer,if the wife's not around:) I bought mine new from someone who won it. It is an early version that included a lifetime subscription to the ReplayTV service. |
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yeah yeah that's what i want to do i don't watch enough tv i spend my tv watching time watchign crap that i don't really want to watch but could be spending the time watching the stuff i want to watch |
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You just listed my entire TV viewing during an average week with the exception of Formula 1 races and Saturday Night Live!
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I have an Ultimate TV receiver....pre Tivo...with 30+ hour recording ability, and I concur about the
heat buildup. I have had 4 units fail....all heat related. Good thing I got an extended warrenty! Keep the unit in the open and cool. I think it is the greatest invention for TV since the VCR. Don |
well i deffinately want one more than before
currently i watch whatever is on tv from about midnight to about 3am in that time period there are only 2 shows that i actually want to watch, and the rest of the stuff i'm just watching to watch tv because i haven't watched it all day long, so it would be great if i could spend that time watching the stuff i want to watch that's on earlier while i'm working instead of the crap that i'm watching just because it's TV |
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