Dumb Tivo question. Do they work with cable boxes to get premium channels and whatnot?
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-t - Dec 22, 2005 12:27:06 pm PST #6129 of 10003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
tommyrot - Dec 22, 2005 12:33:09 pm PST #6130 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do they work with cable boxes to get premium channels and whatnot?
Yes. They actually control the cable box, changing channels as they need to. So they can record whatever you can get.
-t - Dec 22, 2005 12:37:44 pm PST #6131 of 10003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
But they can still do that magical watch one thing and record another thing?
I am minutes away from buying one, I think. Push me over the edge.
Stephanie - Dec 22, 2005 12:39:08 pm PST #6132 of 10003
Trust my rage
Tivo lets you watch something previously recorded while it records something else live. You can't watch/record Lost/Vm for example because the Tivo only has one tuner.
eta: Still, Tivo rawks! I love mine so much. It was a gift but otherwise, I would say money very well spent. It really will change the way you watch TV.
-t - Dec 22, 2005 12:42:43 pm PST #6133 of 10003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Shoot, that wasn't the answer I was looking for. But I think I will still get it, I just won't quite retire the VCRs yet.
Thanks!
tommyrot - Dec 22, 2005 12:45:20 pm PST #6134 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
-t, do you have analog or digital cable?
If you have analog, you might be able to use the tuner of a VCR or the one in your TV to view a non-premium program, while the tuner of your cable box feeds the TiVo.
I have digital cable, but I think they still send an analog signal over the same cable, so I can use the VCR tuner trick.
-t - Dec 22, 2005 1:06:10 pm PST #6135 of 10003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I have digital. I'm assuming that I can run a cable to a VCR (or two) before the cable box and get at least some channels that way.
tommyrot - Dec 22, 2005 1:18:19 pm PST #6136 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm assuming that I can run a cable to a VCR (or two) before the cable box and get at least some channels that way.
If there's an analog signal in addition to a digital signal. I don't think VCRs or much else can handle the digital signal directly.
Wolfram - Dec 22, 2005 1:23:41 pm PST #6137 of 10003
Visilurking
Shoot, that wasn't the answer I was looking for. But I think I will still get it, I just won't quite retire the VCRs yet.
-t-, I'm not sure what exactly you're looking to do, but you can think of a TIVO as a VCR. IOW, whatever TV watching options you get with a VCR while it's recording a show, you'll get with the TIVO. Plus a whole lot more.
And weren't there some TIVOs out that had two tv tuners built-in, or did that never happen?
tommyrot - Dec 22, 2005 1:25:01 pm PST #6138 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But do TiVos have digital cable tuners in them?