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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.
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!
-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.
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.
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.
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?
But do TiVos have digital cable tuners in them?
No.
Early 2006, they said! There was a press release!
I tried to split my cable once to do the watch/record thing, but it didn't end up working very well. One split got all the channels I wanted, and the other one got CBS and three or four Spanish channels and nothing else.
I think if I get an HD set before there's an HDTivo, I may switch over to Time Warner's HD-DVR. But I'll be bitter about it.
[eta: The DirectTivos have 2 tuners, but I'm not sure they make them anymore. I vaguely remember that partnership falling through sometime this past year.]
I don't have the link to my setup right now, but I can get all my analog channels through the VCR and directly into the TV, with the TiVo bogarting evrything over 99. Works great.