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I split my cable so one fork goes to the TiVo (analog channels only), which I have plugged into one of my video inputs on my TV, and the other goes to the digital cable box. I don't have it the other way around where the TiVo controls the cable box via IR to get the extra channels since I mainly watch the NHL Center Ice package on digital and with the exception of a few channels like BBC America, 99% of the shows I'd want to record can be found on analog.
BTW, -t, if you get the TiVo and no one has already claimed the referral, I'd be very interested in earning the referral points when you set it up. (Pretty please?) I need one more referral to have enough points for an iPod Shuffle. My rewards email is temporarily tacked onto the description in my profile just in case.
does anyone out there know what/how I can burn downloaded iTunes videos to a DVD?
I'm not sure you'd want to -- the image quality would be almost unwatchable on a TV screen.
What's the quality like if you hook the iPod itself up to a TV?
Jessica, I had heard that, but it looks really good on our huge TV. We've been playing it on the Powerbook and hooking that up via S-video. It works okay, but it's a lot of cables.
No iPod video here so we haven't tried ita's suggestion.
I don't have a video iPod, but the size of the clips is just barely a quarter of broadcast resolution.
[eta: Huh. That must be one hell of a codec they're using, then.]
Yeah, we tried it because we were dying to see BSG before it begins again and we were pleasantly surprised.
The screen size of a video iPod is 320x240, more or less the quality of VHS.
HiddenSky, I used your comcast address as my referrer. I hope that was right.
are the ipod video files something proprietary? Can't you burn them on to DVD media like you'd burn anything else?
I like my new DVD player than can read avi (etc) files that are just stored on the DVD.
