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javachik - Feb 25, 2010 2:07:49 pm PST #13073 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

Oh, I can see the difference, but not enough that I want to pay for a Tivo HD upgrade (I have lifetime Tivo on my Series 2, so it would mean upgrading AND paying for another subscription).


lori - Feb 25, 2010 2:13:53 pm PST #13074 of 25501

Ah, so my lifetime Tivo on my Series 2 will still record and work, just in SD?


§ ita § - Feb 25, 2010 2:14:32 pm PST #13075 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I bought the series 3 during a period where there was a lifetime subscription switchover (with premium, natch), and apart from the limited number of shows I can store I have no regrets. I had my series 2 upgraded with an additional drive, but for some reason I'm more nervous about tweaking this one.

I should go look at weaknees and see if it's as easy this time round.


javachik - Feb 25, 2010 2:20:41 pm PST #13076 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

lori, good question. I currently have my Tivo set up to record my non-HD Comcast cable box. I watch HD directly through the tv, as the tv has a digital tuner and I've found that the HD signals are not encrypted (Comcast Oakland). I don't know about Series 2 Tivo working with an HD cable box.


meara - Feb 25, 2010 2:21:52 pm PST #13077 of 25501

Ah, so my lifetime Tivo on my Series 2 will still record and work, just in SD?

Yes--I have the TiVo hooked up to my (unlike javachik, *HD*) cable box and TV via the component cables, so the HD channels and SD channels both come in just in standard. Then I have the cable box and TV hooked up to each other via HDMI. The TiVo can control the cable box, but if I'm watching something on the cable box input on the TV, I'll be lalala changing channels, and watching, and then if I realize "Oh, I want to pause" I can just hit pause (since the input to the TiVo is from the cable box too) and flip over to TiVo input to keep watching until it catches up or whatever.

I can't get rid of TiVo because I'm gone too much.

I figure at some point I may upgrade to the HD TiVo, but not yet.


dcp - Feb 25, 2010 2:26:18 pm PST #13078 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

ISTR that omnis_audis has AT&T U-Verse.


§ ita § - Feb 25, 2010 2:26:42 pm PST #13079 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, my. I could just buy an external TB of storage for my S3. That's easier than what I went through for S2.

Or I could ship it off for an internal upgrade, but I couldn't bear to be without my baby.


javachik - Feb 25, 2010 2:26:42 pm PST #13080 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

I've found that my dependence on Tivo has greatly decreased with Comcast's Video on Demand. But I understand that what is offered via VoD varies greatly from one Comcast region to another.


lori - Feb 25, 2010 2:27:40 pm PST #13081 of 25501

So, if I blow off paying for TV entirely, I should be able to hook up the Tivo to the HD TV, watch broadcast HD and SD, and record all of those in SD on the Tivo. After getting some kind of internet service also.

I guess I should mention that I bought a new house, so now have VERY little budget to go around.


javachik - Feb 25, 2010 2:32:11 pm PST #13082 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

Congrats on the house, Lori!

If the HD channels aren't encrypted, yes. I don't know what comes through on "broadcast" anymore as a standalone. I have a cable line that is split; half goes to the tv and the other half to the Tivo. I had always been wrongly told that a digital cable line could't be split.