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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.
ISTR that omnis_audis has AT&T U-Verse.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thanks!
Yeah, there are several over-air HD channels that I can tune with my old antenna on the new TV. Nothing fancy, like Discovery or anything. But sacrifices must be made. I had a split like that set up on my old TV, and I think I can still do that. Will give it a shot.
Excellent! I only just discovered the HD thing on Superbowl Sunday. I was playing around with the tv and the inputs and wondering why the tv channels said "5" and "5.1" and "5.2". It was so awesome to see HD without having to pay extra for it.
Series 2 Tivos aren't able to work with over the air broadcasts. The Tivo HD can work with an over the air HD antenna. Series 2 Tivo's don't have the correct type of tuner to work with an antenna.
Yeah, I wouldn't know about that limitation, because I've always had cable.
Lori, maybe you can just get the most basic cable?
