what if I don't like it?
Only crazy people don't like TiVos. You might like something else more, but you can't not like a TiVo!
Trufax.
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what if I don't like it?
Only crazy people don't like TiVos. You might like something else more, but you can't not like a TiVo!
Trufax.
A ringing endorsement. Okay, I'm stopping being ridiculous and buying the TiVo.
Now, perhaps a Droid Incredible? But what if it isn't... Incredible?
The only real downside to Tivo is that it won't work with DirecTV, which is of course the provider I have to have. But you can do the cablecard thing with Comcast.
And if you really hate it, you can sell it.
Well, it does, but you can't do the dual tuner with DTV.
It does? I've got a Series Two that just gets the free channels right now, can I hook it up to the satellite signal? I thought I couldn't.
Yup. Mine is Series Two also. It can only do one sat channel at a time, but otherwise it works.
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This would be for toting video around with me
not for nothing, but I use airvideo to stream video from my home computer to wherever I am out and about in a good wifi situation. So while I often use it at home, I have used it at work (gasp!) or other places.
I have used it at work (gasp!) or other places.
Bad person!
Hmm. I'd have to think about the security implications of doing that. I might go 64 and do that too! I've got a lot of video.
How do you have it set up, brenda? After the tuner/descrambler thing or direct from the satellite?
I've got a DTV DVR, so I think if I put the Tivo after that it would only be able to record a channel the DVR is already recording, but I'm not sure.
Eta: in all honesty, what I am really looking for is some way to justify getting a new Tivo Premier while they are offering lifetime service, so anything that could help with that would be, er, helpful
I'm pretty sure none of the currently available Tivo models work with satellite.