Does Tivo pick up the antenna channels? Sorry for my stupid questions! It's great to hear about the picture quality!

I don't do Netflix, and only tend to Hulu when I miss something...but I mostly watch OTA shows. er, not that I don't have cable (I watch stuff on cable as background noise mostly, but it's not "must TiVo"). I know you've got a lifetime subscription on your TiVo, but I've been quite happy with my new one (which is the old HD one, not the fancy new one...but same dif). I got cable cards for it, and the HD is nice and so is being able to record two shows at once (my old TiVo was the DVD kind...not being able to burn DVDs anymore is sad, but I never did it THAT often)

edit: I know my old TiVo you could attach an antenna, I'm not sure about the new one...

Yeah, meara, my thought is that I can move the old Tivo into the bedroom, and use the feature that allows me to share Tivo'd shows between Tivos (through wi-fi). I've also thought about selling the old one (and its lifetime sub) and using that $ towards the new Tivo. I am so conflicted, though, because I truly don't watch that much tv outside of sports.

my thought is that I can move the old Tivo into the bedroom, and use the feature that allows me to share Tivo'd shows between Tivos (through wi-fi).

Yeah, I contemplated that, but decided I really didn't need it (and especially didn't need the twice as expensive monthly tivo bill...which you wouldn't have)

Does Tivo pick up the antenna channels?

Yes, I just have the antenna plugged into the Tivo and HDMI out to the TV. (Mine is a Series 3 HD, one or two generations older than the Premiere, and has two coax jacks in the back. One says "antenna" and the other says "cable.")

This is all reminding me that I need to mail my cablecard back to Cablevision this week.

I don't ever watch sports, but I'm guessing people who do mostly watch them live? So a Tivo's primary function (time-shifting) wouldn't be as useful? OTOH, good for DIY instant replays and bathroom breaks.

I discovered today that my TV has a third HDMI port I'd forgotten about! So if I find a good deal on a Mac Mini I can use that instead of the DVI input that my laptop's using now.

OTOH, good for DIY instant replays and bathroom breaks.

Critical for that. But yeah, the timeshifting not really a factor.

and use the feature that allows me to share Tivo'd shows between Tivos (through wi-fi).

We have this with our Tivos and thanks to idiot broadcasters it is mostly useless. Basically each network can control a flag on whether or not each show can be transferred between digital devices and they have a tendency to mark far too much stuff as not eligible for transfer. Also, on shows that are captured in HD you won't be able to transfer them to the older Tivo.

Oh, that's aggravating. I debated about getting that set up when I switched DVRs recently, but honestly I really don't watch hardly any tv in the bedroom. It would definitely not be worth it if that's the case.

Good to know, ND! Thanks!

Basically each network can control a flag on whether or not each show can be transferred between digital devices and they have a tendency to mark far too much stuff as not eligible for transfer.

Yeah, the licensing deals that control this sort of thing are a nightmare. (I'm obviously most familiar with BBCA, but the channel has unbelievably strict limits on what it's allowed to do with the content it buys, and since licensing shows for digital download vs licensing for broadcast are different competing departments, they pretty much have to flag everything as Do Not Transfer if they want to be allowed to air it at all.)

The whole system needs rebuilding from the ground up - IP rights to digital video are an unbelievable clusterfuck. Everyone is still operating as though the rules that were written 20 years ago for VOD can apply to things like Slingbox and iPhones, and it's just not the case.