I think what you lose by not having a Tivo subscription is access to the listings. So you'd need to manually set the time and channel for every recording.
Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.
Oz ,'First Date'
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Jon B. - May 21, 2012 7:35:16 am PDT #20081 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jon B. - May 21, 2012 7:36:17 am PDT #20082 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Oh, wait, you're asking about access to Netflix, and so on. Never mind!
JZ - May 21, 2012 7:42:29 am PDT #20083 of 25501
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
So we really could just keep the other Tivo as a Tivo and use the Premiere as a big streaming box without needing a second subscription?
javachik - May 21, 2012 9:17:27 am PDT #20084 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
JZ, I don't think it will work. TiVo updated its OS so that basically without a TiVo subscription, it's just a dead box.
A Roku is about $70, Hulu Plus (which you will need a subscription for in order to stream it anywhere other than a regular computer) is 7.99/mo and I think I pay about that for Netflix, too.
JZ - May 21, 2012 9:21:34 am PDT #20085 of 25501
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Yep, that's what I was budgeting for (plus Amazon Prime membership, which comes with discounts on season subscriptions for individual shows plus free streaming of a bunch of Disney and Nick shows that Matilda and Emmett love).
I kind of suspected that Tivo might block users from doing something like that with their extra sets, but hoped I might be wrong. Ah, well. Forging ahead with the Roku-and-multiple-subscriptions plan.
javachik - May 21, 2012 9:23:37 am PDT #20086 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
JZ, it looks like a couple of years ago it was possible: [link]
But the other threads that are more recent than this say TiVo caught wind and updated its OS to prohibit it. :(
JZ - May 21, 2012 9:41:49 am PDT #20087 of 25501
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
On the one hand, rats for us and for the Tivo-lender who doesn't need it anymore and still needs to find a home for the big dead box; on the other hand, I can't really blame the Tivo folks, since I'm pretty sure if it was my company and my product I'd do the exact same thing.
flea - May 21, 2012 9:44:00 am PDT #20088 of 25501
information libertarian
Having attempted to cancel Tivo service, I reserve the right to not be sympathetic with them about anything. I called, I argued, I cancelled, and yet they kept billing me. I called again, I spent an hour on the phone, and FINALLY got them to reallyo trulyo cancel my service. AND refund the month they'd billed me. Apparently the first time they didn't think I meant it?
§ ita § - May 21, 2012 9:47:03 am PDT #20089 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, if I tried to cancel TiVo I'd certainly be under the influence of some evil spell and need to be saved from myself. Isn't it really just excellent customer service that they're protecting you from a similar mistake?
flea - May 21, 2012 9:53:52 am PDT #20090 of 25501
information libertarian
I told them I was moving to Germany. During the FIRST call.
(Okay, it was a slight exaggeration; we were considering moving to Germany, but we were cancelling Tivo no matter what.)