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aurelia - Sep 03, 2013 12:49:25 pm PDT #22973 of 25496
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
§ ita § - Sep 04, 2013 5:58:56 pm PDT #22974 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Anyone looking at the Roamio? Weaknees informed me that my S3 power supply was on an unpredictable clock--they showed me the two blown capacitors (I, uh, didn't know they were doing that with capacitors--the pop tops like jars of food that go bad) and said the whole supply could go tomorrow or in three years, FMI.
They also said that the external hard drive that I'd just gotten to replace the busted one could be repurposed with S4 or S5, so enh. The real deal is the lifetime service. I'm still on my first, so...
I don't need to record six shows at once ever, but they do look sweet.
Jessica - Sep 05, 2013 8:49:12 am PDT #22975 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Roamio looks sweet, but only if they let me transfer my lifetime service. Plus I just spent $250 at Weaknees repairing my S3. (And now that I've spent time with my cable company DVR, I'm not honestly sure I want to go back to Tivo! The interface sucks, but the picture quality beats Tivo's by a mile. I don't know exactly how compressed Tivo's "best" quality is, but it's visibly much worse than what I'm getting out of my cable box.)
§ ita § - Sep 05, 2013 8:56:33 am PDT #22976 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
only if they let me transfer my lifetime service
Judging from the tone the last times I asked, I'd be surprised. They don't seem to be in that desperate conciliatory position they were in last time I transferred. Or their "lifetime of the device, ma'am" gameface is much more solid.
If the rest of the capacitors on my S3 power supply go, I'll think hard about it. Since my car's coolant system is leaking, DON'T HAPPEN SOON, HARDISON, HEAR ME???
HBO HD is similar enough to my external media that I don't have any issue with image quality. Maybe it could be like Retina, but it's currently really pretty! I'm fine.
meara - Sep 05, 2013 9:10:04 am PDT #22977 of 25496
Yeah, I've been thinking that much as I love my TiVo (and I've had one since 2001 or 2002, old school), when (hopefully not soon!) my current one gives up the ghost I will probably not buy a new one. I feel like the cable company DVR is probably good enough, generally.
Sue - Sep 05, 2013 9:14:04 am PDT #22978 of 25496
hip deep in pie
I am mainly using my TiVo to transfer downloaded files from my computer to my TV wirelessly. But since there was an issue with dates back in Feb, it hasn't been consistent letting me actually see what's on my HD. It's very frustrating. I need to research other options.
§ ita § - Sep 05, 2013 9:25:46 am PDT #22979 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've been pretty happy with the combo of my TiVo and the NAS streaming to my TV and tablets. But the reviews of the Roamio have got me all fired up again, almost as much when I first got one (although nothing can revolutionise TV as much as that again...yet). I don't stream as much as I could to take advantage of it, but if they've improved the Netflix app, YES.
javachik - Sep 05, 2013 10:19:49 am PDT #22980 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.
I got a Roamio and it arrived Tuesday. It's *MUCH* faster than the Premiere and the interface is better. I think the quality of the picture is fine; not noticibly different than the Premiere. But I don't have a mongo LED television, either, so maybe that's why I don't notice. I decided that I'll buy a new tv (got mine off Craigslist for $200 3 years ago, and it's a 32" 2006 era, and I like it just fine) if the Niners make the playoffs again. :-)
One thing I didn't do this time around? Buy a lifetime subscription. I used the Premiere for less than 3 years, so I am annoyed that I paid big bucks for the lifetime subscription for something that grew outdated so quickly and whose lifetime subscription isn't transferable to a new machine. Never again.
Jessica - Sep 05, 2013 10:49:47 am PDT #22981 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The video quality off my Tivo S3 never bothered me until I sent it in for repairs and got the Cablevision DVR as a temporary replacement. I was AMAZED at what I'd been putting up with, and now I don't think I want to go back. So the S3 is sitting in my closet while I decide what to do. It has lifetime service and a brand new 1TB drive, so I could probably get a good price on Craigslist.
§ ita § - Sep 05, 2013 11:23:46 am PDT #22982 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, I can't compare my TiVo to other cable, but I can compare it to DVDs and Blu Ray, and sure, there might be better, but I don't need it. I'd move for a better interface, but I've got no incentive for better image quality than I'm getting at 1080i right now.
something that grew outdated so quickly
What made it outdated? My S3 isn't outdated, I don't think--there's no reason to replace it while it's still working.