As long as my TV is in HD, I could be using a typewriter to view menus--I mean, I have *major* usability issues with the TiVo interface, as well as major usability loves--it's a weird mixed bag. But typing is way too hard, and they should have done something about that by the time they reached HD.
I mean, let's say you did kill us. Or didn't. There could be torture. Whatever. But somehow you found the goods. What would your cut be?
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§ ita § - Sep 05, 2013 1:06:13 pm PDT #22987 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jon B. - Sep 05, 2013 5:25:55 pm PDT #22988 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I was an early adopter of the TiVo Premiere and never had any trouble with the cable cards. I agree that the interface was extremely slow at first, but it's improved greatly over time with new software updates. What makes the Roamio better than the Premiere anyway?
le nubian - Sep 05, 2013 5:43:35 pm PDT #22989 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I feel like the cable company DVR is probably good enough, generally.
meara, as someone who used the Time Warner DVR for a year, I laughed ruefully when I read your post,
meara - Sep 05, 2013 5:47:05 pm PDT #22990 of 25496
Hah--well, I"m definitely hoping my TiVo (a Woot special--it's not the Premiere, it's whatever they had that was HD before that? I used to have the DVD-burning one, and before that the initial basic one) will last several more years! It's only...uh...crap. Three years old now?
Cass - Sep 05, 2013 5:52:30 pm PDT #22991 of 25496
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Yeah, the TWC dvr is what led to my canceling cable altogether. The set-top box was too often unable to record my program. Super unhelpful for live sporting events. Or anything, really. Plus it had to be reset at least weekly and only seemed to reset itself when I was actively watching tv.
le nubian - Sep 05, 2013 5:57:24 pm PDT #22992 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
only seemed to reset itself when I was actively watching tv
this is so funny and really true to my experience. fucking annoying.
meara - Sep 05, 2013 5:58:21 pm PDT #22993 of 25496
Part of my thought process is that most of the TV I watch is available online, eventually--maybe not the same night, and possibly I"d occasionally have to pay for it, but...I don't often watch live TV, and I'm often watching it a few days late anyway (since I travel and may be in the air when it is on)
Cass - Sep 05, 2013 6:12:25 pm PDT #22994 of 25496
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Part of my thought process is that most of the TV I watch is available online, eventually--maybe not the same night, and possibly I"d occasionally have to pay for it, but...I don't often watch live TV, and I'm often watching it a few days late anyway (since I travel and may be in the air when it is on)
Barring live sports (and some, not all, of those are available legally), yes. I stayed with cable because I love Formula One and there's no way to get it otherwise but eventually I realized it was just too much. I'm happy to pay for the tv I do watch.
this is so funny and really true to my experience. fucking annoying.
Right?
Their tv app was really good for mobile devices. Their internet has been great. Never used the phone service I had but I assume it was fine. The actual cable box was awful. And they never offered to even swap the damn thing for a functional one. Until I was actually canceling. I guess they assume inertia. It worked for a while.
le nubian - Sep 05, 2013 6:23:10 pm PDT #22995 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
meara,
please know I am not discouraging you. I think you have good reasons for going this direction and I hope it works out for you. a lot of others did not have any problems.
that said, any opportunity I have to commiserate with Cass, I will take.
omnis_audis - Sep 05, 2013 7:06:14 pm PDT #22996 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
For the record, FiOS and U-Verse DVR's have been pretty damn good, in my opinion. I've never have had TiVo, so, can't give comparison. But Charter DVR was horrid. I swear, it's graphics/colors/type face looked like Windows 3.1.