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meara - Oct 25, 2007 4:02:59 pm PDT #3206 of 25497

OK, next question involving cable and TiVos:

So, I've got a new digital cable setup, but when the guy set it up, I didn't have my TiVo or TV. So I tried to do it on my own, and...it wouldn't work.

There's a cable coming out of the wall, then a splitter. One half of that goes to the cable modem. The other half, to a digital cable box.

I couldn't make the digital cable box and the TiVO work together. So I figured no problem, I can just hook the TiVO up to the cable on it's own, and switch inputs on the TV if I want to watch something OnDemand. Not ideal, but whatev'.

So I hook up another splitter, before the digital cable box. Now there's one wire to the modem, one to the box (connected to one TV input), and one to the TiVO (connected to another TV input).

Any idea why the TiVO signal is crazy and ghosty, then? The digital signal is just fine, but the TiVo one isn't much better than over air (though it does get the cable channels).

Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2007 4:03:55 pm PDT #3207 of 25497

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

what is a realistic price to not end up with crap?

I wouldn't pay more than $25.00.

§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 4:04:59 pm PDT #3208 of 25497

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I wouldn't pay more than $25.00.

Cool. What sort of store is a good bet? Local AV?

Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2007 4:07:11 pm PDT #3209 of 25497

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Local AV?

That's where I found mine.

amych - Oct 25, 2007 4:14:09 pm PDT #3210 of 25497

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

IIRC, we paid $20 for a DVI HDMI at a Tiger outlet, if you have a physical store nearby.

§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 4:35:58 pm PDT #3211 of 25497

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is this what we're talking about?

I am so psyched. Assuming all goes to plan I could be HDed up by Monday afternoon.

Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2007 4:43:04 pm PDT #3212 of 25497

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Is this what we're talking about?

Yep.

NoiseDesign - Oct 25, 2007 5:00:46 pm PDT #3213 of 25497

Our wings are not tired

Amazingly I've gotten good prices on interconnect cables through Amazon.

§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 5:15:30 pm PDT #3214 of 25497

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Cool. That store's near me.

Liese S. - Oct 25, 2007 5:36:36 pm PDT #3215 of 25497

"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Awesome. I envy your setup.

We're talking new gear, but what with the whole going into debt for the rest of our lives thing and all, dunno if it'll actually happen sooner or later. Nonetheless, that reminds me that I need to call the cable company back. They were supposed to call me, but I am shocked, shocked I tell you, that they didn't.

But I'm pretty sure it's their buried cable at the end of my street-to-be, so I think I've got better odds sticking with the setup I have now (Directv, cable internet, vonage) than trying to get landline phone over there.

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