So, if I buy a used Tivo - I just get the machine and it will still work w/o the subscription to the tivo service, right?
Jinx? If you and Dreg have been using my moisturizer again I'm going to have to rip off your scaly- hey, what's the deal with your face?
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sumi - Jan 15, 2008 5:28:46 am PST #4274 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
SuziQ - Jan 15, 2008 5:30:37 am PST #4275 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'll have to check the version when I get home. I think I am one update behind.
brenda m - Jan 15, 2008 5:52:50 am PST #4276 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
There's very little you can do with a Tivo without the subscription. I think you can still use the instant replay - i.e., pause things and jump back for missed dialogue - but you can't record anything. (Vauge memories from trying to do this a few years ago for some reason or other).
-t - Jan 15, 2008 5:56:02 am PST #4277 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I thought you could use the manual record - by channel and time - only, but I haven't tried it.
tiggy, is this one of the new teeny tiny nanos? I was going to experiment with mine and see if I could see what was going on (I have an ancient iMac), but my iPod is a previous gen nano, not the latest.
SuziQ - Jan 15, 2008 5:59:12 am PST #4278 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Yes, you can do the manual record and the pause/FF stuff, but that is about it. No programmed record, even by time. Just you see something you like and you hit record.
Says the person who dumped her phone line and forgot that was how TIVO got it's programming information and couldn't figure out why her TIVO wasn't working for a while.
sumi - Jan 15, 2008 6:03:40 am PST #4279 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
So, if I buy a used tivo - is it impossible to get the subscription?
brenda m - Jan 15, 2008 6:04:43 am PST #4280 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Not at all - if the person had a lifetime, it might even transfer over. If not, you can sign it up under your name at the website.
Tom Scola - Jan 15, 2008 6:34:45 am PST #4281 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
le nubian - Jan 15, 2008 6:45:37 am PST #4282 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sumi, as I understand it, another big problem with having a tivo without a subscription is that the clock drifts and there is no way to manually set the clock.
sumi - Jan 15, 2008 6:48:06 am PST #4283 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
But if I buy a used tivo I can subscribe through the website - so that's a possibility.