Yes, msbelle--you can use it to pause live tv, and it will record whatever it's showing at the time in a 30-minute buffer. If you choose to record it, it will record the whole thing from the point at which you start recording.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Consuela - Mar 13, 2007 6:10:38 pm PDT #6933 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
§ ita § - Mar 13, 2007 6:29:40 pm PDT #6934 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat! I'm here now. Are you?
I feel better every time I hear other people have fucked up memories. I can't even know what my memory would be like without the clumsy concussions of my university life, but it's good to have company.
eta:
it will record the whole thing from the point at which you start recording
Not from 30 mins back if you haven't changed the channel?
Consuela - Mar 13, 2007 6:48:11 pm PDT #6935 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Not from 30 mins back if you haven't changed the channel?
No, not that way, not as a unit of television. But I have a Series 1: maybe the later versions handle it differently.
§ ita § - Mar 13, 2007 7:28:28 pm PDT #6936 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My TiVo (s2) asks me if I want to record in Best quality--if so, it goes as much as 30 minutes back, depending on when you changed the channel. If not, it starts from when you hit record.
Consuela - Mar 13, 2007 8:01:18 pm PDT #6937 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
That would be different, yes.
Kathy A - Mar 13, 2007 8:06:22 pm PDT #6938 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Damnit. I got ambitious with my workout since my back didn't hurt anymore after swimming, so I decided to lie down on the floor and do leg lifts and situps. Then I couldn't get off the floor without serious maneuvering since I had managed to fuck up my lower back again. An hour of the heating pad let me get off the couch and here to the computer desk, but I fear the trek to the bathroom and bedroom to sleep. The heating pad is coming with me to bed.
DavidS - Mar 13, 2007 8:45:33 pm PDT #6939 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Today's Mindfuck: The scientific basis for retrocausality.
aurelia - Mar 13, 2007 9:37:11 pm PDT #6940 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I skipped the last 600 or so posts (my wireless card and laptop are having a spat) so I apologize if the following is repeated information.
tommyrot, I saw the FBI STOP RAPING MY WIFE dude on Daley Plaza this afternoon and did a little googling. Scroll down for a conversation with Farhad. The Chicagoist link in that story doesn't really clarify anything but it is a rather bizarre read. It's interesting that some people believe that it's performance art, a psychological experiment or potentially, viral marketing. Photos from Chicago, NY, and DC.
brenda m - Mar 14, 2007 1:11:52 am PDT #6941 of 10001
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
That guy's been there for years - I don't think I buy the marketing or performace art idea.
brenda m - Mar 14, 2007 1:13:44 am PDT #6942 of 10001
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
I don't think the Tivo will allow you to actually record without the subscription, though I think you can still pause. I know when my expiration date on my credit card changed once and I accidentally let the subscription lapse there was only very limited functionality.
I can't imagine why you would give away a lifetime subcription box though.