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It dials out either once a night or once a week. It'll hang up if you pick up the phone. I've never had a problem with it. You could just run the TiVo over ethernet. No charge that way! (I think it may even work with wireless, but I'm not certain how it does it.)

you would have to get a cat5 to wireless adapter....and it does work.

If you have DirecTiVo, you would just need to let the thing call once a month to appease DirecTV billing.

I'm late on this thread but also a Tivo evangelist. I have had a number of friends/coworkers that drank the kool aid and became believers. The end all is the DirecTivo because you have dual tuners, meaning you can record 2 shows and watch a third recorded show. And the HD DirecTivo is slated for April delivery.

Try these links for more "convincing"
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&forumid=36
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=30&forumid=7

I have a Sony SAT-T60 that I bought on ebay that was upgraded for 120 hours and lifetime service.

I've also seen deals from places like Circuit City that give you 3 room DirecTV install for free. 2 standard receivers and a DirecTivo box. OR, you can buy a DirecTivo for $99, they seem to be on a fire sale now because of the HD version coming.

I guess I'm pretty much sold on the idea. I just need to get around to getting one. Thanks so much for all the input guys!

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meaning you can record 2 shows and watch a third recorded show

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Now that's some extreme TV watching. Damn! I WON'T need that kind of power.

even if you don't care about simultaneous watching of a recorded show, the dual tuner is AWESOME for things like live sporting events.

When the NBA finals is on at the same time as a Giants game, you can pause one game, flip to the other and watch until a commercial. Flip back to the other and vice versa. Sporting heaven...which'll get even better when the olympics are on this summer.

Seriously, I watch at most 2-3 shows per week. (If that)

The biggest reason I'd like to get Tivo is for tennis. The coverage of tennis is horrible. It's usually on at strange hours, and jumps from station to station. I'd just set the Tivo to record it all, and then I'd watch it at my leisure.

spiff,

Since you are going to hi-def TV route sometime in the near future, I would hold off on TiVo right now.

The new HD DirecTiVo will be out soon. It will have FOUR tuners....two satellite and two OTA. Functionality wise, it will be like the current DirecTiVo...record two shows at once, etc.

Does anybody use that Home Media Option thing? Does it work passably well? I was disappointed to learn that DirecTivo does not offer that option.

I mean, on the face of it, being able to stream MP3's and JPEG and other stuff from the PC in your den to the TV in your living room over a wireless network sounds pretty darn cool. But I'd need to see it to believe it.

I'd need to see it for less than $50/year. Even then, why bother? I just have the iPod cradle plugged into the receiver.

No HMO on DirecTivo, haven't seen any plans for it. I agree, you can probably use an iPod for similar functionality.

The best use of HMO is to have it networked. Then you can use the online scheduler to add shows when you are not home. Those will be updated automatically to the DirecTivo.

Also agree if HDTV is your route, then get the HD DirecTivo. Especially if your focus is sports (like tennis) because hopefully it's in HD, as most sports are moving to that.