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Re: OT: Tivo
#46870 05/24/04 10:18 PM
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Why don't you build a HTPC which will record whatever you want just like a TiVo, burn to DVD's with no restrictions on it, not have to pay for the TiVo "monthly cost" and feel like you accomplished something in the process by doing it all yourself?

I did this last year sometime and I have used it more than I thought possible. It costed me ~$400 since I already had some of the stuff laying around, but I record what I want, burn it to DVD, have all of my music in one central place, and have a pretty darn good DVD player all in one quiet, compact little box.

Worth looking into in my opinion, but hey its only my opinion Just playing Devil's advocate here I suppose.

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I don't know anyone whose TiVo has failed before the 23 months of service was up. I didn't even mod mine until the warranty period was over. I even know a guy who has had one since the very beginning (probably about 4 years, now) who has modded it with a pair of 80 GB drives. No problems.


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#46872 05/24/04 11:06 PM
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One thing nice about the standalone TiVos is the media option. It allows you to stream music, pictures, and video from your PC via your home network to your TiVo. Also, the standalones allow you to remotely program something to record from the web.

Although there are other DVRs and HTPC's out there that can do a lot of what TiVo does....none of them can do the "Season Pass" functionality as well as TiVo.

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#46873 05/25/04 12:13 AM
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A friend of mine just built one for $600. It's pretty nice, plus it obviously has mp3/jukebox/etc functionality!


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#46874 05/25/04 01:19 AM
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What is "Season Pass?" Does it record a teams games that are on TV for an entire season?

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#46875 05/25/04 01:35 AM
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yes...you can set it up to do that...no matter what channel the team is playing on.

Season pass allows you to record a given show...no matter what time it is on or what station. Also works with keywords.

I can set it to record all episodes of "ER", and it will do just that...no matter what station or time. I can tell it I just want first runs...and it will do that. If a re-run is on twice or more in one month...it will just record it once. If I do not watch a recorded program before it is aged out of the system...it will record it again when it comes on(not really a season pass function). You can also tell him how many episodes to keep at one time. If the time of the show changes...TiVo knows and will record it at the proper time.

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#46876 05/25/04 02:14 AM
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Also, if a show goes longer than normal, it (if you haven't tinkered with the settings) catches that. For example, the "Singing Buffy" episode was originally aired at 70 minutes, and those with TiVos got it, those with VCRs (who didn't look at the schedule carefully) didn't.


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#46877 05/25/04 03:23 AM
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Thats pretty darn cool. I had never heard of that before. Thatnks for the heads up. There has to be some variation of that for PC's by now. Any leads on that by chance? I havent tinkered with my HTPC for a couple months now, but you just gave me the itch, darn you!

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#46878 05/25/04 03:25 AM
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Sorry! I have no leads on that, having firmly resisted the pull to build an HTPC.

Actually, I would think that you would need some way to get program data into the thing. If there's a service that provides that, you should be home free.

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#46879 05/25/04 06:07 AM
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From everything I have read, there are some things that approach what the TiVo can do...but none that can match it.

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