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shell
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Who has a Tivo?????
I'm interested in getting one.
How does it work, it just hooks up to your tv???
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Posted 9/22/06 11:45 AM  |
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MegZee
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
it hooks up to your tv - but you also have to hook it up to a phone line or the internet for it to download the program information.
the telephone call is like once a week and it does it a 2am, so you dont even know it happens. i have mine hooked up to my cable modem.
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| Posted 9/22/06 11:47 AM |
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kmh
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
We have tivo and have had it for about 2 years....I absolutely love it! But we just recently moved and cabelevision gave us a free DVR box for a year and we have been using that and although it has only been a few weeks, I really like it better....
With Tivo, if you are recording something, you can only watch other recorded programs, not live TV...and you can only record one program at a time....With the DVR from cablevsion, you can record two programs at a time and if you are recording, you can watch something else at teh same time....
Sorry for the long answer, HTH!
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| Posted 9/22/06 11:48 AM |
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
What's that?  Obviously we don't have it. I'm probably the only one in the year 2006 who tapes her shows on a VCR 
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Blazesyth
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
I have a Tivo and love it. I don't want to give Cablevision another dime!
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| Posted 9/22/06 11:49 AM |
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MegZee
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
you can hook up your tivo so you can watch tv on another channel while its recording somehting
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| Posted 9/22/06 11:49 AM |
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shell
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
You can tape 2 or more shows that are on at the same time?
Right?
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| Posted 9/22/06 11:49 AM |
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
We have it. We actually rec'd it as a wedding gift with the lifetime subscription.
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| Posted 9/22/06 11:50 AM |
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Blazesyth
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
Posted by kmh
We have tivo and have had it for about 2 years....I absolutely love it! But we just recently moved and cabelevision gave us a free DVR box for a year and we have been using that and although it has only been a few weeks, I really like it better....
With Tivo, if you are recording something, you can only watch other recorded programs, not live TV...and you can only record one program at a time....With the DVR from cablevsion, you can record two programs at a time and if you are recording, you can watch something else at teh same time....
Sorry for the long answer, HTH!
That depends on the TV you have and what type of Tivo box you have. They are now selling dual tuner tivo's; and we have our TV inputs setup so we can watch tv and record at the same time, even without the dual tuner Tivo, just using alternate video inputs.
It's a whole big mess of wires back there. 
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| Posted 9/22/06 11:52 AM |
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shell
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
Posted by chmlengr
What's that? Obviously we don't have it. I'm probably the only one in the year 2006 who tapes her shows on a VCR
No..so do I.
That's why I figured I'd try a tivo.
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MegZee
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
Posted by shell
You can tape 2 or more shows that are on at the same time?
Right?
no you can only tape one thing at a time.
the wonderful thing about it is the Season Pass - like I just say record "friends" and it will find every frineds episode, whatever channel, and record it.
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| Posted 9/22/06 11:53 AM |
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shell
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Posted by Blazesyth
Posted by kmh
We have tivo and have had it for about 2 years....I absolutely love it! But we just recently moved and cabelevision gave us a free DVR box for a year and we have been using that and although it has only been a few weeks, I really like it better....
With Tivo, if you are recording something, you can only watch other recorded programs, not live TV...and you can only record one program at a time....With the DVR from cablevsion, you can record two programs at a time and if you are recording, you can watch something else at teh same time....
Sorry for the long answer, HTH!
That depends on the TV you have and what type of Tivo box you have. They are now selling dual tuner tivo's; and we have our TV inputs setup so we can watch tv and record at the same time, even without the dual tuner Tivo, just using alternate video inputs.
It's a whole big mess of wires back there.
OMG...they have more than 1 tivo out.
Now, I really confused.
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| Posted 9/22/06 11:53 AM |
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shell
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
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Posted by shell
You can tape 2 or more shows that are on at the same time?
Right?
no you can only tape one thing at a time.
the wonderful thing about it is the Season Pass - like I just say record "friends" and it will find every frineds episode, whatever channel, and record it.
Wow, that's cool!
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Blazesyth
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Posted by Meaghan729
Posted by shell
You can tape 2 or more shows that are on at the same time?
Right?
no you can only tape one thing at a time.
the wonderful thing about it is the Season Pass - like I just say record "friends" and it will find every frineds episode, whatever channel, and record it.
If you get a 'dual tuner Tivo' you can record 2 at a time.
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Hi-Fi55
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
We have Tivo. We love it!!! We can watch tv and record at the same time. We have a switch in the back of our tv that allows us to do that. I have no idea what it is called though. I'd have to ask the hubby. It's great though. I have the lifetime subscription, so it's a one time fee. I highly recommend it if you aren't home often or go away a lot.
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| Posted 9/22/06 11:56 AM |
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shell
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
Posted by Blazesyth
Posted by Meaghan729
Posted by shell
You can tape 2 or more shows that are on at the same time?
Right?
no you can only tape one thing at a time.
the wonderful thing about it is the Season Pass - like I just say record "friends" and it will find every frineds episode, whatever channel, and record it.
If you get a 'dual tuner Tivo' you can record 2 at a time.
Thank you!
I think I got it now.
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MegZee
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
Posted by Blazesyth
Posted by Meaghan729
Posted by shell
You can tape 2 or more shows that are on at the same time?
Right?
no you can only tape one thing at a time.
the wonderful thing about it is the Season Pass - like I just say record "friends" and it will find every frineds episode, whatever channel, and record it.
If you get a 'dual tuner Tivo' you can record 2 at a time.
ohh really? but would I lose my lifetime service if I got a new one?
Ive had TIVO for like 4 years now. my box is so old!
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
We have two Tivos. We love them.
We've named them.
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| Posted 9/22/06 11:58 AM |
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Blazesyth
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
Posted by Meaghan729
ohh really? but would I lose my lifetime service if I got a new one?
Ive had TIVO for like 4 years now. my box is so old!
That I don't know. I *think* they were offering upgrade packages from older devices to new devices. Maybe you would have to pay one fee for the upgrade since you're lifetime?
There is also an HD tivo, but I dont think thats really worth it...
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| Posted 9/22/06 11:59 AM |
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Blazesyth
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Posted by leighla
We have two Tivos. We love them.
We've named them.
I named mine too, so I can access it thru Yahoo.
His name is Ted. Ted the Tivo.
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Hi-Fi55
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
Posted by Blazesyth
Posted by Meaghan729
ohh really? but would I lose my lifetime service if I got a new one?
Ive had TIVO for like 4 years now. my box is so old!
That I don't know. I *think* they were offering upgrade packages from older devices to new devices. Maybe you would have to pay one fee for the upgrade since you're lifetime?
There is also an HD tivo, but I dont think thats really worth it...
I heard they weren't selling lifetime subscriptions anymore? 
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| Posted 9/22/06 12:01 PM |
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MegZee
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
Posted by Blazesyth
Posted by Meaghan729
ohh really? but would I lose my lifetime service if I got a new one?
Ive had TIVO for like 4 years now. my box is so old!
That I don't know. I *think* they were offering upgrade packages from older devices to new devices. Maybe you would have to pay one fee for the upgrade since you're lifetime?
There is also an HD tivo, but I dont think thats really worth it...
they were, but I think it was pretty expensive. but FH and I have three tivos (he has two) so when we move in together maybe I can get rid of two and get one new one. hmmm...
eta: i heard they werent doing lifetime anyomre either - which I wouldnt want to give up.
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Blazesyth
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Posted by Hi-Fi55
I heard they weren't selling lifetime subscriptions anymore?
Oh yeah, look at that - the most they offer is 3 years at a 2 year price. That stinks! We just bought a 1 year, since we didnt know if we'd like it or not. Now, I kick myself.
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| Posted 9/22/06 12:03 PM |
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Hi-Fi55
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Re: Who has a Tivo?????
I think it stinks that they aren't doing lifetimes anymore. I think if you have them already and you buy more boxes/upgrade, you should be able to keep your subscription. It's so worth it.
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| Posted 9/22/06 12:03 PM |
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Posted by Blazesyth
Posted by Meaghan729
Posted by shell
You can tape 2 or more shows that are on at the same time?
Right?
no you can only tape one thing at a time.
the wonderful thing about it is the Season Pass - like I just say record "friends" and it will find every frineds episode, whatever channel, and record it.
If you get a 'dual tuner Tivo' you can record 2 at a time.
ohh really? but would I lose my lifetime service if I got a new one?
Ive had TIVO for like 4 years now. my box is so old!
we have dvr through comcast now, but we used to have tivo. it was several years ago and we were able to use some kind of AB switch so that we could watch one channel and record another. i don't really know how you set it up, but i can ask my dh if you'd like.
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