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The Recording of GSN
SRIV94:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 10:28 AM\'] [quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 09:10 AM\'] Unless someone else here has an idea (hint, hint).
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Get you a Tivo. ;)
(Yes, I know, 'spensive. But quickly becoming less so, and there are many members here who will swear on the religious publication of your choice that there is no better investment for your entertainment dollar, particularly if most of that dollar is spent on TV anyhow.)
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Thanks for the insight. I'll prolly cave in and get a TiVO one of these days.
Not to sound dumb, but how exactly does it work? I know it digitally records, but can the recording then be transferred to a tape once there so much stuff that it can't save any more?
Something to ponder as I celebrate my 400th post.
Doug -- soon to celebrate 401 posts :)
clemon79:
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 11:29 AM\'] Not to sound dumb, but how exactly does it work? [/quote]
It records to and plays back from a hard drive. (This is how it can record and play back at the same time.)
--- Quote ---can the recording then be transferred to a tape once there so much stuff that it can't save any more?
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Absoutely. In fact one of the options when playing something back is to "Save to VCR", which basically plays the show back without any graphics superimposed onscreen (not that it does anyhow, but I think it also surpresses accidental button presses that would do so unless you stop playing back the show outright)
There are ways to hack them such that you can extract the video directly to your PC for burning to DVD or what not, as well, but we're talking REALLY ADVANCED hacking...the kind of stuff I'M not even 100% clear on. :)
(in fact, if someone here has done that to a Series 2 Tivo, please contact me, I'd like to talk to you about it. :))
tommycharles:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 01:54 PM\'] [quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 11:29 AM\'] Not to sound dumb, but how exactly does it work? [/quote]
It records to and plays back from a hard drive. (This is how it can record and play back at the same time.)
--- Quote ---can the recording then be transferred to a tape once there so much stuff that it can't save any more?
--- End quote ---
Absoutely. In fact one of the options when playing something back is to "Save to VCR", which basically plays the show back without any graphics superimposed onscreen (not that it does anyhow, but I think it also surpresses accidental button presses that would do so unless you stop playing back the show outright)
There are ways to hack them such that you can extract the video directly to your PC for burning to DVD or what not, as well, but we're talking REALLY ADVANCED hacking...the kind of stuff I'M not even 100% clear on. :)
(in fact, if someone here has done that to a Series 2 Tivo, please contact me, I'd like to talk to you about it. :)) [/quote]
Ok Tivo whizzes, here's my hangup on getting one: one of the things that it's promoted as being able to do is record two shows airing simultaneously. This would really be helpful in my house (the Friends/Survivor debate ends at last!)...but in my DirecTV manual it states that the box can only recieve one channel at a time, which means you can't even *watch* something while recording something else.
Does Tivo remedy this, or do I need to get cable?
dzinkin:
[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 02:29 PM\'] Ok Tivo whizzes, here's my hangup on getting one: one of the things that it's promoted as being able to do is record two shows airing simultaneously. This would really be helpful in my house (the Friends/Survivor debate ends at last!)...but in my DirecTV manual it states that the box can only recieve one channel at a time, which means you can't even *watch* something while recording something else.
Does Tivo remedy this, or do I need to get cable? [/quote]
If you have a DirecTiVo receiver -- i.e. a DirecTV receiver with TiVo capability built-in -- *and* you have two lines running to it as you're supposed to, then yes, you can record two shows at once. You can even watch another, pre-recorded show while you record two other shows. (I have a DirecTiVo and do this all the time; it's been particularly useful since I upgraded my DirecTiVo to 214 hours. :-)
If you only have one line running to the DirecTiVo, only one tuner is available and you can only record one channel, though you can watch a pre-recorded show while recording something else. The same holds true if you have a stand-alone TiVo box connected to a regular DirecTV receiver.
If you have a regular DirecTV receiver and want to upgrade to DirecTiVo, go here...
http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/imagine/TIVO.dsp
The upgrade costs $99 and includes free installation, including running the required second line.
tommycharles:
Wow that's cheap! Thanks for the info, David.
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