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The Recording of GSN
dzinkin:
[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 03:39 PM\'] Wow that's cheap! Thanks for the info, David. [/quote]
You're welcome. Two caveats that I neglected to mention...
1. To get the $99 offer, you do need to commit to keep DirecTV service for one year, at Total Choice level or higher. If you already have a service commitment, it doesn't add a year; the year just restarts when you activate the DirecTiVo.
2. You can't buy a "lifetime" subscription as you can with a stand-alone TiVo, and the Home Media Option isn't available. Neither mattered to me when I signed up, but your mileage may vary.
OTOH, the DirecTiVo is much less expensive than regular TiVo service... $5 extra a month on your DirecTV bill, no matter how many DirecTiVo boxes you have.
tommycharles:
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 03:46 PM\'] [quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 03:39 PM\'] Wow that's cheap! Thanks for the info, David. [/quote]
You're welcome. Two caveats that I neglected to mention...
1. To get the $99 offer, you do need to commit to keep DirecTV service for one year, at Total Choice level or higher. If you already have a service commitment, it doesn't add a year; the year just restarts when you activate the DirecTiVo.
2. You can't buy a "lifetime" subscription as you can with a stand-alone TiVo, and the Home Media Option isn't available. Neither mattered to me when I signed up, but your mileage may vary.
OTOH, the DirecTiVo is much less expensive than regular TiVo service... $5 extra a month on your DirecTV bill, no matter how many DirecTiVo boxes you have. [/quote]
Hmm...so for $99 plus an extra $10 per month (5 for Tivo, 5 for getting an additional reciever) I can get a) DirecTV in my bedroom finally with b) Tivo? I'll take it! I'm so damn sick of straining to watch Letterman over the crappy reception when my stepdad is watching the Outdoor Life Network in the living room in perfect quality :-)
dzinkin:
[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 04:02 PM\'] Hmm...so for $99 plus an extra $10 per month (5 for Tivo, 5 for getting an additional reciever) I can get a) DirecTV in my bedroom finally with b) Tivo? I'll take it! I'm so damn sick of straining to watch Letterman over the crappy reception when my stepdad is watching the Outdoor Life Network in the living room in perfect quality :-) [/quote]
Other than shipping (for the DirecTiVo), yes... that's it. DirecTV even throws in a multiswitch if it turns out that you need one to handle the extra two lines.
dzinkin:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 11:28 AM\']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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Even less expensive if you go with DirecTiVo, though that works only with DirecTV. If you're thinking of switching to satellite anyway, it's one more reason to switch... but even if you keep cable and get a stand-alone TiVo, it's a worthwhile investment IMO.
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 11:28 AM\']
(But if 'spensive is a dealbreaker....)
--- Quote ---(and my VCR will only record analog channels)
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For less money than a Tivo, you can get a VCR's with an infrared adapter (I'm pretty sure they are standard equipment on most any recently made unit, unless you bought it in the impulse lane at Fred Meyer) that will change the channel on your cable box for you when it needs to tape something, and that would get around your A/B limitations, in part. The downside is that your VCR would effectively have control of your cable box when it was recording, and you'd be stuck on the A-side if you were taping something and wanted to watch something else, but that's the same caveat you're gonna have with pretty much any solution that doesn't involve a change of television service, including Tivo.[/quote]
Some digital cable boxes -- and IIRC, a few analog ones as well -- can change the channel at pre-assigned times, and have IR attachments that can switch the VCR's record function on and off at the same times. It's the reverse of what Chris describes (instead of VCR controlling box, box controls VCR), but the result is the same.
trainman:
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 01:43 PM\'] Even less expensive if you go with DirecTiVo, though that works only with DirecTV. [/quote]
It probably should be pointed out, if anyone's still reading this thread, that if you don't subscribe to DirecTV already, a new installation including a DirecTiVo may be even cheaper than the $99 previously mentioned. I paid $49 ordering through an online satellite dealer this past November.
One caveat, for those of you for whom this is a big deal, is that DirecTV doesn't carry Nick GAS.
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