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I have been thinking of picking one up. Any opinions? Is the Sony better than the Philips? Any input would be great.

I have had a 30 hour Phillips unit for 3 months or so. It is wonderful. I am sure you know all the details on what it can and cannot do, but I will say that it has exceded all of my expectations. It is so simple to use, heck, the wife even knows how.


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Sam

I have "connections" inside the company (executive management) and I got hooked up with one for Chanukah. Its setting itself up right now. I'll let ya know.

What is TiVO?

panasonic is coming out with a new version early this year that has DSS/DirectTV built into one unit. It supposed to cost the exact same as the current unit! It'll record at a much better image quality because the Tivo can record the signal directly digital from the DSS, instead of the dss going analog..then being converted back to digital by the Tivo, which creates a poorer image quality.

Also it's supposed to have more hours at high quality setting than the current boxes.

Pretty slick. I saw this on Fresh Gear, on TechTV (ZDTV)

Yeah I saw that same episode of Fresh Gear last night. That box looks nice. I hate the idea of multiple d-a's and a-d's. I see the result everyday at work, and it looks ugly.

mcbiff TiVO is a service. It provides programming information to DDR's (Digital Disk Recorders) so they can record the shows you want to watch. You tell your DDR what shows you want, and it contacts TiVO to find out when those shows are on.

Why not TV Replay (or whatever the other competitor is). I heard it is better and there are no monthly costs. Also, I heard it has better quality. I am looking into buying one but I still haven't decided which one.

you dont pay a subscription fee for Tivo do you??

Ya, you do. $10 a month or $200 for lifetime.

In the few days I'v had mine my TV watching habits have totally changed. I just flip thru the listings and pick out some stuff to record and later, whenever I feel like it I watch it (and ff thru the ads).

Is there a time-frame for the release of the Panasonic mentioned? Also, is there anywhere that compares these services?

I think ReplayTV went out of business, but dont quote me on that.

Yeah. I guess they did. Anyone know of the cheapest way to pick up the TiVO?

You can do something similar to TiVO with the AIW Radeon. Check out <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1302&p=6" Target="_NEW">this</a> article over at anandtech. Here's the skinny:

<i>Perhaps the best feature of the TV tuning software is what ATI likes to call "TV-on-Demand." This feature is similar to the TiVo set-top box that can be found at many electronic stores. The TV-on-Demand software that is built into the TV tuner application allows for the user to not only pause live TV while still being able to see the rest of the show, but it also allows for the 11:00 movie to be started at 11:15. This feature is called time shifting and requires quite a bit of power, as the video card must both decode one signal for playback on the screen and encode the stream coming from live television. The amount of time that one can time shift is only dependent on hard drive space. One can fast forward, rewind and change the play back speed of any time shifted information, allowing for total control over the television experience. Let's say that we are watching a 30 min show that starts at 10:30 but we do not want to see any commercials. With TV-on-Demand, all one needs to do is start time shifting the show at 10:30, by clicking on a single button, and then start watching the show at 10:45. Now, with your system running 15 minutes behind live TV, it is possible to fastforward through all the commercials, rewind to see just what the character said, or pause the TV to run and get a drink. With the TV-on-Demand, it is possible to do all of these things, all without the monthly fee of TiVo.</i>

Originally posted by pidge
Yeah. I guess they did. Anyone know of the cheapest way to pick up the TiVO?

Ebay.

There is also a $100 MIR.

Look on the tivo site for it.