Comments on: TV-Free Monday: Morte de TiVo

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Dead Tree Alert: Viewing Outside the Box :: Tuned In - TIME.com — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:01:32 +0000

[...] TIME magazine, I have an essay inspired by the magical week after Thanksgiving when my TiVo box crapped out on me and I found myself watching most of my TV on my laptop and my iPhone. Now that TV has dispersed [...]

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Tuned In - TIME.com » Blog Archive TV-Free Tuesday: How Lucky I Am! « — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:38:36 +0000

[...] (0) | Email This What is this "television" you speak of? Having gone four days now with my TiVo / HD cable box on the fritz, I feel like a new man! I have entered the post-television age! I've streamed my news online. I've [...]

By: bzdesk

bzdesk — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:48:38 +0000

Ditto --what annlynnmarie said. . Recently switched to ATT U-verse and so far it's working great for us. One unit and the peeps gets to DVR their favorite shows like Fringe, Countdown w/K.O, House and Rachel Maddow Show and watch later from any room with a TV. There is now less 'Fringe-averseness' in my household though they still think I'm under a 'kool-aid' spell (umm...tin-foil hats anyone?). Then again, last week's episode was kinda...

By: annlynnmarie

annlynnmarie — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:45:08 +0000

I once worshiped TIVO as much as you. However, I was persuaded to try ATT U-verse. I can now record 4 shows at once (including 2 HD channels) and can remote program my DVR online from any computer I choose. Also, only one DVR is needed, as whatever you record can be played on any television in the house. If available in your area, I encourage everyone to give it a chance!

By: sulliclm

sulliclm — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:27:23 +0000

@alannab99/James: I agree, although I seem to be an unabashed Comcast DVR apologizer, the fast forwarding thing does bug me sometimes. Sometimes it takes a few pushes to get it to be in line with what I want it to be, and I often overshoot the end of the break. But for right now its not bad enough to make me want to drop a few hundred on a box plus more per month...

By: procrastinator

procrastinator — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:44:01 +0000

excellent information! i am a tivo fan, but i have the basic with a lifetime subscription so i don't pay monthly fees and can't bring myself to buy a new box and start paying them again, so sadly i don't record two channels at once and have to rely on a vcr for additional support... I am looking at buying a new flat screen television with hd so was looking into upping my cable to hd and getting an hd tivo, it's all too expensive for a basic, basic cable user.

By: morayeel

morayeel — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:38:02 +0000

I've recently been forced to switch from my TiVO to a non-TiVO DVR in order to upgrade to HD programming (my TV content provider doesn't support HD on TiVO). There's nothing like not using TiVO to make you realize just how good TiVO is - the DVR I've got now is amateurish by comparison and features both bad software UI design and software bugs. I might end up rigging up my own DVR using an old PC, a new HD/video card and MythTV for a better product than this generic DVR, but right now no one provides a better DVR experience than TiVO. For those of you able to use TiVO, count your blessings - like Apple, TiVO is a company that gets user-interface design.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:23:00 +0000

Due to the impending birth of Dave Jr., Mrs. Dave and I took a look at finances and realized that, for how much we use our cable, is it really worth whatever it was a month for the standard cable package from Time Warner? Compared to only spending $30/month for 2 World of Warcraft subscriptions, we were watching much less TV than that. Now we're on the "Channels 2-25, can't-get-more-basic" package that's free for 12 months. While we miss ESPN, TLC, Discovery, and the handful of things we enjoyed surfing around, we still get TBS (for Family Guy and Friends) and all the local stuff (for Chuck and Lost). Oddly enough, now that we're not playing WoW, we're doing things like watching local news and playing other games. Weird. ` I have been tempted to turn a PC of mine into a DVR, though I'm not totally sure how much I'd use it. /shrug

By: James Poniewozik

James Poniewozik — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:14:03 +0000

@alannab99: Amen on the fast-forwarding. The responsiveness of the TiVo remote is far better than that of any cable DVR I've had. It's like the difference between playing a videogame with a responsive interface and one without--the TiVo feel more like an extension of my body. And yes, I know *exactly* how much of a dork I sound like writing that.

By: tyrantking

tyrantking — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:09:37 +0000

DIVX torrents streamed from my pc through my xbox360 to my HDTV.