bah. I've had dtivo over a year and we watch live tv all the time.
What choo talking 'bout, willis?
Originally posted by: SpunkyJones
You'll never go back to watching live tv again.
Originally posted by: Train
me and my gf got the comcast box with the built in DVR over a month ago. Now that she knows how to set it to record stuff while shes gone, I have to watch whatever she is recording, and now shes recording stuff like every day when I get home from work.
So instead of watching what I want, when I want, I sit there and let the TV tell me what I'm watching, and when I'm watching it. grrr
Tivo would be talking to the router and it would work just as the current Tivo software does today but instead of everything being wireless it would work more like an ethernet network. Now the multiswitch won't be expensive but it will be a two-way device. It will be a 5x8 multiswitch and it will be designed to allow more than one stream to be sent over any given wire.
So say if we have three DirecTV DVRs named DVR A, B and C using the multiswitch output 1-6 out of 8 total. This system will only support 4 DVRs using both tuners.
Now all of the 6 tuners will work like they do today but this multiswitch will also allow a show to be streamed DVR A over output 1 and the multiswitch will direct the stream to say DVR C over output 6 even if a show is being recorded because the cable itself can handle the data going through it. The multiswitch will deal with the satellite tuning side of things and the access point won't give a rats ass about the satellite or whats going down the cable from the satellite all it cares about is knowing where things have to go. Each DVR will have an IP address and when IP address 1 wants to goto IP address 3 the multswitch will know where this needs to go and down what cable as well. Again I'm not exactly sure how this all will work but this is the general idea.
ya its possible, but without running through the digital cable box, I'd only get channels 1-99, minus channel 5, which is HBO, and I watch the other HBO's quite often (300-309) not to mention you lose all the other benefits of running through the digital box.Originally posted by: royaldank
Originally posted by: Train
me and my gf got the comcast box with the built in DVR over a month ago. Now that she knows how to set it to record stuff while shes gone, I have to watch whatever she is recording, and now shes recording stuff like every day when I get home from work.
So instead of watching what I want, when I want, I sit there and let the TV tell me what I'm watching, and when I'm watching it. grrr
Any chance your TV has 2 inputs? You could just split the cable before running it to the cable box. Output the cable box via S-video/RCA and run regular cable to your TV as well. Then you just switch inputs depending on what you're watching.
Going from their press release (mind you this is almost a year old) it looks like there's going to be at least a one time fee. I couldn't say if it's going to be monthly on top of the fee or not. It wouldn't shock me if they charged an extra dollar a month or something for this capability. You didn't really expect an extra function to be free, did you?Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: BornStar18
Oh, I'm lucky alright. I really should have bought two though.Originally posted by: RossMAN
Last week CompUSA had Tivo series 2 for FREE after MIR or you could PM. A few lucky AT'ers got in on that.
Incidentally, TivoToGo hasn't been released yet. Depending on how much they charge for it, I think I'll probably use it too. It'll be a great way to get my TiVo to play in the living room.
Are you saying Tivo is going to charge MORE for TivoToGo functionality or will that be included with Tivo Plus?
Originally posted by: BornStar18
Going from their press release (mind you this is almost a year old) it looks like there's going to be at least a one time fee. I couldn't say if it's going to be monthly on top of the fee or not. It wouldn't shock me if they charged an extra dollar a month or something for this capability. You didn't really expect an extra function to be free, did you?Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: BornStar18
Oh, I'm lucky alright. I really should have bought two though.Originally posted by: RossMAN
Last week CompUSA had Tivo series 2 for FREE after MIR or you could PM. A few lucky AT'ers got in on that.
Incidentally, TivoToGo hasn't been released yet. Depending on how much they charge for it, I think I'll probably use it too. It'll be a great way to get my TiVo to play in the living room.
Are you saying Tivo is going to charge MORE for TivoToGo functionality or will that be included with Tivo Plus?
Alright, it appears I was wrong. Look at the FAQs here where they specifically mention that watching shows on a computer will not require any software to be purchased and there would be no extra fee. Good news, I'd say.Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: BornStar18
Going from their press release (mind you this is almost a year old) it looks like there's going to be at least a one time fee. I couldn't say if it's going to be monthly on top of the fee or not. It wouldn't shock me if they charged an extra dollar a month or something for this capability. You didn't really expect an extra function to be free, did you?Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: BornStar18
Oh, I'm lucky alright. I really should have bought two though.Originally posted by: RossMAN
Last week CompUSA had Tivo series 2 for FREE after MIR or you could PM. A few lucky AT'ers got in on that.
Incidentally, TivoToGo hasn't been released yet. Depending on how much they charge for it, I think I'll probably use it too. It'll be a great way to get my TiVo to play in the living room.
Are you saying Tivo is going to charge MORE for TivoToGo functionality or will that be included with Tivo Plus?
Well an extra $1/mo would probably be my limit. Although they should offer this for free as a standard feature on Tivo Plus.