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Tivo/Direct TV- Any opinions, pros or cons?
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Tivo changes your life, it is excellent. It means the few good things
that are on you can watch when you want and at your own pace. Only advice I can think of is be aware Tivo has a fan in it that is noisey so you may not want to set it up in a bedroom. (Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:znr1096505296k@trad... In article writes: I just ordered direct TV and Tivo to be installed in my new home next month, and I was wondering what you all though of those two services, and what to do to maximize their efficiency. They'll have to come up with better programming before I'm interested in hundreds of channels. But enjoy your toys. |
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Tivo/Direct TV- Any opinions, pros or cons?
Yes, as you all know, I'm a newbie, but all your help and e-mails have been wonderful. I just ordered direct TV and Tivo to be installed in my new home next month, and I was wondering what you all though of those two services, and what to do to maximize their efficiency. Thanks for any help! C Make sure they run **2** lines from the Tivo to your satellite dish. The Tivo has dual tuners in it, but they only work if they run two physical cables to the dish. I'd also ask specifically for a phase-III dish with triple LNB. Sooner or later, you'll probably want HD and it is possible that your locals may be on one of the other satellites anyway. We've got a direct tivo and a HDTivo. Love them both. I almost never watch live tv anymore. The Tivo is always on, gets the stuff I want to see so I can watch it when I want to. Movies in HD are actually better than DVD playback - so the HD-Tivo has supplanted a lot of the DVD watching we used to do. HBO an Showtime both have HD channels, as well as HDNet. The HD Tivo also does local off-the-air HD. -- Dr. Nuketopia Sorry, no e-Mail. Spam forgeries have resulted in thousands of faked bounces to my address. |
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Tivo/Direct TV- Any opinions, pros or cons?
Yes, as you all know, I'm a newbie, but all your help and e-mails have been wonderful. I just ordered direct TV and Tivo to be installed in my new home next month, and I was wondering what you all though of those two services, and what to do to maximize their efficiency. Thanks for any help! C Make sure they run **2** lines from the Tivo to your satellite dish. The Tivo has dual tuners in it, but they only work if they run two physical cables to the dish. I'd also ask specifically for a phase-III dish with triple LNB. Sooner or later, you'll probably want HD and it is possible that your locals may be on one of the other satellites anyway. We've got a direct tivo and a HDTivo. Love them both. I almost never watch live tv anymore. The Tivo is always on, gets the stuff I want to see so I can watch it when I want to. Movies in HD are actually better than DVD playback - so the HD-Tivo has supplanted a lot of the DVD watching we used to do. HBO an Showtime both have HD channels, as well as HDNet. The HD Tivo also does local off-the-air HD. -- Dr. Nuketopia Sorry, no e-Mail. Spam forgeries have resulted in thousands of faked bounces to my address. |
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Tivo - pros: dozens of channels of mind-numbing lowest common
denominator shows cons: your $ goes to corporations that provide dozens of channels of mind-numbing lowest common denominator shows; won't improve your music/recording/engineering/producing chops DTV - pros: dozens of channels of mind-numbing lowest common denominator shows. cons: your $ goes to corporations that provide dozens of channels of mind-numbing lowest common denominator shows; won't improve your music/recording/engineering/producing chops Mikey Wozniak Nova Music Productions This sig is haiku The best reason of all: ****ing off arrogant pseudo-intellectuals. -- Dr. Nuketopia Sorry, no e-Mail. Spam forgeries have resulted in thousands of faked bounces to my address. |
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Tivo - pros: dozens of channels of mind-numbing lowest common
denominator shows cons: your $ goes to corporations that provide dozens of channels of mind-numbing lowest common denominator shows; won't improve your music/recording/engineering/producing chops DTV - pros: dozens of channels of mind-numbing lowest common denominator shows. cons: your $ goes to corporations that provide dozens of channels of mind-numbing lowest common denominator shows; won't improve your music/recording/engineering/producing chops Mikey Wozniak Nova Music Productions This sig is haiku The best reason of all: ****ing off arrogant pseudo-intellectuals. -- Dr. Nuketopia Sorry, no e-Mail. Spam forgeries have resulted in thousands of faked bounces to my address. |
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