Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > Any idea how far a dish can be placed from the house it connects to? > > And can I have 2 (or 3) tvs hooked up? > Not sure about the distance... but yes, you can have 2 or 3 sets hooked up to one dish (each tv needs a receiver tho). Lik

RE: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 8:24 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO > > > Any idea how far a dish can be placed from the house it connects to? Just an

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Jerry Johnson
Any idea how far a dish can be placed from the house it connects to? And can I have 2 (or 3) tvs hooked up? On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Jim Davis wrote: > > We hit the same conclusion and moved to satellite (and DSL... but ended up > going to back to Comcast for Internet, damn them!) > >

Re: Name Chopper? (Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO)

2009-03-30 Thread Cameron Childress
Saw it twice - once in a reply from Scott Stroz and once from Zaphod. Only in replies. I'm just using the standard GMail client. -Cameron PS: I am not current on all the pseudonyms so apologies if I said something silly up there. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > Yo

RE: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:r...@raychampagne.com] > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 5:57 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: that's it, I'm getting TiVO > > So sick of Comcast gouging me for everything under the sun. My last > cable > bill was frickin $170. Outrageous.

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Ian Skinner
Cameron Childress wrote: > > If your TiVo goes bust it never gets a chance to pay for itself. It's > a game of risk, the warranty on the TiVo runs out *WAY* before the > break even date, and AFAIK that lifetime membership is not > transferable to a new TiVo. That seems weird, but I will definite

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
/me nods as I'm watching TV on my mythtv system. On Mar 30, 2009, at 6:06 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Ian Skinner wrote: >> If you commit to TIVO I might just pay upfront for there life time >> service member ship ~$500. I got the first year as a gift, bu

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
MakeTv had an episode that showed how to make a pretty good hi-def antenna for next to nothing. On Mar 30, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Ian Skinner wrote: > > Ray Champagne wrote: >> What kind of antenna do you have? Outdoor or indoor? Any special >> kind? >> I was just reading up on this as a possi

Re: Name Chopper? (Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO)

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Your post came to me with your full name so it's not a list thing. Do you have any software on your system that may want to edit/block/whatever your email? On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > > > It si not, teh 'l

Re: Name Chopper? (Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO)

2009-03-30 Thread Jerry Johnson
i'm seeing the whole name. i try to trim my replies, and am sometimes guilty of poor highlighting before delete. was it mine? On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > > > It si not, teh 'lifetime' thing is only for

Re: Name Chopper? (Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO)

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Name Chopper? (Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO)

2009-03-30 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > It si not, teh 'lifetime' thing is only for the lifetime of teh device you > buy it for (at least it was last time I looked) [...snipped...] >> -Camer Is my name getting chopped off on all emails? I noticed this a couple of times today.

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > Off to research it, but would anyone recommend NOT getting it? I have two. They are Series 2, dual tuner, non-HD TiVos. I highly recommend wiring it into you home network. Wired or wireless, it will download schedule updates over the inte

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Scott Stroz
It si not, teh 'lifetime' thing is only for the lifetime of teh device you buy it for (at least it was last time I looked) On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Ian Skinner wrote: > > If you commit to TIVO I might just pay upfront for the

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Ian Skinner wrote: > If you commit to TIVO I might just pay upfront for there life time > service member ship ~$500.  I got the first year as a gift, but I plan > to go life time when that runs out in December 2009.  It pays off if you > keep the TIVO for three or

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Scott Stroz
I have had DirecTV for about 5 years. I only signed up with them becasue I wanted...make that needed...NFL Sunday Ticket. I can honetly say that in those 5 years, I can count on 1 hand the number of times we lost our signal for longer than 15 minutes due to weather. I have never really ahd an i

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Jerry Johnson
well. I tried to check out the "directTV over internet" option that is floating around the web. So I made the horrible mistake of filling out a "contact me for details" form on the directTV website. In 20 minutes, I have gotten 6 f$%^&ing calls from 5 different "partners" of directTV. None of w

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Ian Skinner
Ray Champagne wrote: > What kind of antenna do you have? Outdoor or indoor? Any special kind? > I was just reading up on this as a possibility. Trying to decide if I can > live without Discovery/NatGeo/TLC/ESPN... I live in an apartment so it is an indoor unidirectional antenna and I usually g

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Ian Skinner
Ray Champagne wrote: > What kind of antenna do you have? Outdoor or indoor? Any special kind? > I was just reading up on this as a possibility. Trying to decide if I can > live without Discovery/NatGeo/TLC/ESPN... I live in an apartment so it is an indoor unidirectional antenna and I usually g

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Ian Skinner
P.S. The network connection, telephone or broadband is not required to use the TIVO to record television as a DVR. It is used for firmware updates for the TIVO and to record programs without by settings other then channel and time such as by program name not matter when or what channel on wh

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Ray Champagne
What kind of antenna do you have? Outdoor or indoor? Any special kind? I was just reading up on this as a possibility. Trying to decide if I can live without Discovery/NatGeo/TLC/ESPN... On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Ian Skinner wrote: > > I've had a TIVO since Christmas feel free to ask

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Ian Skinner
I've had a TIVO since Christmas feel free to ask all you want. It made up a lot for me downgrade right back to antenna television a year ago. There is a surprising amount of HD availible over the air ways. I have my TIVO connected to my router with a standard network cable. No telephone lin

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Ray Champagne
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Jerry Johnson <> wrote: > > > Any suggestions on alternate cable options? > > This is probably a much better question than the one I asked. I am not married to the tivo idea, just seemed like the logical next step. I don't think I have the time or patience to bu

Re: that's it, I'm getting TiVO

2009-03-30 Thread Jerry Johnson
I hear you. I need to do something my self. My summer cable company (out at the campground at the lake) just told me to return my cable box, as they are only going to allow basic cable without a box for us now. just the tv as the tuner. So, no HD. no movies. no extended cable channels. Basically