Re: [MacGroup] Tivo and YouTube TV

I'll check out Channels and Homerun DVR. Thanks much everyone for your input and suggestions. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 23, 2019, at 6:04 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: > > There’s is Channel’s and a Homerun DVR server > > https://getchannels.com/dvr-server/ > > You can have the app on an Apple

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo and YouTube TV

There’s is Channel’s and a Homerun DVR server https://getchannels.com/dvr-server/ You can have the app on an Apple TV and then a Homerun DVR server. This is a more high tech solution. Really the future of tv is on demand Viewing. Everything one would want is available on the net now days.

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo and YouTube TV

Thanks, Ed and Tom. I agree YouTube TV DVR is good mostly, but the 9 months storage doesn’t work. I want to keep recordings indefinitely. The other issue is if we switch to a different streaming service the DVR is gone. So, I’d like to purchase a physical DVR and record movies, shows, etc. that

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo and YouTube TV

YouTube tv cloud recording is awesome. Unlimited hours. On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 3:13 PM Ed Wiser wrote: > YouTube tv has its own cloud DVR. > To use it your best choice is a AppleTV. > Here is a review of it. > > https://youtu.be/94kPJ9mcJ8Y > > TiVo is for use with cable or over the air tv. >

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo and YouTube TV

YouTube tv has its own cloud DVR. To use it your best choice is a AppleTV. Here is a review of it. https://youtu.be/94kPJ9mcJ8Y TiVo is for use with cable or over the air tv. It does have streaming app’s but doesn’t have the streaming Tv App’s it just has YouTube and Hulu but not the IPTV

[MacGroup] Tivo and YouTube TV

Hi all — I know Ed and others have educated the group on Tivo many times, but searching past emails I don’t see specifics on recording shows from YouTube TV streaming service. I would like to purchase a DVR device for my husband for Christmas so I’m hoping to get some advice if Tivo is the

Re: [MacGroup] TiVo

http://www.safesmartliving.com/directv-tivo/ You would have to get a TiVo made for direct tv for it to work. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 18, 2016, at 5:16 PM, John Robinson wrote: > > Dont’ know the answer Tom, wanted to say what a Cool picture…how different > than

Re: [MacGroup] TiVo

Dont’ know the answer Tom, wanted to say what a Cool picture…how different than living in Southern Indiana. Have a very Merry Christmas. John > On Dec 18, 2016, at 5:14 PM, tom holloman wrote: > > Aloha > Anyone know if I can hook a TiVo bolt directly to direct tv

Re: [MacGroup] TIVO

I’ve seen it. Thanks. I would like to find something closer to home. > On Jun 2, 2016, at 7:02 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: > > Might want to look at this.\ > > http://www.weaknees.com/repair.php > >> On Jun 2, 2016, at 5:05 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: >> >>

Re: [MacGroup] TIVO

Might want to look at this.\ http://www.weaknees.com/repair.php > On Jun 2, 2016, at 5:05 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > > They do not. But thanks for the suggestion. > >> On Jun 2, 2016, at 4:05 PM, preston@twc.com wrote: >> >> Harry, >> >> I don’t have a direct

Re: [MacGroup] TIVO

They do not. But thanks for the suggestion. > On Jun 2, 2016, at 4:05 PM, preston@twc.com wrote: > > Harry, > > I don’t have a direct answer to your question/problem, but have used a local > TV Service/Repair place you might check out to see if they repair TIVO units. > Andy’s TV Sales &

Re: [MacGroup] TIVO

I have one that needs a new hard drive. Hope someone has an answer. Alex On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: > Never had to repair any of mine Thank goodness. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 2, 2016, at 2:12 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer

Re: [MacGroup] TIVO

Harry, I don’t have a direct answer to your question/problem, but have used a local TV Service/Repair place you might check out to see if they repair TIVO units. Andy’s TV Sales & Service — across from Oxmoor Plaza on Shelbyville Rd., 425-1497. -russ preston > On Jun 2, 2016, at 3:41 PM,

Re: [MacGroup] TIVO

Never had to repair any of mine Thank goodness. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 2, 2016, at 2:12 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > > Does anyone know where to get a TIVO repaired? Preferably here in Louisville. > > Thanks. > > Harry >

[MacGroup] TIVO

Does anyone know where to get a TIVO repaired? Preferably here in Louisville. Thanks. Harry ___ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Archive: Answers

[MacGroup] TIVO and Toast Titanium and Lion and a PC running windows XP

I have a 5 year old MacBook Pro running Lion. I installed Lion this past spring. In June, I recorded a program on TIVO that I wanted to bring to my Mac and burn as a DVD. Toast Titanium (my version is 10.x) has a nifty little app - TiVo transfer app) which allows me to download a program from

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

and Macintosh computers Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac On Feb 27, 2011, at 6:30 PM, John Robinson wrote: Are you saying that when Insight goes fully digital our T.V.'s will not work? This seem to be what Insight is trying to bring to our attention, check to be sure they will work without

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

Well here is the issue that you will have.. Insight in their great wisdom has a digital do not copy flag set on their cable cards. For all channels not just HBO or other subscription channels. What this means is that you can not use TIVO transfer app to move files off the TIVO on to your Mac to

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

Ed, Well then I may as well cancel the appointment with Insight on Monday. The ENTIRE reason for doing this was to get the movies TO the Mac so if there is NO way then I'll just return the Tivo to BestBuy and forget it, I may as well record to the Insight box. I'll call Insight and chat with

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

Ed, You are exactly right, Insight says they have this feature on their system so files can not be moved so only the folks with the older boxes can get around this. Appointment cancelled. Now I will check with ATT on their UVerse to see if they allow a Tivo and the moving of the files. If

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

No u verse does not do it either. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 27, 2011, at 9:44 AM, John Robinson prof...@insightbb.com wrote: Ed, You are exactly right, Insight says they have this feature on their system so files can not be moved so only the folks with the older boxes can get around

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

On Feb 27, 2011, at 9:14 AM, John Robinson wrote: Well then I may as well cancel the appointment with Insight on Monday. The ENTIRE reason for doing this was to get the movies TO the Mac so if there is NO way then I'll just return the Tivo to BestBuy and forget it, I may as well record to

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

Boy Ed, you are saving me a ton in time and expense.many thanks. John On Feb 27, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: No u verse does not do it either. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 27, 2011, at 9:44 AM, John Robinson prof...@insightbb.com wrote: Ed, You are exactly right, Insight

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

Lee, Boy you are a huge help. I have gone to the site, used their channel scan for my area by typing in my zip code. What I get does NOT include the channel(s) I need BUT they have a product coming that will do the job, at least according to the video they have for you to view. It says

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

Lee, I don't know why they say coming soon, this seems to be the unit that will do what I need, does it not? When I do the scan channels on the digital TV's that are on coax only and not an Insight box, then I do get the CNBC so I should also be able to get this channel on the box below? If

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

On Feb 27, 2011, at 4:06 PM, John Robinson wrote: I don't know why they say coming soon, this seems to be the unit that will do what I need, does it not? When I do the scan channels on the digital TV's that are on coax only and not an Insight box, then I do get the CNBC so I should also

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

Thanks Lee, I'll order this and return the Tivo. I so appreciate your help, again John On Feb 27, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Lee Larson wrote: On Feb 27, 2011, at 4:06 PM, John Robinson wrote: I don't know why they say coming soon, this seems to be the unit that will do what I need, does

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

Big problem with most stuff is that in about two or three months the digital upgrade will be happening and either you use a cable card or nothing. So the HDhomerun box will be useless when this happens just like my old Tivo box. One of the reasons that Insight is doing it along with the big

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

On Feb 27, 2011, at 4:40 PM, John Robinson wrote: Thanks Lee, I'll order this and return the Tivo. I so appreciate your help, again After all this, I'll warn you that I've never much used the HDHomerun on the Mac because I bought it to use with my MythTV Linux backend. I have used it a

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

On Feb 27, 2011, at 5:11 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: Big problem with most stuff is that in about two or three months the digital upgrade will be happening and either you use a cable card or nothing. So the HDhomerun box will be useless when this happens just like my old Tivo box. I got the

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

Right the HD channels listed are just the basic Network channels and this list will be changing soon. On Feb 27, 2011, at 5:47 PM, Lee Larson wrote: On Feb 27, 2011, at 5:11 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: Big problem with most stuff is that in about two or three months the digital upgrade will be

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

Ed, This is like Washington crossing the Delaware. Lee is right on the fact that you can get all these channels without a box. Right now I have 4 T.V.'s in the home, two are on Insight cable boxes, two are on coax. Since they are all the newer models they have tuners so as Insight has been

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

On Feb 27, 2011, at 6:30 PM, John Robinson wrote: Are you saying that when Insight goes fully digital our T.V.'s will not work? This seem to be what Insight is trying to bring to our attention, check to be sure they will work without the box, and they do. I had an Insight guy on the

[MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

Necessity is the mother of invention, or I have to rush my buns to record something I really want by Wed. morning. So, today I went to BestBuy picked up a Tivo. I had called last night and Insight will be here Monday evening to install the card. I need a quick and dirty way to get up to

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

John, You do need toast to move the program from TIVO to your hard drive. You also have to have TIVO on your home network. There is an application that comes with TIVO called TIVO Transfer.app. It brings the progam from Tivo to your hard drive. Then you use Toast to burn it to a dvd. It's a very

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac

Thanks so much Harry, but why do you have to burn to a DVD when you move from the Tivo to a Mac, can you not just leave it on the Mac Hard Drive and view as you would any movie. Possibly you would have to convert it to Quicktime but I don't really want to burn the interviews, I want to keep

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo question.

On May 23, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: Question, is there an inexpensive back box that I can put between a USB drive and the eSata port on my TIVO to make TIVO think it's an eSata drive? Or is there an inexpensive black box that will convert a firewire drive to and eSata

[MacGroup] Tivo question.

I have a Series 3 HD TIVO. It has two USB ports in the back and an eSATA port (for an eSata drive -- don't ask, cause I don't know what or how an eSata drive is different from a firewire drive or USB drive). When I asked the folks at TIVO if I could put a usb drive in one of the USB ports and

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo question.

I shelled out for the Tivo HD, the memory extension. I have never, ever run out of space; and there are 150 shows I'm through with waiting to delete themselves. However, few of them are HD -- Insight has proved hopeless at getting the decoder cards to work right, so I just record in regular

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo question.

Harry for Tivo questions I always head to the Tivo forum. Great place to get answers for Tivo related topics. TiVo Community On May 23, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: I have a Series 3 HD TIVO. It has two USB ports in the back and an eSATA port (for an eSata drive -- don't

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ???

Message- From: macgroup-boun...@erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:macgroup-boun...@erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Profile Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 10:42 PM To: Macintosh topics Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ??? Lee, Ever think about creating a video of all your setup

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ???

I have a HD Tivo with 2 cable decoder cards. Insight has no idea how to hook them up nor do they show any signs of having any of their subcontractors learn how (2 visits so far.) When I get around to it, I am going to have a house call from Geek Squad and see how they do. Currently, I just

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ???

On May 3, at 10:42 PM, Profile wrote: Ever think about creating a video of all your setup? It would be awesome to step us one thing at a time through the construction then put it all together with the way it is used. I'd be reinventing the wheel. There are many places where these things

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ???

On May 3, 2009, at 1:10 AM, Profile wrote: I 2nd Jonathan's request, I'll pay also. Gee Lee, a side income! Make a bid. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be May 26

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ???

On May 3, 2009, at 12:16 AM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: Still, you missed a great presentation on EyeTV and Apple TV at our last meeting. Sara at MacAuthority walked us through how both of them work. I'm thinking that you might like the EyeTV as a pretty powerful hardware-tuner/software-recorder

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ???

I would also like to see more of Lee's setup On the EyeTV... Does it integrate well with AppleTV? If you combine the 2 systems, does that make a decent TiVo replacement? I don't want to watch any TV on the computer, I want to be able to watch on a real TV! On May 3, 2009, at 12:16 AM,

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ???

Lee, Ever think about creating a video of all your setup? It would be awesome to step us one thing at a time through the construction then put it all together with the way it is used. This could be burned to DVD's for us to use when we are ready and want to attempt putting together our

[MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ???

I've been a happy user of TiVo since 2004, but my unit just died on me. I'm trying to decide whether to go with a new TiVo, or look at any other options. I have not tried AppleTV, but understand that it is somewhat limited. In a perfect world, I would have the ease of TiVo and it's

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ???

On May 2, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Andy Arnold wrote: Any thoughts from any happy/unhappy TiVo or Apple TV users? I've been using MythTV [1] for several years now. In combination with Boxee [2] it does more than AppleTV and Tivo put together. The new one- disk installations such as MythDora and

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ???

This is an interesting approach What does your hardware setup look like? Can you use a remote to easily control it? Does your family find it easy to use (assuming they aren't quite the tech genius you are)? On May 2, 2009, at 7:50 PM, Lee Larson wrote: On May 2, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Andy

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ???

I've never met any of his family, but I bet his kids are all future Nobel laureates. Still, you missed a great presentation on EyeTV and Apple TV at our last meeting. Sara at MacAuthority walked us through how both of them work. I'm thinking that you might like the EyeTV as a pretty

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV vs. ???

I 2nd Jonathan's request, I'll pay also. Gee Lee, a side income! John On May 3, 2009, at 12:16 AM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: I've never met any of his family, but I bet his kids are all future Nobel laureates. Still, you missed a great presentation on EyeTV and Apple TV at our last

Re: [MacGroup] TIVO question

Toast it is. -Original Message- From: macgroup-boun...@erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:macgroup-boun...@erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Harry Jacobson-Beyer Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 12:50 PM To: Macusergroup Subject: [MacGroup] TIVO question I have TIVO (a digital video

[MacGroup] TIVO question

I have TIVO (a digital video recorder). Is there an easy (and cheap) way to transfer a program I recorded on TIVO to my MacBook Pro? If there is not an easy / cheap way what are my alternatives? The TIVO is connected to my home network. ___ The next

Re: [MacGroup] TIVO question

I am pretty sure you have to have Roxio Toast Titanium. Here is Tivo's take on it: http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/howto/gettivoanywhere/howto_transfer_shows_mac.html Alex On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer harr...@mac.comwrote: I have TIVO (a digital video recorder). Is there

[MacGroup] Tivo is reliable!

I have 3 Tivo's, the earliest is an early type 2. They all have lifetime contracts, and none has broken. Well, the HD one crashed in the first 2 months, and they replaced it without a peep--paid the postage both ways. My only expense was packaging at UPS because I'd trashed the original

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV

] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wendi Williams Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 11:33 PM To: Mac Group Group Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV Hi, all, Thanks a million for all the great info! It sounds like Tivo is the way to go for us, rather than Insight's DVR or Apple TV

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV

The one factor for me in this situation, is that by using the Insight HD-DVR, I don't own the box, so if something goes bad, then they replace it. On Sep 4, 2008, at 11:32 PM, Wendi Williams wrote: Hi, all, Thanks a million for all the great info! It sounds like Tivo is the way to go for

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV

Hi, all, Thanks a million for all the great info! It sounds like Tivo is the way to go for us, rather than Insight's DVR or Apple TV. Now I just have to decide which box to buy: $150 vs. $300 ordered from Tivo. Will the less expensive box be obsolete sooner? We don't have an HD TV at this

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV

I don't use Apple TV but had no trouble getting the information from my wireless router. Suzanne Blake ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address:

[MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV

I'm considering giving my husband Tivo service as a birthday gift. I know very little about it, and wondered if any of you might have advice. He's a PC user, while the rest of us use Macs, and our internet connection is wired. Does Apple TV work as well as Tivo? Any advice or thoughts?

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV

We LOVE our Tivo! What tv service do you currently have? (Insight?, DirecTv?, Dish tv?, other?) We have DirecTv and a tivo box thru them. DirecTv no longer supports the tivo, but has their own type of digital video recorder. I haven't tried the Apple TV product yet. Tivo will absolutely

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV

Apple TV is nothing like Tivo. Apple TV is just a way for all your media files on a Mac in iTunes so they can be played on a TV. A Tivo is a DVR so it records TV. I would get the Tivo if what you want to do is watch TV. With the up coming Fall season you can get season passes for all your

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV

I don't know about Apple TV but I do know about TIVO! I have a roof top antenna and I have a Series 1 (1st generation) TIVO DVR (digital video recorder). I also have a lifetime (of my TIVO box) subscription so I have no monthly fees (when I bought it a lifetime subscription was $295, now I think

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV

Harry others, How dose TIVO differ from the box that comes with Insight Cable. It seems we can do all that you are talking about here using TIVO with the Insight Box. Also I have wanted to ask before, there are two firewire ports in the back of the Insight Cable box, could those be

Re: [MacGroup] Tivo vs. Apple TV

While you can do some of the things that Tivo does with a basic DVR from cable. You can not use the Tivo Transfer program to download a video file from the basic DVR. There are ways to record in real time a video file that is on a basic DVR but again this is a real time recording and not a

MacGroup: TiVo (Yes, it's off topic)

Oops. sorry...that second paragraph should read: stop programming moronic shows Rob Kersting wrote: Hmm...got something to hide Eric? :) I understand how you might feel, but I've got no problem with that. If keeping track of my viewing habits helps the networks to stop programming

MacGroup: TiVo (Yes, it's off topic)

Hmm...got something to hide Eric? :) I understand how you might feel, but I've got no problem with that. If keeping track of my viewing habits helps the networks to stop programming moronic advertising I'm in favor of it. If my viewing habits helps convince advertisers that I'll sit through a

MacGroup: TiVo (Yes, it's off topic)

Was just reading that story today. I resolved to stay away from Tivo after I started reading about how much information they were gathering on viewing habits. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-et- tivo17nov17,0,3236496.story?coll=la-home-headlines On Sunday, November 21, 2004, at 08:43

MacGroup: TiVo (Yes, it's off topic)

The TV tuner cards are handy sometimes, especially during boring days at the office. As for TiVo, you're correct, it's not going out of business, but it's being changed drastically in the next few months. Networks are bitching (what a surprise!) about the ability to time-shift and skip

MacGroup: TiVo

I cannot imagine why anyone would want to watch TV through their computers, but I can tell you that TiVo is the greatest invention since color television. Watch what you want, when you want, skip the commercials and the stuff you don't like, subscribe to your favorite shows and forget about