Once upon a time Glen Farney shaped the electrons to say... > The Tivo HD will probably do you well, I think if you look, you can probably > still get a unit with lifetime service. If you're in cities, then the HD
Lifetime is available to anyone, TiVo re-instated lifetime recently as a standard offering. > in addition to any cable hookup you have. And I'd bet if you look, you can > find an RF device that would take the various outputs from the Tivo HD > (which is about anything except RF) and make them RF, for that rare TV that An RF modulator - you can get them online, at RadioShack, etc. I have one for a very old TV that only has RF coax input. But it really isn't that common to find a TV without at least composite video inputs outside of some hotels, etc. But many hotels lock the connectors on their TVs and even have alarms if you disconnect them. > One thing MZ forgot to mention, you'll need either an internet connection > (wired is simplest, wifi works with a $50 adapter) to get program updates, > doing it over a phone line is very slow these days. Also, the Tivo HD does Well, you don't *need* broadband, a conventional POTS phone line works. The daily program update calls don't take that long over a phone line, and since they happen transparently in the background you're unlikely to notice either way. But I'd still recommend using broadband when possible because of all the features it adds with Amazon Unbox, TiVoCast, etc. > A friend also pairs his Tivo with a unit called a "sling box", which allows That's 'Slingbox' actually, made by Sling Media - which happens to be my employer. ;-) They're place-shifting devices - you connect the Slingbox to your A/V source and your network and then you can access it over the Internet via a PC or Mac, or a smartphone (Palm OS, WinMob, or Symbian today - Blackberry and iPhone in the works). I thought about suggesting it, but I since it sounded like she literally moves place to place and doesn't have a fixed 'home base' I thought it might confuse the issue. But if you're travelling a lot but have a fixed 'home', it is a possible solution. You can setup a Slingbox with your TiVo (or cable DVR, satellite box, etc) and then access your content remotely from SlingPlayer whereever you have an Internet connection. And we're working on a hardware client, the SlingCatcher, which you will be able to connect to a TV and use like another STB, streaming your content from home. But the Slingbox only makes sense for this kind of thing when you have a location to setup the Slingbox as your source. Good for road warriors, etc. -MZ -- megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me. http://www.GizmoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- Hail Eris "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171
