MegaZone wrote:
>> I do *not* want a set-top "cable box" that requires me to change >> channels with a Comcast remote control device. > > Why not? Functionally it is no different from what you're going to > have to do with the DTA - using the TiVo IR blasters. And the cable > box may allow you to access more content than the DTA. Now that I understand that they're almost the same, I understand what you're saying, and although I have already hooked up the actual "cable box" to a non-DVR television set, I may decide later to switch them around. My hesitance to using any type of cable box is that I am so used to the TiVo changing the channel internally that I believe that adding another layer of complexity (infrared channel-changing) leaves room for just one more thing to go wrong. But I can't stop "progress," so with Charles' help, I'm going to play their game and hope for the best. > A DTA is really just a kind of dumbed down cable box. Unless they'll > charge you for the cable box and the DTA is free, then I could see > going with the free option. They're upgrading all non-cable-box customers with one free "cable box" and two free "digital transport adapters, so I am not out any more money, except for the $60.00+ dollars a month I have to pay for the cable in the first place, which is getting to be excessive in my book, but that's another topic. >> it sounds like I have no other choice. > > Sounds like it, presuming the TiVo can control the DTA of course. I > honestly don't know, it depends on if the IR codes the DTA uses are in > the TiVo's IR DB. Probably pretty good odds it uses some standard set > of cable box IR codes though. That's what I'm hoping for. Thanks, as usual, for your insight and explanation. Dave S. -- dave6592 [at] accesscom [dot] com - http://www.accesscom.com/~dave6592 Dave Schultheis, San José, Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County, CA, USA
