I have comcast and have not seen any issues with this. I also do not have any premum channels like HBO or SHowtime so they might do it on them (and I wouldn't blame them) but regular cabel channels (including HD versions) transfer around just fine. -- Brian Hartsfield CCNA, CCDA AIM: kd4aej Twitter: Krandor1 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/brian.hartsfield Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhartsfield
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Glen Farney <[email protected]> wrote: > What I've been finding with Charter cable is that a large majority of the > HD shows are blocked from being copied. > Glen > > > > > ________________________________ > From: MegaZone <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 10:42:40 AM > Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Multi-room viewing a la DirecTV? > > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 21:09, Mike Thomas <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I am still considering my options for an upgrade to high def from my > aging > > Hughes HDVRs boxes. I had been considering DirecTV's MRV (multi-room > > viewing) but the size of the dish required for HD makes me nervous (I > have > > a > > cedar shake roof, and for some reason DirecTV apparently won't install > > dishes on the eaves or the fascia). > > > > The HD dish isn't that big, it is just an elliptical dish to be able to > catch multiple satellites. If the standard round dish mounts OK, the HD > dish should be fine. Odd about the eaves or fascia, since I see DirecTV > and > DISH Network dishes mounted on walls, gables, chimneys, etc - pretty much > any surface on a house. > > > Is it possible (provided I network them) to have two HD TiVos sharing > > recordings in real time? I'd be using them on Comcast of course rather > than > > DirecTV. > > > > Yes and no. They don't do streaming like the Moxi, and some other DVRs, > do. > But you can copy shows from one TiVo to another, and play back while it is > copying. So you'd start a copy from the other TiVo and start playback, and > as long as your network is fast enough it'll transfer in better than real > time so you can jump around within the part transferred to that point. > > There is one major caveat - this only works if the content is not forbidden > from copying. Cable MSOs can put flags on content that only allows it to > be > copied once - and that's the original recording. Content so flagged is > blocked from copying to another TiVo, TiVoToGo, etc, and can only be > watched > on the original TiVo. > > The new TiVo Premiere has the power to stream readily, and some believe > TiVo > is likely to introduce it in a software update - streaming isn't copying, > so > that would be a way around this issue. But who knows if/when this would > happen. > > Another option would be a Slingbox PRO-HD and a PC/Mac with SlingPlayer or > a > SlingCatcher in the room you want to view it in. This would also have the > advantage of supporting placeshifting outside of the home to mobile > clients, > etc. > > -- > [email protected] / [email protected] Geek, Gweep, Technophile, > me. > www.GizmoLovers.com / www.MegaZone.org / www.Eyrie-Productions.com Hail > Eris > Twitter.com/megazone / Facebook.com/megazone / > www.LinkedIn.com/in/megazone > "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" > 432-363-4296 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
