Tivo!!!

[David19 10+ year member]

Who here has Tivo! i wanna get on for my HDTV. but looked at walmart there wasn't any at all.. even though their site shows they have them. wheres the best place to get a TiVO DVR for under 200 bucks?

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[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

best buy?

https://www3.tivo.com/store/boxes.do

 

[JrVtecAccord 10+ year member]

Is there any reason why you want the tivo brand? What will be the source?

I use dish network's hd dvr 721, not bad.

 

[David19 10+ year member]

Is there any reason why you want the tivo brand? What will be the source?
I use dish network's hd dvr 721, not bad.

Well i have Regular Cable.. just remeber years ago a friend of mine had Tivo.. seem to be pretty solid.. always record his shows on time and even shows he didn't know was gonna be on. just always heard good things about Tivo.

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

I have tivo, came with the cable. Absolutely love it. I'd look into making a dedicated pc for it in your case, might work out better...MythTV I think is one of the popular ones, might wanna check that out. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[David19 10+ year member]

I have tivo, came with the cable. Absolutely love it. I'd look into making a dedicated pc for it in your case, might work out better...MythTV I think is one of the popular ones, might wanna check that out. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Which Tivo Box do you have? and why make a Dedicated PC for it?

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

Which Tivo Box do you have? and why make a Dedicated PC for it?

Uhm..I'll have to look, it's a tivo/cable box deal, but I am not at home to check it. I was thinking you could setup a media pc, you'd have lots more flexibility, it would run you a monthly fee ( I think) and you'd be able to add more space as needed. Thats the ONLY thing I don't like about my tivo, is the hd gets filled up kinda fast.

 

[David19 10+ year member]

Uhm..I'll have to look, it's a tivo/cable box deal, but I am not at home to check it. I was thinking you could setup a media pc, you'd have lots more flexibility, it would run you a monthly fee ( I think) and you'd be able to add more space as needed. Thats the ONLY thing I don't like about my tivo, is the hd gets filled up kinda fast.

Ah ok, well i'm just getting one for my TV. i shouldn't run out of space.. i'll just be recording acouple shows that i always seem to miss. and the Tivo HD is around 300 bucks so i prob won't even being doing HD stuff. i'll prob be getting the cheaper Tivo Series 2 for 150 bucks. just to record simple shows..

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

Gotcha. I was looking just now at a nice sony on ebay. 219 hour capacity. Most others seem to be a 40 or 80 hour capacity. Personally I'd consider one of the larger capacity ones regardless. You'd be surprised how much you start to record when you have one of those! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

Hmm..just looked at the price of the sony. 10 hours left, at $130 now. Let me know if you want the link to take a look and I'll pm it to ya.

 

[David19 10+ year member]

Gotcha. I was looking just now at a nice sony on ebay. 219 hour capacity. Most others seem to be a 40 or 80 hour capacity. Personally I'd consider one of the larger capacity ones regardless. You'd be surprised how much you start to record when you have one of those! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

haha yeah i bet, but i have like Basic Cable NO HD or anything but i have a HDTV haha. real good right.. but sense i don't have HD cable or anything i would be better off just getting a Cheap Non HD Tivo eh?

 

[David19 10+ year member]

Oooh you was looking at the Lifetime Sony Tivo.. i didnt understand that.. they said its free tivo where you never have to pay again monthly for tivo.. which i didnt understand

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

haha yeah i bet, but i have like Basic Cable NO HD or anything but i have a HDTV haha. real good right.. but sense i don't have HD cable or anything i would be better off just getting a Cheap Non HD Tivo eh?

Yeah, unless you're going all out I would not worry about hd. Hmm...this sony has lifetime tivo service as well. Might be quite a savings in the long run...

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

Oooh you was looking at the Lifetime Sony Tivo.. i didnt understand that.. they said its free tivo where you never have to pay again monthly for tivo.. which i didnt understand

Ok cool, you found the same one then. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

how does one get an HDTV and not have HD cable???? you are missing out man...

 

[David19 10+ year member]

Ok cool, you found the same one then. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Yeah but it shows it only having a phone line.. no Ethernet :/ lol