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SINNER
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject:
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* Nog Wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:
| Quote: | How is this Tivo's fault? Or CBS's fault for that matter?
TiVo too dumb to adjust to program time changes.
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How do you suggest they do this? Your previous suggestion is simply
not possible...next.
| Quote: | CBS for not
following their posted schedule.
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So now you expect them to be mindreaders? What happens when a MLB
game goes 18 innings? Just becasue you choose not to watch a popular
sport on TV they should do it YOUR way?
Oh, I dont...
| Quote: | I did record 60
minutes so I could fast forward the commercials. I knew 45 minutes
was listed as Cold Case in the Now Playing listing on the DVR. If
this is too confusing for you just let it go.
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So you resolved your issue but still felt the need to bitch to a
bunch of people that cant help and I am the confused one?
Apparently you lack even a basic understanding of your hardware and
even less about TV schedules.
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David
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:07 pm Post subject:
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"Charles C. Shyu" <charles_shyu@nymc.edu> wrote in message
news:ZYA4f.17295$q1.5825@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
| Quote: | They lied. Without service, you have a paperweight.
I have a Sony SVR-3000 (Series 2) with a bunch of recorded stuff on its
HDD. I recently hooked up a SA 8300HD, and have subsequently transferred
all recordings from the TiVo to the SA 8300HD. So if I were to cancel my
TiVo subscription, even if I can't record anything with the TiVo, can I at
least watch my recorded programs? Thanks.
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Charles C. Shyu
http://home.earthlink.net/~shyuc/shyu.html
Yes, you may watch your recorded programs, but in everything else, your
TiVo is nothing but a steel box. |
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Nog
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject:
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"SINNER" <arcade.master@googlemail.net> wrote in message
news:Xns96F4749AD9932Louiscypherhellorg@140.99.99.130...
| Quote: | * Nog Wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:
How is this Tivo's fault? Or CBS's fault for that matter?
TiVo too dumb to adjust to program time changes.
How do you suggest they do this? Your previous suggestion is simply
not possible...next.
CBS for not
following their posted schedule.
So now you expect them to be mindreaders? What happens when a MLB
game goes 18 innings? Just becasue you choose not to watch a popular
sport on TV they should do it YOUR way?
Don't worry,
Oh, I dont...
I did record 60
minutes so I could fast forward the commercials. I knew 45 minutes
was listed as Cold Case in the Now Playing listing on the DVR. If
this is too confusing for you just let it go.
So you resolved your issue but still felt the need to bitch to a
bunch of people that cant help and I am the confused one?
Apparently you lack even a basic understanding of your hardware and
even less about TV schedules.
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David
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So basically all I am getting from TiVo is a TV guide. I can look at TV
guide online free and program my own time slots for recording without TiVo.
What am I paying TiVo for again? |
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MegaZone
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject:
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"Nog" <iiiiiiiiii8@verizon.net> shaped the electrons to say:
| Quote: | So basically all I am getting from TiVo is a TV guide. I can look at TV
guide online free and program my own time slots for recording without TiVo.
What am I paying TiVo for again?
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I don't know, why don't you sell the TiVo and go back to a VCR so you
can stop trolling here.
-MZ
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<URL:mailto:megazoneatmegazone.org> Gweep, Discordian, Author, Engineer, me.
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171
<URL:http://www.megazone.org/> <URL:http://www.eyrie-productions.com/> Eris |
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Mike Hunt
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:32 pm Post subject:
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On 2005-10-20, Nog <iiiiiiiiii8@verizon.net> wrote:
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So basically all I am getting from TiVo is a TV guide. I can look at TV
guide online free and program my own time slots for recording without TiVo.
What am I paying TiVo for again?
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How are we to know why you are paying TiVo? We're not mind readers. Why
don't you tell us why you're paying TiVo? Most of us get a lot more out
of it so we pay TiVo for those things but if you think you are only
getting a TV guide out of it, that must be why you're paying them.
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Gordon Burditt
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:51 pm Post subject:
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| Quote: | So basically all I am getting from TiVo is a TV guide. I can look at TV
guide online free and program my own time slots for recording without TiVo.
What am I paying TiVo for again?
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So you don't HAVE to check every day to see if any of the time slots
changed (which is actually fairly common). Tivo will pick up on
changes more than a day in advance. So you don't HAVE to review
every day what you've got programmed to record when there are
schedule conflicts that changed. The season pass priority scheme
doesn't always do what I want it to, nor can I express 100% of what
I want it to do, but most of the time it's very good. And it
does allow me to make exceptions for things, like when I got a bad
copy of something (weather warnings, Presidential news conferences,
football, breaking news stories, bad weather -> lousy reception,
etc.) and really want to record the same episode again. Trying to
compute it manually would be messy, especially the part about not
recording duplicates of the same episode).
I could generate electricity riding an exercise bike. What am I paying
the electric company for again?
Gordon L. Burditt |
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Steve M. Mann
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject:
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On 10/15/2005 3:00 PM, HamNCheese © pondered briefly and then wrote:
| Quote: | Picked up a free 40GB Tivo at Fry's yesterday... no subscription
commitment required.
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You said it right there. No subscription "commitment" required. It
doesn't say, "No subscription required".
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Steve
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Randy S.
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:25 pm Post subject:
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| Quote: | So basically all I am getting from TiVo is a TV guide. I can look at TV
guide online free and program my own time slots for recording without TiVo.
What am I paying TiVo for again?
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No, that's completely untrue. You're claiming the scheduling features
are completely worthless because it won't pickup unannounced scheduling
changes. But unscheduled changes are the *exception* not the rule. In
the other 99.5% of the time the scheduling procedure works fine. The .5%
doesn't invalidate everything else.
Randy S. |
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Nog
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Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:41 am Post subject:
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"MegaZone" <newsREMOVE@THISmegazone.org> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "Nog" <iiiiiiiiii8@verizon.net> shaped the electrons to say:
So basically all I am getting from TiVo is a TV guide. I can look at TV
guide online free and program my own time slots for recording without
TiVo.
What am I paying TiVo for again?
I don't know, why don't you sell the TiVo and go back to a VCR so you
can stop trolling here.
-MZ
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URL:mailto:megazoneatmegazone.org> Gweep, Discordian, Author, Engineer,
me.
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men"
508-852-2171
URL:http://www.megazone.org/> <URL:http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
Eris
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Randy S.
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Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:06 am Post subject:
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| Quote: | I don't know, why don't you sell the TiVo and go back to a VCR so you
can stop trolling here.
-MZ
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URL:mailto:megazoneatmegazone.org> Gweep, Discordian, Author, Engineer,
me.
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men"
508-852-2171
URL:http://www.megazone.org/> <URL:http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
Eris
Trala trala
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He said "trolling", not strolling!
Randy S. |
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Howard
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Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:11 am Post subject:
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"Nog" <iiiiiiiiii8@verizon.net> wrote in news:C2V5f.9453$da1.3931@trndny04:
Too bad there isn't a VCR in my plonk file. You could enjoy it.
Oh wait, not only will it not deal with unscheduled changes, it won't even
deal with the scheduled ones! Poor baby!
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Minister of All Things Digital & Electronic, and Holder of Past Knowledge
stile99@email.com. Cabal# 24601-fnord | Sleep is irrelevant.
I speak for no one but myself, and |Caffeine will be assimilated.
no one else speaks for me. O- | Decaf is futile. |
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wkearney99
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Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:45 pm Post subject:
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| Quote: | What am I paying TiVo for again?
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To give you enough free time to post stupid posts on usenet? |
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Joe Smith
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Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject:
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Nog wrote:
| Quote: | All they have to do is have some gimp click their mouse and send the signal
out to all DVR's via their phone connections. It's not rocket science.
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Yeah, right. You expect TiVo HQ to place 1 million phone calls
simultaneously? It wouldn't work anyway; TiVo units that use the
phone only call in to HQ - they never pick up on incoming calls.
TiVo units connected to the Internet check in periodically, but
that is not guaranteed to work without an hour's lead time.
This "rocket science" would also require separate notifications
for TiVo, DirecTV, Dish Network, Replay, etc.
-Joe |
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