Deftones

it was on a channel that was airing an episode of Cops. It was about 7 minutes into the show. I pushed record, expecting it to record where I started it. Apparently since the channel was on and I hadn't changed it when I turned on the TV, it used the show in the buffer memory and gave me those extra 7 minutes that I had missed. That's pretty cool! I've had this thing for over 2 years now, and it still amazes me!

nevermind

Yeah it'll do that, but it has to record it in best quality, since it's in the live buffer.

Hell, you could have waited 29 minutes in and it still would have recorded it . Isn't it great?

Jadzia

I thought you were going to say it went down on you.

Now THAT would have been cool!

briank

I just got a "DVR" from TimeWarner, they just came out with them in my area.

I was looking at a Tivo, but decided on the "DVR" from Timewarner instead.
It's $4.95 a month. And the box replaces the digital cable box instead so no extra charge for the box.

Just got it yesterday and it amazes me! Don't know what is worse/better/different/same than Tivo but.....:

Pause/rewind/etc Live TV
Record up to 50 hours
Picture in Picture (even if your tv doesn't have it)
Will record the show you are watching UP TO an HOUR previous as long as you haven't changed the channel
Record TWO shows at ONCE (WOW! does Tivo do this???)
I can watch Fox while recording NBC and CBS at the same time!

well worth the $4.95/month for me. No more "searching rewind/fast forward" through different tapes looking for the specific show I recorded a week ago and "forgot" which tape it was on.

Draven

My DirecTV does (and you can watch one you've previously recorded at the same time.

I don't know much about those DVR deals. Can you dump the shows to videotape?

dek

Thought you were going to say "Recorded Pink Flamingos" for me

hypeiv

hmm i think i need to call twc and see if thats in my area yet

JNielsen

My Tivo still thinks I'm gay. Constently recording Queer as Folk, Dr. Phil, and the Lifetime Channel.

briank

yeah, you could always transfer to videotape. While in playback, the way my vcr and cable box is setup, I just hit record on the vcr and it'll record whatever is on the tv screen (the playback of the dvdr).

hgar78

BigDave

hypeiv,

I thought only Cox was in our area? And they suck!

Cheddarmuff

Yeah, there are plenty of features that I still have yet to master...

crankyman

i'm officially in love with my direct-tivo unit. unbelievable....

CharlesC

@ Def recording 'Cops'

crankyman

he should have recorded cathouse.

skar

That is the Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8000, right?

Keep us up to date on how it works out for you.

I've read this review which found a lot of big problems with the unit:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...r.nyroc.rr.com

Plus it seems like the software is nowhere near as advanced as current TiVo software.

briank

yes it is the Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8000. So far no major problems. I changed from the HD digital cable box they were using. Changing channels is a "bit" slower, but not bad or anything to complain about. And for some reason can't control the volume of the "cable box" with the remote. Which doesn't matter too much to me, as the only time I ever used it was the "mute" button. I don't know if it's a problem with the box or the remote, actually must be the remote because I just tried it with the old remote and muting it works fine.

Other than that no fancy "suggestions or recommendations" or anything. And for $4.95 (actually first two months are FREE) I have nothing to complain about.
And if they update the box or upgrade the software I'll just stop by and switch my box for no charge. I did this when they got "smaller" boxes last round of upgrades.

I'll check out the website and see if mine has the same bugs or not. thanks

Deftones

what? I want to be a cop someday!

dstrauss

Yup, Tivo will go back and grab up to a half hour of any show you've been watching if you press record in the middle. I'm trying to remember when they added this. 2.0, perhaps? It's been available for a while.

It's been so long since I used a standalone that I forget about the whole "best/medium/low" quality thing...I love the DirecTivo because everything is at perfect quality. (And yes, it records two programs at once, and you can watch a third as it does this.)