Tivo Premiere
03-06-10, 11:17 AM
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Re: Tivo Premiere
Originally Posted by kayak99
Wanting to get rid of my present cable box I had a discussion with someone at Best Buy this evening who was talking up the new TIVO box. From what you guys describe it may not be worth the wait??
(I'm trying to record HD TV, output it to a hard drive then, as needed, move it to a portable Archos media player. My present HD cable box DVR allows no output to another drive.)
(I'm trying to record HD TV, output it to a hard drive then, as needed, move it to a portable Archos media player. My present HD cable box DVR allows no output to another drive.)
Edit to clarify: you can hook up a hard drive to the Tivo but I think that simply acts as an extender. But to do what you want to do, you simply do it over your local network. At the same time, you can also download things onto your computer and transfer them to your Tivo to play on your TV.
03-06-10, 09:15 PM
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Re: Tivo Premiere
Originally Posted by TLwizard
You can do that with any Tivo. You just have to install some software on your computer. You can opt either for the Tivo Desktop software or there are a number of other solutions as well. You can ultimately transfer and convert to simply play on your PC, or any portable device (ipod, psp, archos, etc.)
Edit to clarify: you can hook up a hard drive to the Tivo but I think that simply acts as an extender. But to do what you want to do, you simply do it over your local network. At the same time, you can also download things onto your computer and transfer them to your Tivo to play on your TV.
Edit to clarify: you can hook up a hard drive to the Tivo but I think that simply acts as an extender. But to do what you want to do, you simply do it over your local network. At the same time, you can also download things onto your computer and transfer them to your Tivo to play on your TV.
03-10-10, 06:21 PM
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My big concern is that many cable companies are starting to roll out a new technology called Switched Digital Video that could cause problems with CableCARD installations on TiVo boxes. I don't want to have to get another box from Comcast to maintain compatibility. 
03-10-10, 08:19 PM
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Not impressed. Bought a Tivo HD XL last year. It holds 150 hours of HD, it's got 2 tuners, and it can download movies from Netflix and Amazon, videos from Youtube, etc. I won't be upgrading anytime soon.
03-23-10, 04:24 PM
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Damn, I want one of these but after calling Cox just now they said they don't have 2-way cable cards, which she said would be necessary to get the on-demand content, or PPV and stuff like MLB Extra Innings. And she didn't know when the techmology might be available.
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03-24-10, 06:42 AM
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Re: Tivo Premiere
Originally Posted by Maxflier
Damn, I want one of these but after calling Cox just now they said they don't have 2-way cable cards, which she said would be necessary to get the on-demand content, or PPV and stuff like MLB Extra Innings. And she didn't know when the techmology might be available.
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03-24-10, 01:16 PM
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I think the Cox system might be ancient (in some ways) but new in other ways (that screws over Tivo users). When I got my first Tivo I was w/ Cox and they went into the whole can't use PPV thing (so ancient in that respect), but since I don't care about that it wasn't a big deal. However they were also switching over to the SDV thing (so new in that respect) which meant I was paying full price but not getting all the channels. I switched to FIOS and haven't had any complaints/problems since. Even w/ adding a second Tivo.
03-25-10, 02:49 PM
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That sucks... I was thinking about picking up a 3rd Tivo as part of my redoing my home entertainment layout (in another thread around here somewhere). Hopefully by the time I get around to it they will have some of the issues worked out. What are the problems BTW? Is it the new interface or performance or ???
03-25-10, 08:34 PM
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The processor is dual-core, but they were having problems getting it to work so it's shipping only using a single core. They expect to update to make use of the second....which means it could be next month or next year or....
In the meantime, the UI is slow. The Series Manager still uses the old non-HD interface: you go back and forth between the new HD UI and the current one.
In the meantime, the UI is slow. The Series Manager still uses the old non-HD interface: you go back and forth between the new HD UI and the current one.
03-26-10, 06:43 AM
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Here I was going to backtrack on my previous criticisms (which I think are still valid), becuase if you don't have a Series 3, then this would be a good "first" buy. Now it sounds like it's not. How can Tivo screw up this bad when they're positioned so well?? Somebody competent needs to buy them out.
How can Tivo screw up this bad when they're positioned so well?? Somebody competent needs to buy them out.
03-26-10, 06:52 AM
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(Kisses my TiVo HD XL DVR 
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I'm actually kind of glad I didn't become a holdout for a TiVo Premiere DVR. Sure, it may not have the "doodads" of the TiVo Premiere DVR, but at least my box has a reasonably reliable interface and does a great job recording HD content.
)I'm actually kind of glad I didn't become a holdout for a TiVo Premiere DVR. Sure, it may not have the "doodads" of the TiVo Premiere DVR, but at least my box has a reasonably reliable interface and does a great job recording HD content.
03-26-10, 09:05 AM
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um... I guess the question is now do I wait to see if they fix the Premiere or try to pick up one of the old HD models. BTW Tivo doesn't seem to be selling anything directly anymore except the Premiere. The old models are getting hard to find new so if you want one better grab one while you can.
03-26-10, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by nemein
um... I guess the question is now do I wait to see if they fix the Premiere or try to pick up one of the old HD models. BTW Tivo doesn't seem to be selling anything directly anymore except the Premiere. The old models are getting hard to find new so if you want one better grab one while you can.
03-26-10, 07:43 PM
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I've actually just ordered one to replace my old 40-hour Series 2 that has an annual plan due to the lifetime being transfered to my Series-3 when they came out. Main reason is to get the improved network speed it offers (transfers are always CPU bound on them).
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03-26-10, 08:07 PM
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Re: Tivo Premiere
Originally Posted by nemein
um... I guess the question is now do I wait to see if they fix the Premiere or try to pick up one of the old HD models. BTW Tivo doesn't seem to be selling anything directly anymore except the Premiere. The old models are getting hard to find new so if you want one better grab one while you can.
