Damn Tivo or damn...

Extreme John · 2004-02-13, 07:51 PM

Me for being so lazy, you think I would have done at least 1 of 2 things...

1) Hooked Tivo up to the internet or
2) Ran a phone line to Tivo that was permanent.

Did I do either? Nope, why? Because Im Lazy, or burnt our from working a zillion hours a day, not really sure.

What happens now? I cant tape anything because Tivo has to "Reset" with upgrades at 2am. GRRRRRRRRRR

Greenguy · 2004-02-13, 09:31 PM

Never, ever, under any circumstance, badmouth TiVo

Bad John, BAD!

Extreme John · 2004-02-14, 01:28 AM

Yes your right, I should have controlled myself, just wish the little fucker would have woken me up if it was having a problem.

Greenguy · 2004-02-14, 07:51 AM

I thought when it was running out of programming, it did tell you via that little email icon?

I only had it happen once because the phone cord was unplugged, but I do remember it telling me there was only 6 days worth of programming instead of the usual 14 (or whatever it is)

BTW - I'm thinking of getting 2 more for the house, bringing our total to 5

Cleo · 2004-02-14, 07:55 AM

What's a television?

Jim · 2004-02-14, 08:06 AM

TIVO sucks
I did see a cool new Denon server that handles up to 4 TVs at the CES in Vegas. You can be watching a tv show on one tv live and have it paused in another room. All from one machine. Of course they say it will come out with a price of just over 5k.

Jim · 2004-02-14, 08:09 AM

Here it is
http://www.dba-pr.com/clients/denon/...Networking.htm

Greenguy · 2004-02-14, 08:16 AM

TiVo does not suck & you know it - I'll admit that your DVR Receiver has a lot more bells & whistles than mine, but the only real benefit is recording 2 shows at once (and even you told me many times that it fucked that up)

Don't throw in your On Demand crap - it doesn't appy here

Jim · 2004-02-14, 08:23 AM

ahhhh, on demand.
The ability to watch any HBO, Cinemax, Showtime or any other premium TV network show at anytime I want. They have now included PPVs.

And you are right...my DVR did fuck up. The Hard Drive failed. But you know what I did? I took it to the cable company and they gave me a new one

Do that with TIVO.

Greenguy · 2004-02-14, 08:25 AM

...and you'll remember that I told you that Amp had the 20 hour TiVo, opened it up, saw what kind of Hard Drive it had, went out & bought a bigger one & eneded up with 80 hours

And I told you, you're little On Demand DOES NOT APPLY to this thread

Jim · 2004-02-14, 08:30 AM

We are weeks away from hot swappable hard drives. That will be nice to record something and take it to another tv and watch it. But, I'm sure TIVO is not that far behind.

Gumby · 2004-02-14, 10:59 AM

I built my own "TIVO" it only cost me $54.99 (+$2100 for the PC)

Winfast TV XP tuner, I have yet to fill up my 320 GBs of space on my system.

Extreme John · 2004-02-14, 11:05 AM

Wow I like seeing you guys do a little battle over this stuff.

Yes Greenguy it warned me, but who pays attention to warnings? I expected Tivo to wake me up in the middle of the night (you know a little shove or tap on the shoulder) before disaster struck.

But all is well now it had it's way and restarted at 2:08am.

Personally I hate the cable company so giving them extra money isnt something I shale do easily. I would rather pay an extra $500 for Tivo, plus common now Jim it's TIVO.... TIVO.... TIVO....

Plus the DVR's out by me arent that great yet, Nate & Eric have one and they say going the Tivo route was better (well maybe Nate doesnt say it because he doesnt care, he's low maintenance and doesnt analyze EVERYTHING to the bone like Eric).

Greenguy · 2004-02-14, 12:02 PM

My problem with the cable company (aside from the fact that their DVR sucks moose balls compared to Jim's or TiVo) is that in order to get all the hi-def channels for my plasma TV, I have to use the DVR/Receiver on it. I already have TiVo hooked up, so the DVR function is useless. The DVR is currently in my office, mostly so I can record a few things to watch while I work. But now, I have to move it upstairs to the plasma TV & then get a new TiVo if I want to record anything downstairs.

Plus, my step-daughter has our old TiVo so my step-son (aka The Boy) has been bitching that he wants one as well. So, that means 2 new TiVo's will probably be purchased today

Jim · 2004-02-15, 08:20 AM

Greenie, TIVO won't record your Hi-Def channels?

Greenguy · 2004-02-15, 08:22 AM

I haven;t tried that yet, but the old cable box won't even display the hi-def channels, so I have to use the new one in the living room which means I have no recoring or pausing down in the office, which means a new TiVo is in order

I went to Circuit City yesterday & it was fucking packed with people - so I went to Pizza Hut instead

Gonna pre-order the TiVo's today so I can just run in & pick them up.

Jim · 2004-02-15, 08:33 AM

I can record Hi-Def channels but there really isn't any reason to

Extreme John · 2004-02-15, 08:12 PM

Have no fear......

The Second TIVO is here

Thats right I added another one to the family tonight

Yippie!

hey GG do you have the Home Media Option? if so do you have your Tivo's networked together? If so what did you use to do it, and do you have to purchase the Home Media Option for each Tivo seperatley?

Greenguy · 2004-02-16, 07:12 AM

My house is not wired that well, so I didn't even bother trying to hook up the internet crap with TiVo.

2004-02-13, 07:51 PM	#1
Extreme John Afro John says: "Touch The Extreme Afro & You'll Be In Extreme Pain!" Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,671	Damn Tivo or damn... Me for being so lazy, you think I would have done at least 1 of 2 things... 1) Hooked Tivo up to the internet or 2) Ran a phone line to Tivo that was permanent. Did I do either? Nope, why? Because Im Lazy, or burnt our from working a zillion hours a day, not really sure. What happens now? I cant tape anything because Tivo has to "Reset" with upgrades at 2am. GRRRRRRRRRR __________________ September 6, 2007

2004-02-13, 09:31 PM	#2
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,929	Never, ever, under any circumstance, badmouth TiVo Bad John, BAD! __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2004-02-14, 01:28 AM	#3
Extreme John Afro John says: "Touch The Extreme Afro & You'll Be In Extreme Pain!" Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,671	Yes your right, I should have controlled myself, just wish the little fucker would have woken me up if it was having a problem. __________________ September 6, 2007

2004-02-14, 07:51 AM	#4
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,929	I thought when it was running out of programming, it did tell you via that little email icon? I only had it happen once because the phone cord was unplugged, but I do remember it telling me there was only 6 days worth of programming instead of the usual 14 (or whatever it is) BTW - I'm thinking of getting 2 more for the house, bringing our total to 5 __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2004-02-14, 07:55 AM	#5
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	What's a television? __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2004-02-14, 08:06 AM	#6
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	TIVO sucks I did see a cool new Denon server that handles up to 4 TVs at the CES in Vegas. You can be watching a tv show on one tv live and have it paused in another room. All from one machine. Of course they say it will come out with a price of just over 5k.

2004-02-14, 08:09 AM	#7
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	Here it is http://www.dba-pr.com/clients/denon/...Networking.htm

2004-02-14, 08:16 AM	#8
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,929	TiVo does not suck & you know it - I'll admit that your DVR Receiver has a lot more bells & whistles than mine, but the only real benefit is recording 2 shows at once (and even you told me many times that it fucked that up) Don't throw in your On Demand crap - it doesn't appy here __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2004-02-14, 08:23 AM	#9
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	ahhhh, on demand. The ability to watch any HBO, Cinemax, Showtime or any other premium TV network show at anytime I want. They have now included PPVs. And you are right...my DVR did fuck up. The Hard Drive failed. But you know what I did? I took it to the cable company and they gave me a new one Do that with TIVO.

2004-02-14, 08:25 AM	#10
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,929	...and you'll remember that I told you that Amp had the 20 hour TiVo, opened it up, saw what kind of Hard Drive it had, went out & bought a bigger one & eneded up with 80 hours And I told you, you're little On Demand DOES NOT APPLY to this thread __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2004-02-14, 08:30 AM	#11
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	We are weeks away from hot swappable hard drives. That will be nice to record something and take it to another tv and watch it. But, I'm sure TIVO is not that far behind.

2004-02-14, 10:59 AM	#12
Gumby Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know? Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cortland, NY Posts: 18	I built my own "TIVO" it only cost me $54.99 (+$2100 for the PC) Winfast TV XP tuner, I have yet to fill up my 320 GBs of space on my system.

2004-02-14, 11:05 AM	#13
Extreme John Afro John says: "Touch The Extreme Afro & You'll Be In Extreme Pain!" Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,671	Wow I like seeing you guys do a little battle over this stuff. Yes Greenguy it warned me, but who pays attention to warnings? I expected Tivo to wake me up in the middle of the night (you know a little shove or tap on the shoulder) before disaster struck. But all is well now it had it's way and restarted at 2:08am. Personally I hate the cable company so giving them extra money isnt something I shale do easily. I would rather pay an extra $500 for Tivo, plus common now Jim it's TIVO.... TIVO.... TIVO.... Plus the DVR's out by me arent that great yet, Nate & Eric have one and they say going the Tivo route was better (well maybe Nate doesnt say it because he doesnt care, he's low maintenance and doesnt analyze EVERYTHING to the bone like Eric). __________________ September 6, 2007

2004-02-14, 12:02 PM	#14
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,929	My problem with the cable company (aside from the fact that their DVR sucks moose balls compared to Jim's or TiVo) is that in order to get all the hi-def channels for my plasma TV, I have to use the DVR/Receiver on it. I already have TiVo hooked up, so the DVR function is useless. The DVR is currently in my office, mostly so I can record a few things to watch while I work. But now, I have to move it upstairs to the plasma TV & then get a new TiVo if I want to record anything downstairs. Plus, my step-daughter has our old TiVo so my step-son (aka The Boy) has been bitching that he wants one as well. So, that means 2 new TiVo's will probably be purchased today __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2004-02-15, 08:20 AM	#15
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	Greenie, TIVO won't record your Hi-Def channels?

2004-02-15, 08:22 AM	#16
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,929	I haven;t tried that yet, but the old cable box won't even display the hi-def channels, so I have to use the new one in the living room which means I have no recoring or pausing down in the office, which means a new TiVo is in order I went to Circuit City yesterday & it was fucking packed with people - so I went to Pizza Hut instead Gonna pre-order the TiVo's today so I can just run in & pick them up. __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2004-02-15, 08:33 AM	#17
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	I can record Hi-Def channels but there really isn't any reason to

2004-02-15, 08:12 PM	#18
Extreme John Afro John says: "Touch The Extreme Afro & You'll Be In Extreme Pain!" Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,671	Have no fear...... The Second TIVO is here Thats right I added another one to the family tonight Yippie! hey GG do you have the Home Media Option? if so do you have your Tivo's networked together? If so what did you use to do it, and do you have to purchase the Home Media Option for each Tivo seperatley? __________________ September 6, 2007

2004-02-16, 07:12 AM	#19
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,929	My house is not wired that well, so I didn't even bother trying to hook up the internet crap with TiVo. __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network