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technology makes converts of us all
Jan. 6th, 2006 09:21 pmBrighthouse sucks in its cable packaging, and so it seems I'm finally moving into the 21st century as a TiVo subscriber. I hear it's delightfully idiot-proof and ingenious.
However:
I'm to understand that if you're not recording in High quality, you may as well not record at all, which reduces the amount of space on the hard drive to a little over a third.
Do I need it to be able to write DVDs? What do you make DVDs of? It'd be one thing if I could, say, record a certain SNL skit or Conan monologue, but it's an all-or-nothing system. I could record only certain episodes of shows like Law & Order that are hit-and-miss, but I don't subscribe to premium channels and therefore won't record movies with commercials. I have a lot of videotapes that need to be converted to DVDs, but I can just by one of those conjoined consoles for that.
Thoughts? Experiences? Is TiVo really all that? What size unit should I buy? I hear the remotes are oftenish faulty and that the units can be defective, which Humax likes to replace with refurbished models even though you paid for a new one.
However:
I'm to understand that if you're not recording in High quality, you may as well not record at all, which reduces the amount of space on the hard drive to a little over a third.
Do I need it to be able to write DVDs? What do you make DVDs of? It'd be one thing if I could, say, record a certain SNL skit or Conan monologue, but it's an all-or-nothing system. I could record only certain episodes of shows like Law & Order that are hit-and-miss, but I don't subscribe to premium channels and therefore won't record movies with commercials. I have a lot of videotapes that need to be converted to DVDs, but I can just by one of those conjoined consoles for that.
Thoughts? Experiences? Is TiVo really all that? What size unit should I buy? I hear the remotes are oftenish faulty and that the units can be defective, which Humax likes to replace with refurbished models even though you paid for a new one.
