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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
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Re: TiVo vs. DVR
I'm not sure about the SA boxes, but it sounds like the Motorola boxes are a little better than the SA's.
They (Tivo and Mot guide) do both get their data from the same place, and you can search by title etc. You CAN cancel individual series recordings, but there is no equivalent functionality to "suggestions". I DEFINITELY like the Tivo interface better (although I haven't used it in a LONG time), the mot interface has at least gotten more responsive.
Some of those TIVO things in NGOwner's post look REALLY exciting. Especially the display of content from computer networks. Maybe I could finally decomssion my HTPC, or just set it up as a storage server.  | |
banditws6
Shrinking Time and Distance
join:2001-08-18
Naples, FL
 ·Comcast
1 edit | said by Ahrenl  :I'm not sure about the SA boxes, but it sounds like the Motorola boxes are a little better than the SA's. Yes, they tend to be -- at least, the guide software that's supported on the Motorolas is better in most markets. My dad has a cable co. DVR in a Motorola area, and can search by title -- although he says that search still only covers shows that are on the grid, i.e., going to air within the next 10 days or so.
On my SA box, I can't even do that. It's either the [ugly] grid or a huge alphabetical list of every show, on every channel, for the next 10 days. Not only is that alpha list unmanageable, I've also discovered that it frequently does not contain the same data as the data in the grid! (I saw a movie on the grid view that simply did not show up in the alpha list.)
said by Ahrenl :Some of those TIVO things in NGOwner's post look REALLY exciting. Especially the display of content from computer networks. Maybe I could finally decomssion my HTPC, or just set it up as a storage server. I like the new broadband and network-friendly stuff TiVo has been adding. You can subscribe to broadband mini-shows and webisodes, and they transparently download to your TiVo and show up in the list like a regular TV program.
I also like the fact that I can access my TiVo through my Web browser, download shows to my computer and then convert them to standard MPEG using a little command line utility. The only problem is, that's when TiVo's admittedly poor compression rears its head, as the file sizes are huge given the quality you're seeing.
Also, I should point out that this command-line utility is not exactly supported. 
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