Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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| TiVo has this
TiVo has had YouTube capability for almost a year now.
Facebook and Twitter TiVo doesn't have, but it's not something I really care about.
But listen to this - even if TiVo doesn't have it today, someone can write a HME app to make the functionality available. Try THAT on a FiOS DVR! |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
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Got HTPC? |
said by Eat Me  :TiVo has had YouTube capability for almost a year now. Facebook and Twitter TiVo doesn't have, but it's not something I really care about. But listen to this - even if TiVo doesn't have it today, someone can write a HME app to make the functionality available. Try THAT on a FiOS DVR! Agreed!
Also: HTPC - Can play anything from anywhere on the internet right on the ole TV.
Can even use a laptop as the "remote"! 
Stream music, video, Youtube, DSLReports, check email, anything!
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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| Tivo's biggest advantage is cablecard support. If there was a half decent cablecard tuner available that didn't force you to buy a whole new PC from the likes of Dell or HP I would jump on the HTPC bandwagon really fast.
Without cablecard or a cableco STB I can't decode three quarters of the HD channels I pay for. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| IR Blaster.
It allows you to change channels on a cable/sat box with the computer's remote control.
Or, just use it as a secondary input - HDMI 2.
Cable box for cable and Channel 1 On Demand, HTPC for DVD/Blu-ray/Internet/video files...
Either way... 
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Think outside the Fox... Opera |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
·PenTeleData
·Future Nine Corpor..
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| Yeah I prefer a neat all in one solution.
TiVo does most of what I need a HTPC to do in one neat box. No blasters to worry about.
Besides with a lifetime sub and cable cards that I bought outright, it costs less per month than paying $10 for a Cable STB and there's much less lag when changing channels. Not to mention that dual tuners will cost $20 if I rent two cable STBs.
Most bang for my buck, IMO. |
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