Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| What's so hard about using Comcast On-Demand with TIVO? I have a TIVO2 which I use with a Comcast digital cable box and through trial-and-error I am able to make use of my Comcast 'channel 1' On-Demand without much problem. It is a bit awkward in the execution because I need both my TIVO remote along with a Comcast digital cable box (the one equipped for Comcast DVR)remote as well.
Having finally been able to enjoy On-Demand I am not bothered by having to fiddle a bit to lock it in, but I'm sure i will eventually put it into a macro using a programmable remote. I suspect that most TIVO owners who make unsuccessful attempts to access On Demand are repeatedly destabilizing synchrony by continuing to engage in channel-surfing even when they manage to key up an On Demand offering. |
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| Biggest problem is for Tivo HD/Series 3. Where you simply can't access On-Demand because current version of Cable Card doesn't support it (even with the Tuning adapter) |
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Reviews:
·Comcast
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Thank you for making me feel for the first time that I was not completely stupid going with a TIVO Series2 machine. This was our first DVR of any kind and I had never anticipated when we got it that we would be doing most of our viewing through TIVO. It's fine now as we still own a 35 inch incredible hulk cathode ray tube television. However, I also purchased, at a reduced $299 price, 'free' use for the Series2 for life - the life of the TIVO Series2 that is. So when it comes time to give our hulk the heave, the absence of HD capability will be a real downer. The bright side is that I can confidently buy a 720 without worrying about a degraded picture.
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 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
kudos:1
 ·Verizon Wireless..
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·VOIPo
·PHONE POWER
| reply to Sterlingo
Doing that works, but it's clunky. You suffer from some additional lag due to the TiVo buffering the video from the cable box.
HDTVs are dirt cheap now, so with people moving to HD it's unsurprising that TiVo is losing subscribers. Series 3 is really nice, but it's way too expensive, when a cable co DVR does most of the same without the huge up front cost.
TiVo's best hope is the new DirecTV model that's been delayed and delayed. But again, they're going to really need to watch their pricing. The DirecTV Plus DVRs aren't TiVo but they do almost everything you'd need.
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