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iamrobyn
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Re: [BC] Shaw basic cable PVR
Oh, ok! I only have channels 2-28 and 110-114... and I pay only $10/month for it, so you can imagine why I want to hold onto that! (I don’t think they offer it anymore)  I just plug in the cable to my TV and it works. So any DVR/Tivo will work with that? Lovely!
I looked into getting a DVD recorder, but it looks to be the same price as Tivo, so I may as well get that instead (since it has more features).
This whole situation is weird because the Shaw rep said that the ONLY thing that will work is a 3080... but everyone else is saying that a regular PVR will work! | |
jarrycanada
join:2004-12-02
Schenectady, NY
| yes, is the answer you seek. you can buy a tivo and it will work with shaw cable. who ever told you that you can't is full of it. but you have to pay a monthly fee to use a tivo. so seeing that your getting such a nice deal with your cable. I wouldn't go there. if you want the menus and service, that is, mind you there are hacks you can do to most tivos but i don't know anymore about that then there are.
»www.amazon.com/Hacking-TiVo-Will···4&sr=1-7
A better site to ask questions about tivo type services, not hacking. is »www.digitalhome.ca/forum/
This site I have found is more focused on tv recording then DSLreports is. You could also look at a dvd recording devices with a tuner. that's what you want, one with a hard drive, some of those have tivo like features. but it's hard to find people who know anything about them.
What ever you buy or do. just do your own research. read reviews, goto amazon and Cnet and read those reviews. don't listen to people who work in a big box electronics store because if they knew anything, they wouldn't be working there. it's like going to McDonalds and asking them for some cooking tips. | |
tlhIngan
join:2002-07-08
Richmond, BC
| Actually, the best TiVo forum is the TiVoCommunity forums
»www.tivocommunity.com
which cover everything from the basics, upgrading TiVos (more storage), and even hacking them.
There are really only two DVRs out there - TiVo and Moxi, and there are "the rest" - the cable/satellite box providing DVR functionality. A lot of people go with their provider's cable box, which is fine, as they're cheap, and they work, more or less. TiVo and Moxi do more so you'll find people who have those tend to be a bit more passionate.
(I personally have 4 TiVos, and it's a pity Shaw doesn't support CableCARD, for I'd bother with high-def in that case. In the meantime, I use the cable box with one of my TiVos, and two others record analog TV just fine, straight from the wall. I dislike the Shaw PVRs - have them, really use them as cableboxes since I can't figure the damn things out... Note to Shaw: How about licensing the TiVo UI like several US cable providers do? They work with the regular Motorola boxes via OCAP, and work so much better than your UI...). | |
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