DirecTiVo

[Greg]

I've been a big TiVo fan for some time now. We just got Direct TV installed with a dual channel TiVo receiver. It is simply awesome! Record two shows at once and watch a third recorded show. I'm not a huge TV person, but this setup is cool.

[bvibert]

Sounds like you're a pretty big TV person to me... Thats a lot shows to be recording... :P

[ALLSKIING]

Originally Posted by Greg

I've been a big TiVo fan for some time now. We just got Direct TV installed with a dual channel TiVo receiver. It is simply awesome! Record two shows at once and watch a third recorded show. I'm not a huge TV person, but this setup is cool.

I have had directv for years but I just ordered the DVR last night they have a good special. Install date is Sep 2nd Can't wait.

[smitty77]

Originally Posted by ALLSKIING

I have had directv for years but I just ordered the DVR last night they have a good special. Install date is Sep 2nd Can't wait.

I don't know how I ever lived without it. We mostly use it to pause live tv and record Blues Clues for the little guy so that we can bring one up when he throws a fit because some j@ck@$$ changed the Nick Jr. schedule.

[Greg]

Originally Posted by bvibert

Sounds like you're a pretty big TV person to me... Thats a lot shows to be recording... :P

As a new parent, we found TiVo let us catch our favorite shows when we wanted. If the show started at 8 PM and the little went to sleep at 8:20, we would just start it at the beginning and catch up by blasting through the commercials. Wait till your daughter grows up, B. It's great for grabbing a bunch of Kids' shows. I try to limit her TV intake (she prefers that I read her a book) but some limited quality shows are fine and probably even good for her (in moderation, of course). My wife loves to set up Season Passes for shows. I like seeing the programs that TiVo randomly records once it "learns" what we like. It's more the technology that intrigues me rather than the shows it records.

[ALLSKIING]

This is great stuff for small kids..My seven year old even likes it.
http://www.babyeinstein.com/

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by ALLSKIING

This is great stuff for small kids..My seven year old even likes it.
http://www.babyeinstein.com/

Thanks, we already have several of their DVDs though...

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by Greg

As a new parent, we found TiVo let us catch our favorite shows when we wanted. If the show started at 8 PM and the little went to sleep at 8:20, we would just start it at the beginning and catch up by blasting through the commercials. Wait till your daughter grows up, B. It's great for grabbing a bunch of Kids' shows. I try to limit her TV intake (she prefers that I read her a book) but some limited quality shows are fine and probably even good for her (in moderation, of course). My wife loves to set up Season Passes for shows. I like seeing the programs that TiVo randomly records once it "learns" what we like. It's more the technology that intrigues me rather than the shows it records.

I was just busting on you Greg, believe me I wish I could say I wasn't much of a TV guy... I always have that damn thing on, our daughter is already trying to watch it as much as she can... Its funny you mention recording shows because of the kids, my wife thought was already mentioning that. I'm starting to think that just cancelling cable would be the better solution, I might actually get something done every once in a while that way...

[tirolerpeter]

Originally Posted by Greg

I've been a big TiVo fan for some time now. We just got Direct TV installed with a dual channel TiVo receiver. It is simply awesome! Record two shows at once and watch a third recorded show. I'm not a huge TV person, but this setup is cool.

We now have two Directv Tivo's both of which can record two things at the same time. We do not really care much about most tv shows, however, we do like certain sports and certain shows. Tivo lets us watch things when we want. It lets us record, flip back (if we miss something) and run stuff (like soccer goals) in slo-mo. It lets us see the news when we want to not when they show it. And....IT LETS US CUT OUT ALL THE COMMERCIALS! Now, even if we are watching "live" we simply pause for a few minutes, get munchies, drinks, or just talk a bit, and then restart the show and whip past the commercials. We love it.

[severine]

Yeah....I'm pretty torn between really wanting Tivo because of the little one, or ditching TV entirely since it's a huge time-waster.

Then again, what else am I going to do at 4AM when I'm up feeding the baby?