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Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: MPTheory on November 08, 2004, 05:45:34 AM

I just ganked mine from my dad (cause he thought it was stupid).  I think hes getting to the age where electronics are scarry.

bonus for me :)

Anyways, Im having a small issue setting it up.  I had to reset the settings because I only have cable and my parents had satellite.  The problem is that when you setup for the first time, you cant use the ethernet connection.  You have to use phone line (as far as I can see).  well, we dont use a landline at our house.  we all have cell phones and we are all so busy, we decided to cancel the phoneline.  Is there some kind of hack or download that I can use to allow the tivo to setup using ethernet???

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: juslight on November 08, 2004, 06:08:17 AM

Here\'s the link to the Tivo site where it shows how to repeat the guided setup:

http://customersupport.tivo.com/knowbase/root/public/tv1196.htm?


Maybe you can hook it up to your neighbor\'s phone  line just for the setup.  Or take it to work one day and use their phone line.

Here\'s a forum of Tivo users:

http://www.tivocommunity.com


Sorry that you have had so much trouble getting that thing set up.

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: Cyrus on November 08, 2004, 06:12:49 AM

or hmmm take it back to your parents and set it up there. silly boy

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: GigaShadow on November 08, 2004, 06:22:16 AM

Are you using a DirecTV Tivo without having DirecTV?

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: MPTheory on November 08, 2004, 06:30:29 AM

I live like 45 minutes away from my parents, so  I dont want to go all the way back there for the setup.. Ill have to bring it to work or something.  

This is a stand alone Tivo, to the DTivo or whatever they call it.

Thanks for the help last night J.  Too bad I still ran into this snag :(  I was looking forward to some tivoing :)

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: Cyrus on November 08, 2004, 06:32:37 AM

Live 45 minutes away from everything.........

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: Evi on November 08, 2004, 10:36:53 AM

*Getting a TiVo for X-Mas*

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: Living-In-Clip on November 08, 2004, 10:39:34 AM

ReplayTV.
Love it.

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: MPTheory on November 08, 2004, 10:41:10 AM

Quote

Originally posted by EviscerationX
*Getting a TiVo for X-Mas*

Lucky you :)  welcome to the Tivo club!

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: Evi on November 08, 2004, 10:45:45 AM

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Originally posted by MPTheory
Lucky you :)  welcome to the Tivo club!

Thanks, G :D I\'m pretty damn tired of the whole VHS scene. The things I record look like a pile of cow fun, and then the tape gradually gets crappier with age. And then there\'s commercials. I must spend a lot of hours watching ads every week. Especially those hour-long shows. There\'s about 10-15 minutes of commercials in those. Meh.

Plus pausing live tv while I go take a leak sounds pretty cool.

*Can\'t Wait*

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: Living-In-Clip on November 08, 2004, 12:32:46 PM

ReplayTV 5090.
Bypass commercials.
Pause live TV.
Network it with PC.
Convert shows / edit commercials out / author DVD\'s.
Online Scheduling.
Easy HD upgrade.
Dual HD setup.
Get a Replay 5090, screw the TIVO.

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: MPTheory on November 09, 2004, 06:35:38 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
ReplayTV 5090.
Bypass commercials.
Pause live TV.
Network it with PC.
Convert shows / edit commercials out / author DVD\'s.
Online Scheduling.
Easy HD upgrade.
Dual HD setup.
Get a Replay 5090, screw the TIVO.

I love you man.. your the happiest person ever

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: videoholic on November 09, 2004, 08:19:04 AM

I have an HDTivo and an SD Tivo.  I can record WAY too freaking much.

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: Living-In-Clip on November 09, 2004, 08:50:53 AM

Quote

Originally posted by videoholic
I have an HDTivo and an SD Tivo.  I can record WAY too freaking much.

But still not as much as me, due to the fact I can simply network it to my PC (which I have) and the fact that I can easily put two 160 gig drives in it. That\'s the beatuy of the ReplayTV. Only wish they would get an HD version out.

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: videoholic on November 09, 2004, 09:11:34 AM

I\'d take a 20 minute HD Tivo over a 20 hour SD tivo any day.  There is nothing more freaking cool than recording two shows in HD while watching another all on the same box.  Plus I have another 2 HD tuners as well.  :)

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: theomen on November 09, 2004, 01:41:44 PM

Meh, I\'ll just grab an AIW and use my half terabyte to store shit.  Then once another good HD deal comes along, I\'ll go with a full TB.  But I\'m just HTPC kinda guy....Off Topic, but Meedio + saving DVD\'s on your HD = GOD!

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: THX on November 10, 2004, 01:26:59 AM

omen\'s been bitten by the bug.  he\'s a f@g

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: theomen on November 10, 2004, 12:31:19 PM

*masturbates while thinking about his theater setup

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: Cyrus on November 10, 2004, 01:36:17 PM

*masturbates while thinking about his avatar




something about those two tounging each other.......

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: MPTheory on November 12, 2004, 10:15:33 AM

ahhh, Just picked my Tivo up last night.  got me a few season passes.  No wanting to leave class early cause Im gonna miss my favorite show.   Ahhhhhh, the freedom
:wav2:

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: juslight on November 12, 2004, 10:25:26 AM

What shows did you SP?

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: Samwise on November 12, 2004, 11:04:07 AM

*masturbates while thinking about theomen and his muscles

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: MPTheory on November 12, 2004, 11:04:17 AM

well, I know I dont need to mention the first one to you, but on that list is:

-the family guy
-The real world road rules battle of the sexes
-aqua team hunger force (your DVD doesnt work for me either BTW)
-more but I cant remeber right now

PFT, Jae asked me to record the O.C. for him... I laughed at him.

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: juslight on November 12, 2004, 11:11:57 AM

You should give "Drawn Together" a try.

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: MPTheory on November 12, 2004, 11:39:44 AM

oh yeah, I\'ve seen some previews of that.  Is it funny?

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: Black Samurai on November 12, 2004, 12:11:54 PM

Quote

Originally posted by MPTheory
oh yeah, I\'ve seen some previews of that.  Is it funny?

Its ok. It has its moments. I can definately see it appealing to a lot of the Adult Swim crowd.

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: MPTheory on November 12, 2004, 12:33:11 PM

ciool.  Ill have to add it to my SP list.  Damn I love Tivo :artyon:

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: juslight on November 12, 2004, 01:45:07 PM

Tivo makes watching TV almost like a game.

PS - the 30 second skip code is:

select,play,select,30,select

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigmarv.net%2Fhow%2Fsequence.jpg&hash=d5d28ce97dfd9ff292505d274a4082d7653c8d4b)

then the skip-to-hash button will skip forward 30 seconds during playback.

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: videoholic on November 12, 2004, 09:07:52 PM

Also


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in the list menu will allow you to sort 3 different ways.

Title: Who else has TIVO?
Post by: MPTheory on November 14, 2004, 08:54:49 AM

sweet.  I was gonna ask what the 30 second skip was.

I\'ll have to try that sort thing vid.