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Posted: 25 December 2004 01:41 PM     [ Ignore ]  
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[quote author=“mbmiles88”][quote author=“bustamove”]is tivo really worth the 300$ one time fee?

hell ya, now i cant live w/o it

FOR SURE!!!

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Posted: 25 December 2004 01:41 PM   [ # 1 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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is tivo really worth the 300$ one time fee?

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Posted: 25 December 2004 07:05 PM   [ # 2 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Build one in your computer… sooooo much more flexible. See other threads for details… i am impressed with mine.

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Posted: 26 December 2004 05:49 AM   [ # 3 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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[quote author=“Tighr”]Build one in your computer… sooooo much more flexible. See other threads for details… i am impressed with mine.

You mean a windows media center? What specs does your “home made” tivo have?

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Posted: 26 December 2004 05:53 AM   [ # 4 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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http://www.snapstream.com/Products/beyondtv/default.asp 😊

Also has support for IR Infrared thingys so that it can still change the channel if you have a satelite/cable box. 😊

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Posted: 26 December 2004 05:57 AM   [ # 5 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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Oh and these PCI tuner cards should give you nice quality TV.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-160-021&depa=0
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-160-017&depa=0

I have the Gold Ultra wasn’t out when I bought it.

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Posted: 26 December 2004 05:58 AM   [ # 6 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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[quote author=“Bootes”]http://www.snapstream.com/Products/beyondtv/default.asp 😊

Also has support for IR Infrared thingys so that it can still change the channel if you have a satelite/cable box. 😊

Damn thats sweet, but thats just like Windows Media Center. Or is there a difference?

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Posted: 26 December 2004 06:44 AM   [ # 7 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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[quote author=“ridv3490”][quote author=“Tighr”]Build one in your computer… sooooo much more flexible. See other threads for details… i am impressed with mine. You mean a windows media center? What specs does your “home made” tivo have?

“HTPC”
Antec Overture HTPC enclosure
AMD Athlon XP Barton 2500+ CPU w/ heatsink/fan
Abit NF7-s Rev. 2 Motherboard
Nec DVD+/-RW ND-2500A (silver) DVD burner
Crucial PC3200 DDRAM 512MB
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 128 MB 8X AGP
Maxtor 60gb hard drive (windows)
Maxtor 60gb hard drive (music)
Western Digital 160gb hard drive 8mb cache (movies/TV)
Hauppauge PVR250
SageTV 2.0

SageTV 2.0 has support for mulitple capture cards. It also has support for the USB-UIRT, for controlling cable/sattelite boxes. You can control quality of the recording, and it has a fully functioning TV Guide that updates every 24 hours with two weeks worth of data. Lots of features, check it out at http://www.sage.tv

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Posted: 26 December 2004 11:58 AM   [ # 8 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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That is truly insane. I might save up for making one of these babes for my room. :love:

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Posted: 26 December 2004 12:08 PM   [ # 9 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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That does look awesome but it says you can fast-forward live tv.  How would you do that 😛

That thing could control the universe if that were true!

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Posted: 26 December 2004 01:30 PM   [ # 10 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]  
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Haha, it meant that a show you are currently recording, you can pause and rewind, then fast foward back to live if you want. I think its great that you are able to shift through an mpeg file that is currently being written without breaking anything. Thats like reading a book as someone else is writing in it!

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Posted: 26 December 2004 01:31 PM   [ # 11 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]  
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[quote author=“Tighr”]Haha, it meant that a show you are currently recording, you can pause and rewind, then fast foward back to live if you want. I think its great that you are able to shift through an mpeg file that is currently being written without breaking anything. Thats like reading a book as someone else is writing in it!

Yeah that’s what I thought it just sounded wrong the way they worded it. 

That would be one hell of a Tivo if it could see into the future 8)

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Posted: 26 December 2004 01:33 PM   [ # 12 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]  
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I’d bet on football games and stuff. Just fast forward to the end… hahaha!

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Posted: 26 December 2004 01:34 PM   [ # 13 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 13 ]  
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[quote author=“Tighr”]I’d bet on football games and stuff. Just fast forward to the end… hahaha!

Then bet on it :D

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Posted: 07 April 2005 12:59 PM   [ # 14 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 14 ]  
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[quote author=“bustamove”]is tivo really worth the 300$ one time fee?

hell ya, now i cant live w/o it

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