[ale] [OT] Cable TV Gripes

Christopher Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Mon Oct 13 09:44:57 EDT 2003


On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 08:32:00AM -0500, Dylan Northrup wrote:
> A long time ago, (12.10.03), in a galaxy far, far away, Synco Gibraldter wrote:
> 
> :=i don't like any of those shows except the daily show, which is replayed 
> :=like 5 times a day.  the rest of them are the ones getting in the way of my 
> :='good' shows -- i suppose that's one of the major reasons there's so much 
> :=crap on tv.  for everything we think is crap, there's somebody who loves 
> :=it.  and everything you hate is loved by somebody else.  too bad we can't 
> :=order shows instead of ordering networks from the cable company.
> 
> But that's what Tivo allows you to do.  Record whatever shows you like when
> they're on and watch them whenever you want (likely when something else is
> on you don't care for).

How does Tivo work with a digital cable box?  I've looked at many capture cards
for my computer but all seem to work with analog cable and not digital.

I have Dish Network.  I dumped Aldelphia after the scandal broke out.


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