[ale] [OT] Cable TV Gripes

[David Corbin]

On Monday 13 October 2003 09:43, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> 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.
>

Or, if you switch to DirecTV, you can get a "combo unit" that is designed to 
receive the DirectTV digital signal.  This has the added benefit that you get 
get "top notch" compression, and suffer no more lossiness than if you watched 
live.  

I know DishTV has PVRs that probably work the same way, but I don't know 
anything about them except they're not Tivo.

> > --
> > Dylan Northrup <*> docx at io.com <*> http://www.io.com/~docx/
> > "Harder to work, harder to strive, hard to be glad to be alive, but it's
> >  really worth it if you give it a try." -- Cowboy Mouth, 'Easy'
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ale mailing list
> > Ale at ale.org
> > http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale

-- 
David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com>