[ale] [OT] Cable TV Gripes

[Christopher Fowler]

I'm holding out till there is a PVR with a DVD-RW.  I'm sure
they exist but not in my price range

On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 05:27:34PM -0400, David Corbin wrote:
> 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.
> 
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> > >  really worth it if you give it a try." -- Cowboy Mouth, 'Easy'
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