Go with the media center PC. If you have the software MS will get you the listings and stuff for free, and you can have as much or as little space as you want.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:18 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: I'm cutting the cord....errr...satellite link > > you can use an antenna to record ota shows. Still, once I got looking > at the subscription fees for Tivo, they seem outrageous too....$19.99 > a month for a 1 year contract. No thanks! > > > > On 1/16/07, Frank Mamone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But even with a Tivo with a subscription, don't you still need the > channels > > available through your cable company to record them? > > > > Or am I missing the whole Tivo concept? > > > > -Frank > > > > > > On 1/15/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >the only catch was that for the > > > >rebate you have to sign up for new service with tivo, but it > sounds > > > >like you plan on that anyways... > > > > > > There are other options...you can find Tivos on Ebay that have a > lifetime > > > membership on them. With that, you don't need to pay to use it. Not > sure > > > about the current ones, but older Tivos you *could* use as a > standalone > > > recorder and not have to pay for the Tivo membership. You also can > buy > > > stand-alone DVD recorders that basically act like a Tivo. Maybe not > as fancy > > > in terms of features, but still allow you to record TV and play > back later. > > > And there's always a Media PC as well... just all depends on how > cheap you > > > want to go. If I wanted to go pretty cheap, I probably would try to > find an > > > old Tivo with the lifetime subscription on it. But even that will > probably > > > run you a couple hundred dollars....and you never know how long > before it > > > would fail. > > > > > > --- Mary Jo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224803 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
