Marta, I have DirectTV, but you can get dvr with Dish too....you'd have to check with them to see what they offer.... I fairly certain they offer some form of dvr box, just not sure if it's Tivo....
If you have any questions feel free to email me.... John > John, what Satellite system do you have? I was told the same thing as > you. I have not done this before, but want the German channel, so > have to go with Dish, the only System that offers it. Since I don't > know the Tivo from the other DVRs, are they all the same, is Tivo > simply the brand name? Before I get myself into it, I want to know all > the details. The guy told me it would be $ 4.95 a month, but said the > box came free with the system's installation. Thanks > Marta > On Jan 13, 2005, at 7:07, johnstone at blackbirds.net wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> I have a Tivo, it's the best thing since sliced bread....... My wife >> the >> technophobe can't think of living without it..... >> >> You have the price of the box, which in my case came with the satelite >> system I have for an extra $50. If you want the ability for the >> recorder >> to search for programs it's an extra $4.95 a month for the schedule. >> How >> this works is you can enter a directors or actor, actress' name, movie >> title, or subject, etc. in to the Tivo and it goes out and searches for >> them and then records them for you(Insights dvr doesn't do this). Also >> you >> can get a "season pass" on the Tivo and it will reocrd all the >> episodes of >> one show, for example if your a Sopranos fan, you select Sopranos in >> the >> menu and them select "season pass" either all shows or just first run >> and >> it records either only the new shows or records it anytime it's >> on(Insights dvr doesn't do this!). Basically as I understand it the >> Insight DVR is basically a VCR but digital..... Plus Tivos are a dual >> tuner, so you can watch one program and tivo another, or tivo 2 >> programs(Insights dvr doesn't do this either!). And on top of all that >> it >> records live tv so you can pause and play back if you get a phone call >> run >> to the bathroom or go get something to eat or drink(Insights dvr does >> this!)..... >> >> Well worth the money....... We don;t even watch live tv any more, zip >> through commmercials, and watch progrmas when we want....on OUR >> schedule... >> >> John >> >> >>> I am not familiar with the Tivo, but hear it costs $10.00 a month for >>> 100 hours of copying, the other DVR using Dish is supposed to only >>> cost $ 5.00. Is there no way just to pay for how much you would copy? >>> I >>> am in the lookout for one of those, too, because i want to add this >>> German Channel and only Dish TV has it. - I am dreaming of that new >>> little mac- mini, a flat screen with dish input for my German TV and a >>> DVR attached as well. Does that sound ok? or am I way out here? or do >>> I >>> have brainrot? >>> Marta >>> >>> On Jan 12, 2005, at 12:39, Lee Larson wrote: >>> >>>> On Jan 12, 2005, at 11:03 AM, Bill Rising wrote: >>>> >>>>> True enough, but it might be a lot less complicated and a lot less >>>>> time consuming than building your own (as you already did). Of >>>>> course, is there really a need to have that fast a processor in a >>>>> Tivo? Then again, if it had a wireless card and bluetooth in it, it >>>>> could be used to work on another networked computer while sitting in >>>>> front of the TV. >>>> >>>> Those DVRs such as the Tivo can get away with cheap, slow processors >>>> because they put the video encoding and decoding onto custom cards. >>>> That's what I did in my MythTV by using a PVR-350 tuner card; it >>>> handles MPEG2 on the fly while hardly bothering the processor at all. >>>> >>>> I think the cute little Mac might be right on the edge of what it can >>>> do, if you feed it an MPEG2 stream for HDTV. It doesn't have any >>>> expansion slots to add a fancy coprocessor card. On the other hand, >>>> the G4 does have those AltiVec capabilities that speed up MP3 stuff >>>> an >>>> awful lot. This could be a whole market for Apple. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>> | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
