OK so the Tivo Series 2 140hr are on sale. Same price as the 80hr

[xultar]

I'm wondering if I should Tivo or not.

How many of you out there are Tivo-ing and tell ne your feelings about the whole Tivo experience.

Oh and when you are recording to DVDR can you skip the commercials?

[northzax]

1. alas, I cannot TiVo, I refuse to pay for a land line

which is required. oh well.

[xultar]

4. Awww baby? Why do you have to be such a hardliner?

[northzax]

7. 30 bucks a month for an unused phone line?

what, do I look like a republican to you?

[xultar]

13. VoIP or Cell.

I can't get a good signal on my cell and VoIP isn't 911 ready yet.

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. I only pay $15 a month

It comes in through my cable line.

[Renew Deal]

10. A land line is not required.

You can connect it to your network connection. I have mine set up wireless to my DSL.

[xultar]

14. Ahh HA! I have a Hi-Speed too!

[northzax]

15. how do you have DSL without a land line?

kinda required, isn't it?

[Renew Deal]

16. Not more than the one used to connect to DU.

You don't need a seperate one.

[LeftCoast]

2. Have had a Tivo for some time now

It's not the series 2, but it's still very cool. I really recommend it. I hardly even note when shows are scheduled anymore since all my favorites are automatically recorded. I watch it when I have the time or desire.

If you are watching a show 'live' you can't skip commercials. You can only skip if you are watching something that has already been recorded.
You can do some interesting things though. For example, if West Wing started at 8, you could start watching it at 8:30. It will continue to record the last half of the show while you watch the first half. You can skip ahead (or over commercials) until you catch up with the broadcast. Hope that makes sense.

In any case, DVR's are very cool and once you have one, you'll never want to go back.

[xultar]

3. Ahhhh you're making me drool.

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. I like being able to pause

and rewind. Especially when I am watching CNN or a news show and something scrolls across the bottom of the screen and I miss the first part.

[Lex]

5. Yes--it is as good as you've heard. I love mine!

We've had it for about 2 and 1/2 years. Yes, you can skip commercials.

I swear, if something happened to my Tivo, I'd go out and immediately get a new one. It allows me to be selective about what I watch on TV effortlessly.

You won't be sorry for getting one, xultar.

[xultar]

9. I just ordered my TiVO! Thanks for your post. I'm especially

excited cuz they now have that whole Tivo2Go thing.
http://www.tivo.com/4.9.19.asp where you can transfer files to your pc and from there to your mobile devices. So I can take my shows on my PocketPC.

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. We have yet to be able to to get the PC function to work. I can't recall

what the trouble was. I think that Tivo wouldn't recognize a password or something and so the stuff was encoded and unviewable. Not sure. Will check with hubby

Hopefully you will not have this problem

[xultar]

24. So, you downloaded the Tivo desktop thinggy then?

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. I dunno. Hubby did all of that.. All i got was th report that something

wasn't working right. And since he is a computer fixit guy I figure he knows what he is talking about, even if I don't understand it. *l*

[unsavedtrash]

6. tivo tivo tivo tivo. I don't know how I lived this long without it.

[xultar]

8. I just ordered it. Thanks for your insight!

:pals:

[Renew Deal]

11. Tivo is one of the best investments you will ever make.

No more channel surfing if you can avoid it.

[xultar]

21. I hate channel surfing cuz I often miss what I really want to watch plus

digital cable channel surfing sux cuz it takes so long for the picture to load.

[Kingshakabobo]

12. I haven't watched a commercial in over a year.

I watch everything after it has been recorded or wait till 20 minutes after the show starts so I can skip through the commercials(as pointed out further up-thread).

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. I do that too.

Tivo is great for those of us who hate commercials.

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. I love the Tivo. Get the one with the most hours on it so you don't have

to delete shows as often

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. Absolutely love it

I Tivo everything I like and watch it when I have time. Yes, you can skip the commercials by fast forwarding through them. It is great. If there is a show you like, you can set it to tape it every time it is on so you don't have to remember to tape like on a VCR.

[supernova]

26. love, Love, LOVE IT!

I dont' know about skipping recording commercials, but you can certainly FF through them. Whatever you record, it takes a lot less time to watch. :woohoo:

I have mine set to record Buffy the Vampire Slayer, TDS, Globetrekker, Sensible Chic, and Bewitched.

I had to turn off the autorecord suggestions. It mostly got my tastes right, but it was simply recording too much stuff for me to watch.