How powerful is TIVO?

[Eric J in MN]

I just watched a short video of Rep. Dennis Hastert (R) on Fox News. The video is from about 24 hours ago.

I don't own a TIVO. If I did, would I be able to go back 24 hours and watch the rest of the interview?

[Helga Scow Stern]

1. No, you would have had to have recorded it at the time. n/t

[Eric J in MN]

3. Thanks.

If they ever come out with a Super Duper model, I'll probably get one.

[Sydnie]

2. No

Tivo only has a memory of 30 minutes on the channel that you are tuned into, unless you recorded the program.

[Eric J in MN]

4. Thanks. NT

NT

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Time Warner Cable's DVR will archive up to an hour...

:hi:

[REP]

12. My DVR Has a Two-Hour Buffer, Not 30-Minute

I think the newer ones have longer buffers; Loved One's old one only had a 30 minute buffer and I just got mine last month.

[Sydnie]

13. I'm jealous!

I wish mine had that. :(

[REP]

14. It Is Pretty Awesome

It keeps recording whatever channel was being watched even if you watch something that was recorded earlier. The guide view is not as efficient though.

[jean]

18. ya, that's really slick. Ours is just 30 minutes.

[demosincebirth]

15. Exactly.

Its the best.

[longship]

5. Tivo is cool, but MythTV is *free*

Well, you have to have a computer with a TV card, but a Hauppaugge card isn't expensive.

MythTV

I use it to grab Olbermann every day and can easily xfer any program to DVD.
It's cool.

BTW, Hauppaugge cards encode in MPEG2 which is DVD friendly.

[driver8]

11. I bought my Tivo for $100 with a $99 rebate. The charge on our bill for

the Tivo service is about 5 or 6 bucks.

I Tivo everything now -- that is practically the only way I watch tv. My wife was so against it at first and she is now "the Tivo Wizard"!

[demosincebirth]

16. I also do the same thing.

I watch all my favorite shows a day late. I also tivo a lot of other cable shows and movies. Its great! My wife didn't want it at first...now she loves it.

[driver8]

19. My wife was pissed off at me when I brought it home.

She has actually admitted to me that she was WRONG! (That doesn't happen very often!!).

We also Tivo the kids' shows and keep 2 or 3 episodes at a time. The thing is, they think that we can fast forward through all commercials, now.

[jean]

6. There might be someone who regularly tapes the Fox News show you

are interested in ... maybe they could get the Hastert segment over to Crooks and Liars.

[Eric J in MN]

7. How could Crooks and Liars get it if they didn't know in advance...

...that Hastert would make controversial statements?

[Sydnie]

9. Check with Media Matters

they have people who do nothing but monitor Faux Snooze. They might have the transcript or a video even.

[jean]

17. some people make a habit of taping certain shows

(luminaries even do it - Franken has mentioned he regularly TiVo's O'Reilly's show).

A regular person who has taped the Fox News show Hastert was on could get it to Crooks and Liars or even YouTube - although I don't have the tech know-how to explain how that is done.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Our late-great DUer friend, liveoaktx, might have it on her site:

http://www.canofun.com/cof/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=32

I REALLY miss liveoaktx - she was driven off by disruptors on DU...:grr: