Tivo - experiences?

fishman · Feb 19, 2004

( Crutchfield sells them for $169.
)

Thunk!

O.K. I picked myself back up off the floor, no long term harm done. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

That's about 10% of the cost of my system, so I guess it's reasonable to pay that much for a (gasp) remote. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Probably what I need. I actually have I think 5, no 6 different remotes that I would like to send bye-bye. Sometimes I think back to the push-pull and rotary dial and think it was a lot simpler then.

MadReferee · Feb 19, 2004

fishman,

I know what you mean. But like you said, I also have a Sony projection TV, Sony Tivo, Sony reciever, Sony DVD, Sony VCR, Sony this, Panasonic that, etc. all with their own remotes. The touch screen comes in handy. BTW, I got mine as a birthday present, you might want to try that approach.

fishman · Feb 20, 2004

Now you got me thinking. . .

Everything in my cabinet is Sony with the exception of the Philips tv. And a certain someone has a birthday coming up.

Thanks MadRef.

PBMAX · Feb 20, 2004

My Tivo HAs both Coax and RCA (compsite) outputs and an Svideo out to the TV as well. So It should hook to your unit.

Rshack sells 6 input 1 out put sellector box that can be programed to a learning remote or use the 1 that comes with it. For around $50 or so. YEAP A REMOTE CONTROL SELECTOR BOX.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif IS that LAZY OR WHAT??? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Hay if ya gona arm chair commado do it right. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

But that would not allow me to do PIP(picture in Picture) either. I do still have my old rca DTV box and I use that for PIP but since the TIVO remote has no other divice buttons I'm still stuck using atleast 2 remotes... Unles I can find a UNI remote that will do tivo... That hopefully dosn't cost more than I paid for the TIVO /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I do like that Sony remote they have 2 versions at the local BBuy but as mentioned OUCH!!! I can feel the wallet laughing in my back pocket now... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

PBMAX · Feb 20, 2004

Funny funny funny fish man, /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

But as much as I like those types of remotes I can't justify the cost. Listen to the RAdio while out side or in the car (still don't have one on the tractor yet /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif ).

So the sa-round sys stays at a set level and all other divices go in to the tv 1st and then out to the audio equip. To take advatage of the auto (audio)level of the tv for comercials. Not the best for sa-round but works ok...

Thus I still have 2 remotes min. One for the old rca dtv box for PIP and the TIVO.

You'd think with PVR's on the market now for 2+ yr sombody would start adding them to the list of buttons on the UNI remotes even the cheap ones... or TIVO would have one made for them to go with their units...

fishman · Feb 20, 2004

Yes, I'm recalling now the week-long surround sound setup from h___. I would almost rather have been beaten with a rubber hose. In order for my system to work as designed (true surround sound) I needed to connect the directv and dvd to the system with optical cables. Of course, the cables that came with the (expensive) system were all coax, and cheap ones at that. By the time I was finished I had a box of assorted cables that weren't needed, and a bird's nest in the back of my entertainment center. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Guess I need a tivo that has an optical cable hookup?

And no, with this setup my volume auto-level doesn't work /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

MadReferee · Feb 20, 2004

My Sony Tivo, which is the old style SAT-T60, has an optical output for audio which I connect to my receiver. I am not sure what the current Series 2 receivers have for audio output.

sendero · Feb 21, 2004

That's only if you have one of the integrated DirectTV/TiVo recievers. I have an older Phillips unit.

BUCKSNORT · Feb 21, 2004

You might want to investigate TVIO'S Privacy Policy.
/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifhttp://www.tivo.com/5.11.asp
Very interesting reading!!
consider copyright laws,which seem to change with the wind as seen through the Napster,Riaa recording lawsuits currently against 13 year olds and grandma.
The home recording/playing with DVD,VHS,etc was settled several years ago at the supreme court level in the BETAMAX DECISION. TIVO was not included
"Submitted for your review" /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

aloha · Feb 21, 2004

( You might want to investigate TVIO'S Privacy Policy. )

It is discouraging that so few people give any thought to privacy issues. Even for someone who cares, how many will read through the 10 pages of the TiVo Privacy Policy, let alone understand it?

( recording lawsuits currently against 13 year olds and grandma. )
In the same category are DirecTV's lawsuits, numbering in the thousands, against persons they suspect of buying equipment that might be usable to intercept their signal without paying. DirecTV has a really nice thing going - if they win, the federal law under which they are suing allows them to collect from the defendant their attorney fees in addition to "damages" up to $10,000, but if the defendant wins, the defendant has no right to recover attorney fees from DirecTV. (Congress was protecting the poor corporation from the rich and powerful consumer when it passed that law.)