On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 00:17, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 10:36:21AM -0400, Derek Glidden wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 01:01, Paul M Foster wrote:
> > > I have lots of stuff that I recorded off the TV when it was inline with
> > > the cable box and before I got the Tivo. No problems there, to speak of.
> >
> > You should drop a note to the TiVo community forums:
> >
> > http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/
> >
> > Best TiVo support resource around, evend counting the TiVo company
> > support.
> >
>
> Good link. Thanks. I was waiting for your reply, as I figured you'd have
> something good to contribute.
Geez, thanks Paul. Talk about pressure... ;)
> I scanned through about 250 threads on that list, after searching for
> "save to VCR". I got some hints that had to do with cabling issues, etc.
> So I tried to record live TV to the VCR. Same problem. Then I bypassed
> Tivo entirely and hooked an R/F cable from the cable box to the VCR and
> thence to the TV. Recorded live TV that way, and same phenomenon. The
> VCR plays prerecorded tapes just fine (fortunate, since I have a fair
> collection; I used to be in the video business). So I can only imagine
> that it's a VCR record-head issue.
>
> At this point, it's not worth it to buy a new VCR just to be able to
> dump stuff off the Tivo. So it looks like I'm stuck until I upgrade it.
For a little while after I first got it, I had been trying to save shows
from my TiVo to tape, but when I went back to watch them, the quality of
VHS is so low compared even to the broadcast-quality the TiVo captures,
I couldn't stand it.
I know it'll never happen thanks to the RIAA/MPAA Coalition Of Removing
Consumers' Rights To Use Anything They See, Hear Or Read, but I'd love
to see a TiVo/ReplayTV with a DVD burner in it.
I can't even buy tapes anymore. If it's not broadcast or on DVD, I
don't watch it.
The next big question for me, though, is: how is my TiVo going to
support HDTV? I don't think it can, and that bothers me slightly. I'd
rather not be forced to upgrade here in a few years when HDTV is
mandatory.
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