I took advantage of the upgrade offer to add a third TiVo to the house for my newly purchased office tv. I have an older Series 2 box out in the garage that I'd like to set up and at least use it for transferring recordings from the other boxes in the house. Can I do that? Is it worth even trying or should I try and be patient while waiting for my new TiVo HD to arrive?

I want to hide my TIVO series 2 Direct TV in a cabinet and control it from a new LCD TV. Is that possible? Maybe there are hubs or a direct HDMI to the TV? I'm considering a new Samsung UN46B8500 LCD TV, but am open to if others might work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

For some reason my Zap2it account unlinked itself about 2 weeks ago from Tivo.
It will now NOT let me link it again. Says there is a problem and to try again later. I have tried 3 times over the last couple of days.
All passwords work (zap2it and tivo), it just will not link.
Is it over between them?
Should I bail and go to Yahoo?
Anyone else having problems?

After realizing that there are only about two active TV series that we watch on a regular basis, we decided to ditch our cable connection and go strictly OTA, using Netflix and Amazon on our TiVo HD to keep up with the shows we want to watch. We are using NetFlix for the things we would rent, and use Amazon strictly for purchased TV shows.

Everything has been working great, I can even buy kids' shows via Amazon and have them show up in the KidZone, which is definitely making up for the lack of new Nickelodeon shows on our cable-less Tivo HD.

I do have one small question regarding the Amazon VoD shows: we sometimes don't get around to watching them until a week or more after they download, when we might watch two or three at once. If I don't catch them on the TiVo and change them to "Keep until I delete" within a day or two after they download, they usually get overwritten by all the kids' shows we are still getting OTA. I can re-download them, of course, but it's a minor annoyance. Is there any way to set up the Amazon downloads to be "keep until I delete" all the time? (I am aware of the rental restrictions, please note we are watching purchased TV shows only via Amazon).

Thanks in advance for the help! I looked through a lot of the Amazon VoD threads here but didn't find an answer to this question....

As a TiVo newb I'm a bit puzzled by the term "series 3". I just installed a TiVo HD DVR and looked for a forum here dealing with that unit. However, I did not find one. The closest I could come to it was the Series 3 forum.

Is a TiVo HD DVR the same as a Series 3 DVR? If so, why isn't the forum title TiVo HD DVR? :confused:

I checked TiVo's website for the term Series 3, and could not find it there. I did find the terms Series 2, HD & HD XL. So again I ask (because I don't know), where did the term series 3 com from....

pLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW I CAN OVERCOME WAITING ONE HOUR AND FORTY FIVE MINUTES TO TRANSFER A ONE HOUR PROGRAM TO MY DESKTOP PC FROM MY TIVOHD THIS IS THE FIRST TRANSFER I HAVE ATTEMPTED BUT IT JUST DOESNT SEEM LOGICAL

Hi

I've been wanting a hd tivo for a really long time but couldnt get myself to shell out all that money.

But I am finally breaking down and am ready to buy.

I had dish network in the past (about 2 years ago) and I loved their HD DT DVR but everyone tells me tivo will blow everything out of the water

Here is my situation

1. moved into a condo and get free cable through coax line (please dont flame)
2. I get a bunch of hd local channels i.e. 2.1, 5.1 etc but nothing like espn in Hd but i dont really care about recording the latter in HD or SD.
3. Should I buy one off of ebay with lifetime? Series 3 with upgraded HD go for about 650-700. or should I buy a series 3 from amazon for 230 and get the lifetime service separately on ebay for 340? Should i be scared about people messing with the HD before I get it in my hands?

Please let me know if u need additional info. I've been out of the dvr game for a long time and just would like some advice but I don't trust the people at best buy.

I have a Tivo Series 1 Sony 2000 DVR, and currently have it plugged into the phone line for updates, etc.

I wanted to get rid of my land line as I have a cell.

I have Comcast cable, and wanted to get Comcast internet instead of the Verizon DSL I have, as the cost of the phone and DSL combined is equal to Comcast internet, and it's alot faster.

So, If I get rid of my land line how can I get updates, or do I need them?

Thank you,.................marc

Via Margret Schmidt (aka @TiVoDesign on Twitter)
http://twitter.com/tivodesign/status/5896823439

Please forgive me if I’m posting in the wrong area. I have a Tivo 2 DT and I read all the "cons" about this unit. I have the coax running directly into the unit without a cable box. The channels are only go up to 100 no matter what I do. This is the first Tivo I ever owned. Any help on how to get to the next hundred channels would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

I have been a TiVo customer from 2002 and TiVo treats me badly, why must they have a complex pricing and upgrade. They should just keep it simple!!! I think TiVo has gone downhill!!!


Let's face it, who post of this forum anymore? I bet the number of postings from 2004 was a lot better the today!!!!

I've had 4 series 2 Tivos for several years, now, and I haven't had any problems with them besides the occasional reboot to fix network issues. Lately, Tivo has been sending me emails regarding an upgrade offer in which the boxes are basically half off. My service fees would increase $6/month because two of my MSDs would go from $6.95 to $9.95. I'm thinking about finally switching over, but I have a few questions:

1) Do you think the boxes are new, or are they refurbished?
2) Should I wait for any series 4 box that may come out?
3) I live in the Denver Comcast market. Any problems with copy protection or SDV?

Besides the ease of use, the main things I love about the Tivos is MRV and TTG/TTCB. If copy protection is going to wipe out those features, I definitely wouldn't want to switch.

Thanks

I can't figure out why or how my Tivo HD decides to record old reruns of Mythbusters when I have the Season Pass set to First Run Only... on Comcast channel 43 in the SD mode.

ie - tonight - it's recording an old episode...
Listed as (cc, stereo, R, 480i)
original air date 11/11/09

SO - why is it recording ???

I wanted to know if I can watch HD channels with a cablevision HD STB box while still using the Tivo series 2. I have seen a thread here where someone says that this can be done (I will only record in SD of course).
However, then someone brought up the point which I have myself...if the Tivo only has composite output to the TV, how could I possibly watch HD channels from the cable box if it is routed through the Tivo?
There was no follow-up response to that question, so I am asking it here.

Greetings,
When I first hooked my new Series 3 HD, I started to receive the extra HD channels like 3-1, 3-2, 3-3 etc. When I received my Cable Card from Cox and had it installed, the channels have now disappeared. Cox says they don't have these channels available. If that is the case, how did I see them? Is it possible to get the extra local HD channels back?


Love My Tivo!

George Evans
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