Comments on: Can YOU live without your Tivo?

By: MillionAaron

MillionAaron — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:07:59 +0000

My wife and I are addicted to the tivo. If you have a show you really like you set it to record it and forget it. Don’t worry if you can’t make it home to see it that evening, tivo will take care of it. Then you can watch it on a lazy weekend when there is nothing on TV.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:20:01 +0000

Scratch that, I found out I’m one of the lucky few who bought a Tivo/DVD combo that came with Tivo Basic, which they don’t make anymore. Tivo Basic allows you to record and get program information without any of the features.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:15:28 +0000

You don’t actually have to sign up for the Tivo service to get program information. I’ve had my Tivo for two years now and I’ve never paid for service. You lose most of the features, like finding every episode of the Simpsons or only downloading new episodes of a certain program, but you can still set repeating recordings and browse program information.

By: Single Guy

Single Guy — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:51:22 +0000

Ah, just go one step further, no cable, just over the air TV. Then go to yard sales and you’ll find plenty of nearly new movies for $.50 – $1. Its what I do. Plus I have a number of TV-DVD sets as well if I really want to watch something in super quality. I spend less than $200/yr. on TV, and the savings go into my 457 plan.

Now the ultimate is to know someone that has a DVD recorder hooked up to a TIVO box and see if they’ll record shows for you. I have a friend that does this for one series I really like. So I see the stuff a month late, who cares?

By: samerwriter

samerwriter — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:50:35 +0000

I thought the same thing, that a VCR could be as good as a Tivo, until we got our Tivo.

I urge you _not_ to buy a Tivo. Because once you have had one, you too will join the throngs of those who cannot live without one.