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Posted by jmpc on 10/05/09 11:48
Denzil Hathway wrote:
> <jmpc@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:1148225382.908922.52400@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > This is a real 101 set of questions as I've mostly ignored the whole
> > Tivo DVR advances in recent years and now I want to get involved. I
> > would be appreciate if someone can look at
> > the two sets of information below and give a bit of advice.
> >
> > First here is a basic list of what I want to be able to do when I buy
> > whatever it is I end up buying:
> >
> > I want to be able to digitally record television to see just once and
> > then erase (or record over or hold until the space is needed), and I
> > can do this the old fashion way of figuring out what channel something
> > is on and when it begins and when it ends and use on screen
> > programming. I don't care about intuitive help to cut corners for me
> > in this regard, such as searching and programming by program name.
> >
> > To a lesser extent I want to be able to record tv while I watch it,
> > pausing tv commercials
> > as I can now do with a vcr, with a remote control in my hand. This
> > could be straight onto a disc or into cache to put onto a disc later
> > (whether it is finalized then or later)
> >
> > I want to also be able to dub videotapes onto DVD (direct to disc or
> > not) even if I have to connect my old vcr by component cables to a DVD
> > recorder.
> >
> > I don't especially care about onscreen tvguide or finding or
> > programming by name, or programming to tape the same show every time it
> > is on.
> >
> > And finally the following things would be nice to have but definitely
> > not completely necessary:
> > Live buffering or watching a show which is broadcast say 9-10 but not
> > beginning until say 9:15 while it is tillon, not waiting for it to
> > finish.
> > And to be able to watch one recorded or live program while another
> > copies.
> >
> > Ok now here is what I can gather from a little research
> >
> > There are DVR's (like Tivo) or the one Directtv offers
> > Then there are DVD Recorders which have hard drives
> > And there are hybrids
> > You can cache items to "burn" to disc later and when you do so you
> > can program chapters and menus, and even some basic editing.
> >
> >>From reading all this I am not quite clear where a DVR is so popular or
> > what it offers, and I especially do not understand why it is a service
> > for which you pay a monthly fee.
> > Paying a monthly fee is definitely something I wish to avoid.
> >
> > Should I assume the only downside of a hybrid is cost?
> >
>
> ===============
>
> First of all <jmpc@msn.com> do not buy a combination (combo) anything to do
> with DVD and VHS. Repair problems and rigidity in what you can do with them
> make them problematical. To my mind you have no choice but to buy the best
> DVD recorder with a hard drive (HDD) that you can afford. A note of caution
> though, the higher end may have bells and whistles you don't need. The
> Panasonic DMR-500HS runs about $800. For flexibility add an inexpensive DVD
> player, even a portable, for DVD copying and get a decent video enhancer, to
> defeat copy protection, like Sima's SCC-2. Denzil.
Thanks Denzil, just to understand how all these options work, can you
tell me what exactly the "subscription" or "monthly" charges are for on
Tivo and similar systems?
If you are purchasing hardware that can cache something coming over the
airwaves (or whatever "waves" we are referring to here) I would think
the hardware either does it or does not do it. This may sound like a
dumb question but I am not getting the concept of what you are
subscribing to?
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