Posted by machinehead on 07/16/06 18:24

<Summercoolness@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 2. Set the Tivo to medium quality. I used to set it to Basic quality
> and the quality wasn't very good. But I do that so that I can have
> more programs on the Tivo. But now I just watched some old recordings
> on the Tivo and found that the medium quality is so much better than
> the basic.
>
> 3. Periodically, just record those programs to the Panasonic DVR onto
> the DVD-R. Probably I will group the similar programs together, so
> that I can better index the DVD-R. I tried using SP record mode, but
> since you told me Tivo's medium quality is 352 x 480, so I will try the
> LP mode as well, since I think the LP (4 hour mode) is the 352 x 480
> setting.

Okay, are you doing this because you want to keep these forever, or because
you don't get around to watching them before you run out of space?

If it's a space issue, then really, I would recommend dropping a larger hard
drive in that puppy. It's not that hard to do, 300GB drives go for
$100-110, not even on sale, and if you want to spend more you can buy a
pre-configured drive that you just plug in. Why deal with the DVD-Rs at
all? If going from VCR to Tivo changes the way you watch TV, then probably
a similar magnitude of change occurs when you get a high-capacity Tivo.

If you want to keep them forever, then you may want to consider better
quality - at least if you think you'll ever upgrade to a larger and/or
hi-def TV. YMMV.

Ed
89CamaroZ28@nowherenow.com

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