My husband wants to buy tivo for our new big tv. If we hook up tivo to the new tv - that's the only tv we can watch the tivo'd shows on right? But if we get dvd recorder we can watch the DVD on any tv in the house that has dvd player? Or am I missing something here? There are six people in the house so chances of me getting to watch my show on the new tv don't look good.
2007-02-01 01:44:29 · 6 answers · asked by Laurie C 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
You are kind of missing something. A DVD is a permanent storage whereas Tivo is really a temporary storage. For example, you typically don't use Tivo as a permanent storage of shows. The purpose of Tivo is to cache up TV programs that you MAY want to watch and watch them at your convenience.
We have two Tivos in our house. We signed up when you got a discount fee for the 2nd system (no longer available). This allows you to copy shows from one Tivo to another. Also, Tivo Desktop (free program at Tivo.com) let's you copy shows to your computer. You can watch them on the computer or burn them to DVD (using a program like Roxio MyDVD which you would have to purchase).
I argue that Tivo gives you the best of both worlds......a temporary cache of your TV shows that you can watch at your convenience AND a mechanism to create a permant storage of shows you want to keep. (You can also pause live TV and skip commercials with ease).
The Tivo will be much easier to program to record shows when you are not home than the DVD recorder (which is like a VCR). The progam list, season pass, and wish lists are amazing. That said, getting a show to DVD (while not difficult) does take some computer knowledge and savvy and will not be as easy as a DVD recorder. (My wife uses Tivo with ease but could never program a VCR).
You may also want to look into the combination Tivo / DVD recorders. Humax used to make them. I couldn't find them on the Tivo website for purchase but did find this link with a Google search (you may want to look at other Google results):
http://www.digitalrecorder.com/main/catalog/index.php?cPath=22&gclid=CNmjn-a3jYoCFRhFVAodekw5RQ
Hope this helps! Enjoy the Tivo :-)
2007-02-01 02:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by Brian C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get a Tivo for each TV and share recorded shows on any of them. The Tivo units are practically free with the rebates. It would be almost like having a DVD player on each TV. There will be a charge for each unit though.
2007-02-01 12:17:41 · answer #2 · answered by Dice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct, sort of. The TiVo has a feature called TiVo2Go where you can set up a PC as a server to interface with your TiVo unit. You can download the shows to the PC and watch them wherever.
Also, make sure your other DVD players can recognize DVD-R discs. Many older players aren't compatible with recordable DVDs.
2007-02-01 09:48:31 · answer #3 · answered by turcott2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a DVR (Tivo- Direct TV version) and a DVD recorder. WE use the Tivo a LOT more. It is just easier and cheaper than burning DVDs.
2007-02-01 09:48:28 · answer #4 · answered by Akkakk the befuddled 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just buy both of them and on tuesdays, thursdays and saturdays you can use the DVR, then on the other days use the tivo. That's what I do and I love TV
2007-02-01 10:56:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get Dish TV you can get a DVR and record anything anytime. I think you could probably get at least 4 different receivers. I can record two different shows at one time.
2007-02-01 10:03:00 · answer #6 · answered by LuckyChucky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋