Tivo or DVR...

[warhawk]

hello fellow chrome domes:   if  U currently own a tivo or dvr... i would like 2 hear your personal reviews on this subject.  we plan on buying one  in the next couple of weeks.  right now... it looks like we may B getting a tivo.

so... how 'bout U?  tivo?  dvr?  what's your story?

WARHAWK

[Hook'Em]

I had a TIVO a few years ago when they first came out and it totally changed the way I watch TV. Since I have moved to my cable companies provided DVR only because it has double tuners (watch something and record something at the same time or record 2 shows at a time) and it doesn't have a monthly fee (other than the $1,000,000 i pay for service every month). The other benefit of using the cable dvr is that if it messes up, they fix it/replace it for free. All that being said, i'm a big supporter of dvr's.  The pause live tv alone is worth it. Not to mention skipping commercials. You can watch a hour long broadcast tv show in 40 minutes. Gotta love that!

[time2shine]

Warhawk, I don't have any experience with Tivo, but I do have DVR, and really like it.
Like Hookem, it just makes sense for me to get it as a package with the cable provider.

[PowerOfCheese]

Comcast DVR here. Dual tuners and HD make TV watching very convenient and enjoyable. If I'm forced to watch an hour long show that wasn't recorded I usually hit pause for 15 minutes, do something else, and then watch it so I can zip through the commercials.

As hookem said, $1,000,000 a month, I don't want to watch commercials. DVR makes that so easy.

One day they're going to have to make a 2 minute long commercial that looks normal while in 5x fast forward mode.

[D.A.L.U.I.]

When we cut cable and went to DishTV we got the DVR, in HD, included in the $1,MM monthly fee.  Love it, also being able to stop a show in progress and go back to it, skipping commercials and "catching up" to the live broadcast.  Very useful w/ FB games and relatives and friends calling about "important" matters during the game. 
Only problem, although they fix the box--essentially a single purpose computer hard drive--when they replace it all your recorded shows go too.  We're on our fourth box in just over a year, which is a bummer.  The last time they had to send a tech out, free, to replace a replacement that was not totally functional.  I have a problem watching all the stuff I have recorded though.

[PowerOfCheese]

I look forward to being able to add our own storage cards. Hopefully by then it'll just be something like a flash card with no moving parts like current hard drives. How nice would that be?

[The Scottish Ambassador]

Tivo or DVR? What are they guys? 

[PowerOfCheese]

DVR = Digital Video Recorder. It's a digital way to replace VHS tapes. Unlike VHS tapes, DVR can record HD television.

TiVO is a form of DVR but is made by a company called Tivo. Has a few other bells and whistles.

[The Scottish Ambassador]

DVR = Digital Video Recorder. It's a digital way to replace VHS tapes. Unlike VHS tapes, DVR can record HD television.

TiVO is a form of DVR but is made by a company called Tivo. Has a few other bells and whistles.

DVR here is called SKY+

[tomgallagher]

Comcast DVR

[PowerOfCheese]

DVR is an acronym. SKY+ is a DVR or PVR (personal video recorder) service for Sky Digital,

[The Scottish Ambassador]

DVR is an acronym. SKY+ is a DVR or PVR (personal video recorder) service for Sky Digital,

OOPS!!!! Well, hush my mouth! Lol sorry buddy. Totally thick here when itcomes to anything technical m8

[PowerOfCheese]

no problem man, I was jus splainin 

[The Scottish Ambassador]

no problem man, I was jus splainin 

hey, no worries. was havin a laugh at my own expense due to my lack of technological knowledge. was not offended 

[D.A.L.U.I.]

OOPS!!!! Well, hush my mouth!

You never said you were from SOUTH Scotland !