Tivo as Cable Box??

Yes. But it will function as a cable box only (ie no DVR features)

Kevin D42 said:

Yes. But it will function as a cable box only (ie no DVR features)

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plus it will nag you frequently about needing to subscribe.

You may want to search again. There are lots of threads on this. My understanding is that this ability has changed to some extent recently- trick play abilities may have been removed in this scenario.

jrtroo said:

You may want to search again. There are lots of threads on this. My understanding is that this ability has changed to some extent recently- trick play abilities may have been removed in this scenario.

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But it still works fine as a cable box if all you want is live TV, and it's a whole lot cheaper than renting one over time.

You don't notice the nag if you set banners to go away quickly, it's just a blip on the screen when you change channels.

slowbiscuit said:

But it still works fine as a cable box if all you want is live TV, and it's a whole lot cheaper than renting one over time.

You don't notice the nag if you set banners to go away quickly, it's just a blip on the screen when you change channels.

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It will work but you do not get any information about the channel you are watching, when cable card ready HDTVs first came out (and TiVo did not have a HD-DVR) I put a cable card into the TV and my wife found it a pain because you did not know what you were watching, after a few months I gave up that idea and got a cable co DVR until TiVo came out with their HD-DVR. On my Comcast system the non DVR cable box is only about $2 more a month than the cable card itself, and you get On Demand, so without a sub TiVo I would go that way.

Um, it's a cheap live TV box, who cares about that stuff. No one expects a guide or even current program info, they just want to be able to tune all the channels you get without paying for a Tivo sub (or the full rental price for an HD STB).

This is no different than the old 'cable-ready TV' analog days.

slowbiscuit said:

Um, it's a cheap live TV box, who cares about that stuff. No one expects a guide or even current program info, they just want to be able to tune all the channels you get without paying for a Tivo sub (or the full rental price for an HD STB).

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You're confusing your preference with that of everyone else. There is a distinct and important difference there that you're glossing over. Be careful using "no one" where you should be using "I". It's clearly obvious that the poster just prior to you completely disagrees. I do as well. I haven't seen the OP's statement on the matter.

LOL, it's a $75 box that you're using to bypass rental fees, that's all it is. Can't expect much when you're going cheap.