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Wow! This is really unusual. Someone who is happy with their TiVo. :D

I, too, am very happy with my TiVos. :up: :up: :up: Now if only I could figure out how to get my DVD collection onto a big server (will have to be multi terabyte) and to use my TiVos to serve them to my house... But that's a project for another year.
 

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Have had our Tivo for 2+ years and still LOVE it!! Plus, it's great to make all those cable dvr people jealous... "Oh, why don't you just go to the web and schedule that show from here? Oh that's right, you don't have that kind of technology, do you?" Heh, heh... and then I might burn a copy on dvd for them... :D
 

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evilipoo said:
"Oh, why don't you just go to the web and schedule that show from here? Oh that's right, you don't have that kind of technology, do you?"
Now, if you can just do that in your best Eric Cartman voice, I think we've got a new TiVo commercial figured out. Others:

"Why don't you just transfer that from the DVR in the other room to the one in here? Oh, wait, you can't do that can you?"

"Why don't you just transfer those shows to your laptop and we'll watch them on the road? Oh, I forgot, you can't do that with your cable DVR, can you?"

"Hey, pull up the local movie listings and we'll find a flick to go to. What, you can't do that on your TV? Oh, that's right, you don't have TiVo."

Et cetera, et cetera, ad nauseam.
 

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robomeister said:
Now if only I could figure out how to get my DVD collection onto a big server (will have to be multi terabyte)...
Heck, I want my *Tivos* to talk to a big server.

Dream scenario: Each Tivo has a relatively small drive locally to make recordings to, then automatically moves the recordings to the server. If the server is full, it keeps the recordings locally. (Bonus points -- the Tivos talk to each other and the server to do cooperative scheduling so I have one SP list for all Tivos and it just figures everything out, I don't have to manually set up non-conflicting SPs on each machine.)

Very good scenario: Each Tivo has a relatively small drive locally to make recordings to, then I tell it to move the recordings to the server.

Especially with a server I can just plop more $100 Fry's drives onto as time goes by and I need/want more storage.
 

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It'd be easy enough to just use existing computers as bulk storage space for shows (the next version of the desktop software will support automatic transfers no? and I think Galleon does already) IF... transfers weren't so mind-numbingly slow. Biggest disappointment about my new TiVo was that, otherwise I'm pretty darn happy with it so far.
 

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ChuckyBox said:
Now, if you can just do that in your best Eric Cartman voice, I think we've got a new TiVo commercial figured out. Others:

"Why don't you just transfer that from the DVR in the other room to the one in here? Oh, wait, you can't do that can you?"

"Why don't you just transfer those shows to your laptop and we'll watch them on the road? Oh, I forgot, you can't do that with your cable DVR, can you?"

"Hey, pull up the local movie listings and we'll find a flick to go to. What, you can't do that on your TV? Oh, that's right, you don't have TiVo."

Et cetera, et cetera, ad nauseam.
*LOL* I do a GREAT Cartman!!! Scuze me while I have some cheesy poofs... :cool:
 

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I currently have one of our PC's hooked up to the living room HD set, mainly because TiVo's ability to talk to them is limited. With the imminent arrival of an Xbox 360, things may get switched around a little bit. I might actually (shudder) buy media center for that pc. *feels dirty, runs to shower off the windoze scum*
 

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mattack said:
Heck, I want my *Tivos* to talk to a big server.

Dream scenario: Each Tivo has a relatively small drive locally to make recordings to, then automatically moves the recordings to the server. If the server is full, it keeps the recordings locally. (Bonus points -- the Tivos talk to each other and the server to do cooperative scheduling so I have one SP list for all Tivos and it just figures everything out, I don't have to manually set up non-conflicting SPs on each machine.)
You can do this today with standalone TiVos using TiVoToGo, and tools like Galleon or TVHarmony AutoPilot which will automatically suck shows off the TiVo to the server. Set all the recordings so none are KUID and they'll push off the TiVo as needed.
 

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megazone said:
You can do this today with standalone TiVos using TiVoToGo, and tools like Galleon or TVHarmony AutoPilot which will automatically suck shows off the TiVo to the server. Set all the recordings so none are KUID and they'll push off the TiVo as needed.
I'm not talking about using a PC (generically -- really I'd want to use a Mac).

I'm talking about using some kind of network attached storage, and/or a Tivo-server box.
 
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