Subj : Re: Rome
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Trouble
Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 11:34:30

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick wrote:

> I have to admit.  I really don't get the excitement about paying for
> Tivo when I could get the same thing for free with a vcr.
> How much does tivo cost anyway?

TiVo costs $12.95 a month for the service, you can get a 40 hour unit 
right now for $49 with a one year agreement. Its $199 with a $150 mainl 
in rebate. My second TiVo only costs $6.95 a month for the service, and 
any more TiVos after that would be the same.

Now for the exciting parts, you program a VCR for one show or recurring 
timeslot you get one show or whatever is in that timeslot for as long as 
the schedule is for.

TiVo will get me only the new episodes(or repeats if I want) of a show I 
want to see, even if the schedule gets bumped by a few minutes.

The TV Guide info for the next two weeks is searchable via keywords, 
actors, or titles. This allows me to look for shows by subject such as 
shows about the ISS, Space Shuttle, NASA or whatever. You could also use 
the Comedy/Romantic Comedy wishlist like my wife has, this will pull 
goofy love stories.

When the new shows come back like they are doing right now TiVo has some 
previews you can look at to see the ABC, CBS, and NBC new fall shows, 
last week the previews were for the new WB and FX shows. If you like one 
of the previews, you hit one button and it will setup a recording 
schedule for the show.

My wife roots for the Dallas Cowboys, we live in DC, Cowboys games if 
they are on at all are on various different stations from week to week, 
but TiVo finds them every week (if available) in our Dallas Cowboys 
wishlist.

-- 
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.
Seek what they sought."
--Basho

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