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Tivo Question

bumblebee · Coach

i have the same exact setup (tivo brand dvr, comcast digital cable) and i have exactly the same situation. i thought that it wasn't possible to record one and watch another...? have i been missing out for all this time?

laken1 · Hermes

There is a different / more expensive tivo that you can record one & watch one. I think you can also do it if you have direct tv maybe?

ETA: talked to my geeky husband who said you can do it with satelitte, they have a dual box (???) or 2 tivos. damn it.

Oh, and anytime you think they tivo is pointless, go back to not pausing or rewinding. it always makes me appreciate my tivo

LOL

-- Edited by laken1 at 17:27, 2005-09-23

Cricket · Gucci

You have to set it up w/ two lines to watch a different program (which you can record as well). You can do that with any dvr, I think. We have the 40 hour one and we could set it up either way, but it was too much of a pain to do the splitter. We just watch one show in the other room if there are two we want to watch at the same time.

member · Hermes

Cricket wrote:

You have to set it up w/ two lines to watch a different program (which you can record as well). You can do that with any dvr, I think. We have the 40 hour one and we could set it up either way, but it was too much of a pain to do the splitter. We just watch one show in the other room if there are two we want to watch at the same time.

LOL - this is so funny because my BF and I do the same thing - record one and go in the bedroom to watch the other. I'm so glad it's not just me w/this problem. I read in the Tivo manual that you could set it up w/a splitter and I thought the same thing cricket - that it was too big of a pain.

laken1 - you have a good point. I couldn't go back to regular tv and not being able to pause, rewind, and fast forward commercials!

scarlett · Marc Jacobs

tivo has completely spoiled me for regular TV. there's no going back!