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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kosmo vinyl on February 07, 2006, 11:47:00 am
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Since all you Tivo cultists already have a Season Pass set up to record Arrested Developement. This is for those of you who have the short bus riding cousin Comcast supplied DVR.
The last four episodes of this season Arrested Development air on Friday (2/10) from 8 to 10pm. I refuse to call them the final episodes, because somewhere out there is a deity that can make miracles happen.
Web Thuggery encouraged in this thread...
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That's great news! Hopefully a channel with some brains will pick the series up. And hopefully that channel will leave in the bleeped profanities. That kills me everytime.
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comcast dvr allows you to record a season, at least mine does
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Tivo lists this as Series, Season Finale. Not sure if they mean it's a series and it's the season's last episode or (since it's 3 or 4 episodes) that one episode is the season finale and one is the series finale.
I thought the last episode S.O.B.s wrapped up the storyline; it'll be good to see the storyline continue a little longer. Also, what's up with running this on a Friday? The dead zone of viewership. At least they could have put it on Monday, the time-slot for this season, or the orginal time-slot, Sunday.
Regarding below, the bleeps are intentional on the part of the creators. It's supposed to be an aspect of the documentary nature of the show. With that in mind, notice that whenever there is profanity the character will hide their mouth, or they will show another character's reaction to what is being said. If the show moves to Showtime, as was hinted at in S.O.B.'s, expect the same thing to occur.
Originally posted by nkotb:
That's great news! Hopefully a channel with some brains will pick the series up. And hopefully that channel will leave in the bleeped profanities. That kills me everytime.
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Showtime is close to picking up Arrested.
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as does RCN
Originally posted by pdx pollard:
comcast dvr allows you to record a season, at least mine does
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Originally posted by brennser:
as does RCN
Originally posted by pdx pollard:
comcast dvr allows you to record a season, at least mine does
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But not if it's in a different time slot, no? I've got Comcast (which is good in that you get 60 hours rather than Tivo's 40 hours), and I can only note to tape a show on a regular basis (ie, daily, weekly, monthly). I could well be missing something.
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as to how well it navigates schedule changes, I cannot say...but when you set up a series recording, it doesn't specify daily/weekly etc
you can choose only to record 1st runs and choose how many to record, i.e., no more than 4 episodes of Lost can be on DVR at any time
Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by brennser:
as does RCN
Originally posted by pdx pollard:
comcast dvr allows you to record a season, at least mine does
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But not if it's in a different time slot, no? I've got Comcast (which is good in that you get 60 hours rather than Tivo's 40 hours), and I can only note to tape a show on a regular basis (ie, daily, weekly, monthly). I could well be missing something. [/b]
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PDX must have a different Comcast DVR then us, as while it can be set up to tape a specific show for an extended prior of time it only tapes that specific time slot. So if the network schedule changes in any way the DVR doesn't adjust it's self, i.e changes, time, day or length which Tivo can.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
PDX must have a different Comcast DVR then us, as while it can be set up to tape a specific show for an extended prior of time it only tapes that specific time slot. So if the network schedule changes in any way the DVR doesn't adjust it's self, i.e changes, time, day or length which Tivo can.
yeah that is different then, its called a series recording here rather than a season pass and you can record a show whenever it is on on any channel
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wasn't the comcast dvrs going to get tivo sw on them?
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Which reminds me, DirecTV is giving away TiVo's powered DVRs until Feb 28.
http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/hw/Of...OMO_CODE=DVR4ME (http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/hw/Of...OMO_CODE=DVR4ME)
No extension of service, no extra fees.
Just $14.95 shipping.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
wasn't the comcast dvrs going to get tivo sw on them?
This summer. They started to do series 2 TiVo's then said we'll just wait for Series 3 TiVo's because of the dual tuners, cable cards and hi-def.
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Yeah my comcast DVR will:
Record first run episodes on channel
Record all episodes in a time slot on a channel
Record all episodes at any time on a channel
I've only had it a few weeks but really like it...HD content really fills up the drive but I haven't been screwed by any limitations yet.
The box has 4 tuners - two SD and two HD so you can either record two shows at once or watch one while recording another. I've never had tivo but I'm pressed to think of what it could offer that my current box doesn't do.
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Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
Yeah my comcast DVR will:
Record first run episodes on channel
Record all episodes in a time slot on a channel
Record all episodes at any time on a channel
yeah, mine does that
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my dvr sucks
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
my dvr sucks
Trade it in for a newer one....they'll just let you swap it out.
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I've only had it a few weeks but really like it...HD content really fills up the drive but I haven't been screwed by any limitations yet.
yeah, nothing like a few Lost and Office episodes to get you over 50% in a hurry! I'm a little worried about how many World Cup games I can fit on it in HD
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Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
I've never had tivo but I'm pressed to think of what it could offer that my current box doesn't do.
once smackie gets into work tomorrow, i'm sure he'll have a full report for you =)
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
I've never had tivo but I'm pressed to think of what it could offer that my current box doesn't do.
once smackie gets into work tomorrow, i'm sure he'll have a full report for you =) [/b]
I have no doubt.
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
once smackie gets into work tomorrow, i'm sure he'll have a full report for you =)
I will not be your monkey...
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Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
I have no doubt.
http://www.pvrcompare.com/featurechart.html (http://www.pvrcompare.com/featurechart.html)
There's the feature chart for non-HD DVR's. Comcast has many DVR's now, so it might be a bit outdated.
The truth is, most of the limitations in DVR's comapred to a TiVo powered DVR have been fixed. I've had a DirecTV DVR (non-TiVo) for about a month now, but three software updates later and I only have one or two complaints left compared to my TiVo power DirecTV unit. While no DVR has the full TiVo experience (you'll have to try one to understand), the other DVR's are working well enough that it won't matter soon unless you've used a TiVo and get the little things it does. They all do practically the same thing, but some just do it simpler than others.
Home Networking options on the TiVo are unmatched, but few people have bought into that. About 2 years ahead of it's time, I figure.
HD DVR's are different. TiVo is not that superior in HD DVR to justify the expense ($500 compared to $10 a month). The current TiVo HD will be obsolete in 4 months, and I feel badly for anyone who dropped $1000 on one. It won't work with DirecTV in four months and will never be good for cable do to a lack of dual cable tuners. Series 3 will fix that, and then you guys can all make fun of me for not having the TiVo experience while you are coming around. I have seriously considered leaving DirecTV for lack of TiVo in a few months, but the NFL Package will keep me around.
Here's a guy who has used both the Comcast HD DVR and the TiVo HD: http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2005/11/comcast_hd_dvr_.html (http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2005/11/comcast_hd_dvr_.html)
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This is the new HD dvr Comcast is using in Arlington....I had to ask for it though. They were going to give me an older model until I inquired about this one.
http://www.scientificatlanta.com/consumers_new/CableBoxes/8300hd.htm (http://www.scientificatlanta.com/consumers_new/CableBoxes/8300hd.htm)