What is Tivo, and is it worth 13 bucks a month?

[chaz]

Rhett, you should take up Civil War re-enacting.  I don't know why, but I think this would be a good hobby for you.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Hmmm. I was born in Florida but raised in upstate NY. One Yankee parent and one Confederate parent (Was Florida part of the Confederacy?). Which side would I be on?
 
 Thanks for the suggestion. It actually sounds like it would be fun.
 
 
 

Originally posted by chaz:
  Rhett, you should take up Civil War re-enacting.  I don't know why, but I think this would be a good hobby for you.

[chaz]

It doesn't really matter what side you're on as long as you have one of those insane moustaches that all those civil war buffs sport.
 
 

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Hmmm. I was born in Florida but raised in upstate NY. One Yankee parent and one Confederate parent (Was Florida part of the Confederacy?). Which side would I be on?
 
 Thanks for the suggestion. It actually sounds like it would be fun.
 
 
   

Originally posted by chaz:
  Rhett, you should take up Civil War re-enacting.  I don't know why, but I think this would be a good hobby for you.

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[vansmack]

Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Flava:
   

Originally posted by Bags:
  Aaaah, "Alias."  Can't wait for the new season to start....        

It starts in January - crazy eh? [/b]

It's an absolute crime....

[vansmack]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by vansmack:
 instead of subjecting myself to 20 minutes of commercials.

thats not being a good little American consumer now, is it? [/b]

Oh, I've been trying to singelhandedly spend this country out this economic downturn.  
 
 But really, who needs commercials with this internet thing?  I mean, I got a little choked up at the Mia Hamm tribute by Gatorade, but for every one great commercial there's 1000 that aren't for me.  I usually know about new products long before they hit the TV anyway.

[Bags]

Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Flava:
   

Originally posted by Bags:
  Aaaah, "Alias."  Can't wait for the new season to start....        

It starts in January - crazy eh? [/b]

JANUARY!!??!!  Man, that blows.  Maybe I'll do something creative on Sunday night instead...

[Bags]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Hmmm. I was born in Florida but raised in upstate NY. One Yankee parent and one Confederate parent (Was Florida part of the Confederacy?). Which side would I be on?

At this point, doesn't matter if Florida was in the confederacy.  Florida's so heavily yankee now that there's no choice...Even the West Coast (or, more properly, the SunCoast) is mostly Midwestern folk.

[Bags]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   mean, I got a little choked up at the Mia Hamm tribute by Gatorade, but for every one great commercial there's 1000 that aren't for me.  

So funny...I saw the Mia Hamm gatorade commercial on the Today Show (they surprised her by airing it for her -- she hadn't seen it yet), so I *still* don't need to see commercials!    

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Isn't Florida more Cuban-heavy than Yankee heavy these days?
 
 I'm talking about Florida 1941-1972, the years my mom lived there.
 
 
 

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Hmmm. I was born in Florida but raised in upstate NY. One Yankee parent and one Confederate parent (Was Florida part of the Confederacy?). Which side would I be on?

At this point, doesn't matter if Florida was in the confederacy.  Florida's so heavily yankee now that there's no choice...Even the West Coast (or, more properly, the SunCoast) is mostly Midwestern folk. [/b]

[punkfarmgirl]

Originally posted by suede:
  2.  comcast DVR is terrible compared to tv.  features suck, software sucks, ff sucks and its hard to record programs.  why do we have it you ask.  one reason and one reason only, it allows us to record in HD while tivo does not.  and recording sopranos, and movies and other stuff in HD is worth $10 a month basically.  
 

Actually, they have a Tivo that records HDTV now. My friends just got it and love it very much. They have a dish, though, so maybe it's only available for that?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by punkfarmgirl:
  Actually, they have a Tivo that records HDTV now. My friends just got it and love it very much. They have a dish, though, so maybe it's only available for that?

You are correct.  Only DirecTV offers a TiVo that records in HD.  
 
 [geekspeak]
 
 The DTV HDTivo receives ATSC over-the-air signals.  Cable HD signals are QAM, which neither the DTV HDTiVo nor regualr Tivo can receive.
 
 [/geekspeak]