Tivo: Worth it or not? Your opinions please?

[markie]

I was thinking of getting Tivo. I know what it does, is it worth $13 a month though?

[ggw]

Thom Yorke's eye is all f'ed up and shit.

[markie]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Thom Yorke's eye is all f'ed up and shit.

Probably got google eyes from watching too much T.V.?

[redsock]

Well, i just got it. And you don't have to pay $13 a month if you just want to use it as a vcr, with the ability to tape no more than 3 days in advance. You get that for free. However, there are apparently a lot of cool features for the $13. I'm trying it out to see what my needs are. I actually bought a DVd player with tivo built in, from best buy with two rebates its only $99. I was pretty happy.

[markie]

I saw them in best buy for $100, but I chose a cheap progresive scan DVD player this time, to match up with my new big T.V.
 
 I didnt know you could avoid subscription..... umm, that may be handy.

[Sailor Ripley]

Well, if you believe all of the geeks I work with it will "change the way you watch TV".  For me, a VCR does just fine for those rare times I need to record something. Otherwise, less TV is better IMO.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by mark e smith:
  I saw them in best buy for $100, but I chose a cheap progresive scan DVD player this time, to match up with my new big T.V.
 
 I didnt know you could avoid subscription..... umm, that may be handy.

i could be wrong on this one... but i think you can only avoid the sub if you only buy one of the dvd recorder/tivo combo units...

[Seth Hurwitz]

Tivo is absolutely the greatest
 
 couldn't live without it

[eltee]

I saw this player. Not sure if I like the 3 day advance feature.

Originally posted by redsock:
  Well, i just got it. And you don't have to pay $13 a month if you just want to use it as a vcr, with the ability to tape no more than 3 days in advance. You get that for free. However, there are apparently a lot of cool features for the $13. I'm trying it out to see what my needs are. I actually bought a DVd player with tivo built in, from best buy with two rebates its only $99. I was pretty happy.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Were you born within the last few years?
 
 

Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
  Tivo is absolutely the greatest
 
 couldn't live without it

[Darth Ed]

If you have a highspeed Internet connection at home, I recommend a ReplayTV instead of TiVo, but you'll want to pick up a ReplayTV 50x0 model on eBay. If you buy one of the new 55xx models, sharing shows over the Internet has been disabled (courtesy of Hollywood lawyers).

[cjdawson]

Once you go TiVo, it's hard to go back to ever watching TV without it. You'll get hooked, but you'll love it.

[Cernunnos]

I just download the shows that I happened to miss.  God bless divX and Bittorrent!  I have an ATI All in Wonder Video Card and the software to essentially make my computer a DVR, but unfortunately there isn't a coax hookup in the room where I keep my computers...

[HoyaSaxa03]

TiVo is god.
 
 I could not imagine living without it, it's taping 24/7, i think i have 90-100 season passes set up ... come home, watch the daily show, PTI, whatever ... start football games 45 mins late and never see a commercial or half-time or reviews ...
 
 I actually watch less TV now that I have tivo, because I watch what I want to.
 
 Plus, taping music videos is the hidden key to tivo ... tape 6 hour blocks on MTV2 and watch what you want to ... plus you can get subterranean and keep like 10 episodes, listen to/watch whatever you want whenever ...