I was playing with my new TiVo and I came to a quick conclusion - TiVo is a Mac computer. Not literally, of course. But I am very attached to PCs and Windows, and have no desire to switch to a Mac. I have also become accustomed to cabel company DVRs and am not thrilled with TiVo. I've used it before, since when I was living at my aunt and uncle's house last summer, while they vacationed half of the summer. But I prefer Wow, or better yet, Time Warner's DVR. Why? Well, I admit that TiVo is more user friendly and has more features. Finding your shows to schedule and managing your season passes is easier. Yet, I before the clean cut DVR, where it may take a bit more time, but I can see what's going on with my machine. TiVo, I feel like I really don't get to look at my show list and what's going to record the way I want to. For instance, my favorite way to schedule with the DVR was to peruse the major networks from 8-11pm Sun-Thursday and see what was on, then pick. If I picked a slot where two shows were being recorded, it told me right away. Not so with the TiVo exactly. Instead, you go through a series of menus and there's a To Do list that tells you the list of shows coming up to record, with the times and stuff to the side. I don't like this. However, at least for the next year, a DVR other than TiVo is not available to me, so I will live with it. It's still way better than a VCR.
Qop! (from "Bones")
Booth: We're Scully and Mulder.
Brennan: I don't know what that means.
Angela: I wouldn't bet a date with Colin Farrel on it.
Brennan: I know him. He's funny.
Angela: That's Will Ferrel.
Booth: I need subtitles when I come in here.
Brennan: Don't call me Bones.
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There are shortcuts to speed things up on a TiVo. You probably know that 'TiVo' takes you to TiVo Central. Then 'TiVo' again goes to now playing.
But there are more. From TiVo Central:
0 - plays the boot animation
1 - Season Pass Manager
2 - To Do List
etc, up through 9, are shortcuts to different screens
On most screens hitting Advance (->|) will jump to the end of the menu, hitting it again jumps to the top.
If you're on the guide and you request a recording it will tell you immediately if there is a conflict, and what the conflict is. And it will allow you to cancel the previously scheduled recording if you want the new one instead.
If you have the TiVo on a network, check out http://www.Galleon.tv/ and http://www.Apps.tv/ for more stuff the cable DVRs don't have.
Um, thanks I guess, for correcting me about your product. My opinion on it still stands though. I wish you could use the menus while watching the shows. Like the Season Pass Manager and stuff. You can do that with other DVRs. And I like being able to see %full as well, which I can't find on TiVo.
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