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[Lyman Green <lymang AT gmail.com>]

So here's my question to all of you using Tivo's and alternatives to
the TWC DVR.  Do your alternatives have more than one tuner in them
and if so can they take advantage of that on the TWC signal?  Also to
top it off, are any of them High Def capable?

I am currently using the TWC HD DVR (the 8300HD) and while in many
ways it sucks, it also has some really, really nice features (PIP, 2
tuners, and in fact I can be taping 2 things and watching another
thing if it's something I've already recorded)
.  If I switched to an alternative it would have to record content in
High Def, and it would have to be able to support two tuners so I
could get more than one thing recorded or watched at the same time.

Lyman

On 1/3/06, marcia AT nc.rr.com <marcia AT nc.rr.com> wrote:
> So, in order to get the WMC, I need a new computer? "Windows XP Media
> Center Edition 2005 is only available pre-installed on computers sold by PC
> manufacturers...."
>
> I already have 5 computers at home! Why don't they sell the OS in a box?
>
> Could I, or could I not, get a video cable, and connect it from my TV to
> the video capture card on the PC, and record the video that way?
>
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Tom Caswell derpimpkar AT yahoo.com
> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:21:53 -0800 (PST)
> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] TW DVR to PC/DVD
>
>
> I recently switched from a Tivo (series 1) to a Windows Media Center.  I
> was thinking about getting a new Tivo but the WMC beat out the Tivo in most
> categories.  I suggest getting a WMC.
>
> Tom
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: John Broome <jbroome AT gmail.com>
> To: marcia AT nc.rr.com; Internetworkers:
> http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/ <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:07:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] TW DVR to PC/DVD
>
>
> On 1/3/06, marcia AT nc.rr.com <marcia AT nc.rr.com> wrote:
> > Does anybody know how I can transfer, download, stream... the shows
> > recorded with my TW DVR into my PC and then to a DVD? I see the DVR has a
> > UBS port, a slot that looks like some kind of flash memory, does it also
> > have Firewire?
>
> I'm pretty sure the TWC dvr is a black box that can't be futzed with.
> If you want to be able to pull stuff off your DVR to play somewhere
> else, a series 2 tivo is the way to go.
>
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