[ale] [OT] Cable TV Gripes

[Robert L. Harris]

TiVo comes with a cable that has IR transmitters on the end.  You point
those at your cable box and tell TiVo what cable system you're on, what
make of cable box you have and then you get a few options to test.

Recently TiVo had a nice upgrade, instead of the IR it comes with a
DB9 serial as well.  On the menu I can now choose Comcast/Motorolla for
my box type (not my service since I'm on charter) and it uses the
serial, faster and more accurate.



Thus spake Christopher Fowler (cfowler at outpostsentinel.com):

> On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 08:32:00AM -0500, Dylan Northrup wrote:
> > A long time ago, (12.10.03), in a galaxy far, far away, Synco Gibraldter wrote:
> > 
> > :=i don't like any of those shows except the daily show, which is replayed 
> > :=like 5 times a day.  the rest of them are the ones getting in the way of my 
> > :='good' shows -- i suppose that's one of the major reasons there's so much 
> > :=crap on tv.  for everything we think is crap, there's somebody who loves 
> > :=it.  and everything you hate is loved by somebody else.  too bad we can't 
> > :=order shows instead of ordering networks from the cable company.
> > 
> > But that's what Tivo allows you to do.  Record whatever shows you like when
> > they're on and watch them whenever you want (likely when something else is
> > on you don't care for).
> 
> How does Tivo work with a digital cable box?  I've looked at many capture cards
> for my computer but all seem to work with analog cable and not digital.
> 
> I have Dish Network.  I dumped Aldelphia after the scandal broke out.
> 
> 
> > 
> > -- 
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> >  really worth it if you give it a try." -- Cowboy Mouth, 'Easy'
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