Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:54 PM 11/16/03 -0800, Eric Welch wrote: > >A Tivo sort of looks like a VCR. But instead of tape, it uses a hard >drive. And a service you subscribe to that lists all of the programs >coming up for the next month on your cable/satellite service. You can >set it up to automatically record a whole season of a show. You can >have it search for shows/movies that have your favorite actors, or >search for specific movies, etc. > >Then you watch the shows whenever you want, rather than when they're >on. And you can watch live TV, and it writes it to the hard drive as >you watch, so you can back up and see something again, or pause it >while you go to the bathroom. Then you can catch up by fast forwarding >the commercials. > >You can also download shows off the hard drive onto your VCR if you >have it hooked up. And with Macs and PCs you can use a software program >that costs $99 to show your still photos, movies and listen to your >music from your computer on your TV/Sound system. > >Many people say it completely changes the way they watch TV. Check it >out: > >http://www.tivo.com > >I would never be without one now. They're still a bit spendy - >especially if you get the lifetime subscription with the Tivo. But it's >worth it if you want any TV at all. Thank you, Eric. I am too accustomed at my advanced age to cheerfully missing shows which conflict with Real Life to desire to change, I fear. Television to me is much more of a distraction than an asset, so knowing that I have to miss something is great; the alternative would be to clog up my time watching shows I really do not need to see. But I will discuss this with my wife, who is much more of a television person than am I, as she is quite a bit younger than I am (3 months and 2 days, for that matter!) Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html