New Shiny! (teevee)

[BarTopDancer]

But... but... I thought it said it came with a cable card. And I thought it said I could record 2 shows and watch something else.

Does that mean I don't have to do any fancy wiring like I have now to watch one show on the TV and record something else on the TIVO by changing the channel on the actual TV and leaving the TIVO station alone?

Damn this is complicated. Can someone make me a cliff notes or a "you're going from a tube TV to a flat screen TV, here is what you need to know" guide. OR a buy this this and this guide. That would be helpful. I am so confused

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

But... but... I thought it said it came with a cable card.

The cable card is supplied by the cable company.

For full dual-channel recording, TiVo Premiere and XL require one M-card. Unlike the TiVo HD and HD XL, Premiere only has one CableCARD™ slot and therefore one M-card is required.

Note your TiVo Premiere/XL can also operate with a single S-card, but will only be able to record one digital cable channel at a time in this configuration

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

And I thought it said I could record 2 shows and watch something else.

Does that mean I don't have to do any fancy wiring like I have now to watch one show on the TV and record something else on the TIVO by changing the channel on the actual TV and leaving the TIVO station alone?

Record two shows at once while watching a previously recorded show

Not record two and watch a third live program, but record two and watch a previously recorded (as long as you get the M Card and not the S Card from your cable company).

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Damn this is complicated. Can someone make me a cliff notes or a "you're going from a tube TV to a flat screen TV, here is what you need to know" guide. OR a buy this this and this guide. That would be helpful. I am so confused

Choice 1 is the TV - it is separate from the TiVo (or not the TiVo).

Choice 2 is whether you want to buy a new TiVo.

[BarTopDancer]

Tonight a friend suggested that I buy the TV, then if I am unhappy with the picture quality get the cable box with their DVR until I can figure out a better DVR solution. He pointed out that standard digital cable is not much more than I am paying now and I may be able to get a promotion that would make it less.

Thanks everyone for the feedback and trying to explain this stuff to me.

TIVO premier isn't getting the best reviews and I don't like being a first generation adopter so I'll probably end up going the Cox DVR route and then migrate to another TIVO that can handle the cable card unless someone can recommend a non-cable DVR service.

[bewitched]

Direct tv has a DVR that can record up to 3 shows at once.

[BarTopDancer]

As I said up-thread, I don't face the correct direction to get satellite.

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

As I said up-thread, I don't face the correct direction to get satellite.

So you did. That should (but likely won't ) teach me to read up.

[BarTopDancer]

So I've saved up and have enough for a new shiny. I'm 99% decided on this. I'm also going to suck it up and get the DVR through the cable company until I decide if I want to do another TIVO or somehow do something different.

Thoughts on that TV?

[Gemini Cricket]

BTD ~ Yes, ma'am, I like it. I certainly do. And, best of all, it's from Costco and if you don't end up liking it you can return it. Their return policies rock.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

So I've saved up and have enough for a new shiny. I'm 99% decided on this. I'm also going to suck it up and get the DVR through the cable company until I decide if I want to do another TIVO or somehow do something different.

Thoughts on that TV?

Nope, but it's being discussed over here.

[BarTopDancer]

That's a foreign language to me. Can you translate?