The TV show Addict Thread!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

LOST
Mythbusters
The Soup
Survivor

Those are the MUST sees.

I'll add the Office, My Name is Earl, Robot Chicken, Family Guy, American Dad to that.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Do you know how to get things off the DVR and onto DVD?

That depends on what DVR you are using. I don't have a Tivo so I don't know the steps but fortunately my friend Google does know. However that might not work for too much longer. .

If you have a PC based DVR (like Beyond TV) then all you need is the DVD burning software like MyDVD

[AllyOops!]

*Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
*Law & Order
*Without A Trace
*Justice

I like shows about the law. Or, the complete opposite in one respect- because I can't wait for The Sopranos to return!

I have only The Simpsons programmed into my DVR. I never miss that show! I admit, I love all of the Fox cartoons on Sunday night. I had no desire to watch Family Guy (despite all of my brothers being hooked). My boyfriend also loves it, and one of his birthday gifts that I bought him were all of the Seasons on DVD. I finally caved and watched, and now I'm hooked!

My Grandma is addicted to Grey's Anatomy, so I've seen that with her. And Desperate Housewives is another she enjoys. I watched that with her Sunday night. I don't really watch any "new" shows. I watch lots of syndicated stuff!

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

That depends on what DVR you are using. I don't have a Tivo so I don't know the steps but fortunately my friend Google does know. However that might not work for too much longer. .

If you have a PC based DVR (like Beyond TV) then all you need is the DVD burning software like MyDVD

Unfortunately I have the DVR provided by Time Warner Cable. I do not have TiVO. I haven't found any information that gives a person with no concept of this stuff instructions on how to do it.

I have an iMac with iDVD and iMovie.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Unfortunately I have the DVR provided by Time Warner Cable. I do not have TiVO. I haven't found any information that gives a person with no concept of this stuff instructions on how to do it.

I have an iMac with iDVD and iMovie.

My roomie has a TIVO and while I love the convenience of it, I really miss being able to record programs on my DVD-R (I have a Panasonic DVD-R). In fact, I gave her one, but when Comcast came and set her up, they would not hook up the DVD-R. The damn TIVO has no outputs beyond what goes in the TV, which is a real pain. Maybe I should swap out the VHS? Anyone have thoughts?

My roomie said there is some thing having to do with comcast that we can't record the stuff in the 500's channels (which if true, can't be, that's TCM). Right now I'm just reluctant to pull eveyrthing out and figure out the hook ups

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Unfortunately I have the DVR provided by Time Warner Cable. I do not have TiVO. I haven't found any information that gives a person with no concept of this stuff instructions on how to do it.

I have an iMac with iDVD and iMovie.

Humm.. The best I could find is this:

Originally Posted by My Friend Google

You can't do a digital transfer from the Time Warner box.

However, you can use a video capture card or USB video capture device to record the show in real-time from the DVR and capture it to a video file on your computer (I've done this).

The other option is to buy a DVD recorder and hook it up to the video out.

[Prudence]

Anything Law and Order. I just can't help myself.

Gained a Without A Trace addiction over the summer.

House. The accent creeps me out, but I can't not watch.

Lost. Damn you. Damn you all.

Veronica Mars. Why wasn't I that witty in high school?

Gilmore Girls. Although this season's pilot allegedly sucks now that the creator left.

Desperate Housewives. Just shut up, okay?

And the rest of the time is basically reality shows, which vary depending on the cast that particular run, but may include:

Survivor (this season hasn't really intrigued me yet.)
Amazing Race (the two most interesting couples were eliminated the first night, so not sure on this either.)
ANTM (look, sometimes I just want to see pretty girls do astoundingly stupid things, okay?)
Project Runway (yay! Snarky bitches make clothes!)
Whatever the chef show is that follows a season of Project Runway (yay! Snarky bitches make food!)
Dancing with the Stars - although now I basically just catch the routines on YouTube. Go Jerry!
And if everything else is in reruns: Wife Swap and Super Nanny.

None of the new shows have really grabbed me yet. Studio 60 and Heroes look potentially interesting, but so far I don't care enough to worry if I miss them.

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Humm.. The best I could find is this:

Thanks. I used Google too. That statement really doesn't help me much. I started a new thread in Egg Head so as not to continue to derail this one more.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by RStar

Smallville

LOST

Kyle XY

Heros

Oh, I forgot to add:

Bones

Ghost Whisperer

I think to record from a DVR to DVD, just hook up the DVD recorder to the signal out before the TV, and record it in real time. I have a freind who records from the Time Warner DVR to VHS this way.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Originally Posted by RStar

I think to record from a DVR to DVD, just hook up the DVD recorder to the signal out before the TV, and record it in real time.

I have a friend who does that, too.

Let's see...

Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Survivor
Amazing Race

Studio 60 looks pretty good. We'll see.
Heroes might be OK. We'll see.

Daily Show and Colbert Report, but not as often as I'd like

I've given up on Lost. I'm convinced there is no plan for this show and it's just floating through time until someone calls the whole thing off. When I thought it was going somewhere, I was interested. Now that I'm fairly convinced it's not, I just don't care.

I'll need another show to replace SG-1 when it ends so I can get my sci-fi fix each week. (Suggestions, anyone?)