What TV shows do you Tivo? - Page 2

Aliantha · 02-03-2008, 06:01 PM

We don't have tivo in Australia. The closest thing to it is a package that Foxtel offers cable clients which allows you to record the shows you want to watch later. It's pretty expensive though. About $120/month. We don't have it.

glatt · 02-03-2008, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Glatt, you would be interested in the system we have, if you're at all inclined to learn a little Linux. It's a homemade box that runs freeware called MythTV. Me, I don't know jack squat about it, but there are apparently really good help forums out there, that's what Mr. Clod has used every time there was something outside of his Linux knowledge. Gotta love the friendliness of open-source communities. Aside from the initial cost of the basic computer you build--$300 total maybe?--there is a service fee to download the TV schedules so it knows when things are on, but it's only like $15 a year.

Thanks. I'll have to look into this, and MythTV sounds promising. Once I figure out what TV to buy, I can move on to figuring out how to record shows now that my VCR will be worthless in a year.

Flint · 02-04-2008, 10:48 PM

I really must get into this Linux stuff. Right now, though, I just try to use as close to what I have at work as I can get.

freshnesschronic · 02-05-2008, 11:25 PM

I don't have TiVo, but if I did, I would TiVo basketball and football games, stand up comedy and Scrubs.

Scrubs is my new favorite TV show. Holy crap it is awesome--even though it's retiring.

02-03-2008, 06:01 PM	#16
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	We don't have tivo in Australia. The closest thing to it is a package that Foxtel offers cable clients which allows you to record the shows you want to watch later. It's pretty expensive though. About $120/month. We don't have it. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-04-2008, 10:48 PM	#18
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02-05-2008, 11:25 PM	#19
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	I don't have TiVo, but if I did, I would TiVo basketball and football games, stand up comedy and Scrubs. Scrubs is my new favorite TV show. Holy crap it is awesome--even though it's retiring.

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