Comments on: Dilemma: TiVo or Dish Network DVR http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/ exploring a little bit of everything Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:09:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dish Network DVR or DirecTV TiVo http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-47702 Dish Network DVR or DirecTV TiVo Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:58:43 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/#comment-47702 <p>It sucks that TiVo has single tuner..I would rather go with Dish DVR.</p> It sucks that TiVo has single tuner..I would rather go with Dish DVR.

]]> By: John http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-41546 John Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:08:06 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/#comment-41546 <p>Additionally, I spoke with an I.T. friend of mind ,and the way he circumvented the system, he took out the hard drive of the Dish Network DVR and replaced it with another without all their firewall, anti-hacking, rules built in and he was able to plug his DVR directly into his DVD burner. I have not tried this myself, try it, it may work.</p> Additionally, I spoke with an I.T. friend of mind ,and the way he circumvented the system, he took out the hard drive of the Dish Network DVR and replaced it with another without all their firewall, anti-hacking, rules built in and he was able to plug his DVR directly into his DVD burner. I have not tried this myself, try it, it may work.

]]> By: John http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-41545 John Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:40:17 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/#comment-41545 <p>I have Dish Network, the installer said I could put recorded programs on DVD. I finally buy a DVD burner, attempt to set it up and after calling Customer Service, I'm told "Dish won't allow this". It has to be possible, but HOW?</p> I have Dish Network, the installer said I could put recorded programs on DVD. I finally buy a DVD burner, attempt to set it up and after calling Customer Service, I’m told “Dish won’t allow this”. It has to be possible, but HOW?

]]> By: Larry G. Wilson http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-30585 Larry G. Wilson Sat, 12 May 2007 01:22:09 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/#comment-30585 <p>Dish single (I do not know about the 2 tuner unit)is a pice of crap. They are having a system wide problem for about 4-6 months. They can not fix. They also want $119 to upgrade you to a 2 tuner system. I would have to pay them to fix THEIR</p> Dish single (I do not know about the 2 tuner unit)is a pice of crap. They are having a system wide problem for about 4-6 months. They can not fix. They also want $119 to upgrade you to a 2 tuner system. I would have to pay them to fix THEIR

]]> By: Andrew Kaufmann http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Andrew Kaufmann Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:31:49 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/#comment-704 <p>Man, you guys are great. Thanks for all the tips. I weighed everything and went TiVo. So far, so good!</p> Man, you guys are great. Thanks for all the tips. I weighed everything and went TiVo. So far, so good!

]]> By: Michael G. Lacy http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-675 Michael G. Lacy Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:05:05 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/#comment-675 <p>Ahhh .. The great dilemma of our time… What is the best way to record TV…? Tivo or the DVR. I feel like I have been here before. Wait! I have I had the same problem. In short my own question was about HDTV. It was HD tivo vs HD dvr. I came to a simple answer. The HD dvr my cable company provide was way less expensive than the HD Tivo by leaps and bounds (at decision time the HDTV directv tivo was about 499.99). Since that time I have come to miss the bleep bleep bleep of tivo, the speed and accuracy of its recording. I miss it so much that I have since ordered a tivo to replace the less expensive cable company dvr. So if it’s between standard Tivo with the home media features and a standard cable or dish based DVR c’mon man you must be crazy. To put it simply Tivo is crack, plain Dvr’s are wack. I would like to thank Whitney Houston for the inspiration to write such a bad quote.</p> Ahhh .. The great dilemma of our time… What is the best way to record TV…? Tivo or the DVR. I feel like I have been here before. Wait! I have I had the same problem. In short my own question was about HDTV. It was HD tivo vs HD dvr. I came to a simple answer. The HD dvr my cable company provide was way less expensive than the HD Tivo by leaps and bounds (at decision time the HDTV directv tivo was about 499.99). Since that time I have come to miss the bleep bleep bleep of tivo, the speed and accuracy of its recording. I miss it so much that I have since ordered a tivo to replace the less expensive cable company dvr. So if it’s between standard Tivo with the home media features and a standard cable or dish based DVR c’mon man you must be crazy. To put it simply Tivo is crack, plain Dvr’s are wack. I would like to thank Whitney Houston for the inspiration to write such a bad quote.

]]> By: Quinn http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Quinn Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:26:20 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/#comment-670 <p>This may be too late but sorry, I've been out of town.</p> <p>1) Tivo rebate - I actually got mine! It was, I think, 3 months after I sent it in, but as you said on some other post here, that's money I'd already written off, and presto! $150 in the mail. Sweet.</p> <p>2) We currently have Tivo and DirecTV (got Tivo first, then had to get DirecTV b/c the cable here at the apt. complex S.U.C.K.E.D.), which is to say, we currently have DirecTV and the disconnected Tivo box sitting around looking lonely. As in, they didn't work with each other. Maybe greater minds than this one can figure out how to convert YPbPr-or-whatever-it's-called connections to "regular" Yellow/red/white connections, but not me. A pain in the ass.</p> <p>3) Tivo is VERY friendly to navigate. And the noises it makes will make you giggle (BaD Radio).</p> <p>4) Installation of Tivo is a bitch. When I took it back to the in-laws' house to reconnect due to the compatibility issue in #2 above, I went through all the stupid steps and still it didn't work. I think it's the phone cords, but I fear the 2 moves of the box may have fucked the thing up, in which case, shitty engineering, my friend. Unfortunately, this was the day before we were going out of town, and I've only been back about 5 hours (and don't want to spend them at the in-laws, thank you very much).</p> <p>5) I never got around to setting up the web-based crap, but I intend to someday when I have a bunch of boxes that FREAKING WORK TOGETHER, and it'll be cool, I just know it.</p> <p>6) Unless you have an antenna to receive broadcast channels, you can't record one show while watching another. Which leaves you dumping the rapidly-shittifying Grey's Anatomy for the promising new HBO series, Big Love.</p> <p>7) Dude, T.O.?!? What does the Hardline have to say about that mess?</p> This may be too late but sorry, I’ve been out of town.

1) Tivo rebate – I actually got mine! It was, I think, 3 months after I sent it in, but as you said on some other post here, that’s money I’d already written off, and presto! $150 in the mail. Sweet.

2) We currently have Tivo and DirecTV (got Tivo first, then had to get DirecTV b/c the cable here at the apt. complex S.U.C.K.E.D.), which is to say, we currently have DirecTV and the disconnected Tivo box sitting around looking lonely. As in, they didn’t work with each other. Maybe greater minds than this one can figure out how to convert YPbPr-or-whatever-it’s-called connections to “regular” Yellow/red/white connections, but not me. A pain in the ass.

3) Tivo is VERY friendly to navigate. And the noises it makes will make you giggle (BaD Radio).

4) Installation of Tivo is a bitch. When I took it back to the in-laws’ house to reconnect due to the compatibility issue in #2 above, I went through all the stupid steps and still it didn’t work. I think it’s the phone cords, but I fear the 2 moves of the box may have fucked the thing up, in which case, shitty engineering, my friend. Unfortunately, this was the day before we were going out of town, and I’ve only been back about 5 hours (and don’t want to spend them at the in-laws, thank you very much).

5) I never got around to setting up the web-based crap, but I intend to someday when I have a bunch of boxes that FREAKING WORK TOGETHER, and it’ll be cool, I just know it.

6) Unless you have an antenna to receive broadcast channels, you can’t record one show while watching another. Which leaves you dumping the rapidly-shittifying Grey’s Anatomy for the promising new HBO series, Big Love.

7) Dude, T.O.?!? What does the Hardline have to say about that mess?

]]> By: Rob Rogers http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Rob Rogers Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:25:11 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/#comment-660 <p>Do you know about changing quality settings? My<br /> parents’ DVR has a pretty low quality, and you can’t adjust it. Does TiVo or DISH let you change the resolution/compression for more space or better pictures?</p> <p>Yes, the TiVo lets you set the quality to several levels (I believe they're Basic, Medium, High, and Best). I pretty much record everything on Medium with no problems whatsoever. Occasionally, on Basic, you'll notice some resolution issue in really busy or action-oriented sequences, but Medium seems to be just great.</p> Do you know about changing quality settings? My
parents’ DVR has a pretty low quality, and you can’t adjust it. Does TiVo or DISH let you change the resolution/compression for more space or better pictures?

Yes, the TiVo lets you set the quality to several levels (I believe they’re Basic, Medium, High, and Best). I pretty much record everything on Medium with no problems whatsoever. Occasionally, on Basic, you’ll notice some resolution issue in really busy or action-oriented sequences, but Medium seems to be just great.

]]> By: mike http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-659 mike Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:28:26 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/#comment-659 <ol> <li><p>My folks have a cable-company DVR with 2 tuners. They use the hell out of both of them, watching one thing and recording the competing program for later. My dad even starts watching the recorded program during the commercials of the live program. How much competing programming do you watch? Don't forget about sports.</p></li> <li><p>'Net based programming for TiVo is cool. You need to ask yourself how forgetful you're going to be. It would suck to have a DVR if you won't be able to program it for the important stuff.</p></li> <li><p>Do you want to DVD record to save space or to actually have DVD's? The 100gig capacity of DISH means you won't need to go through the clunky PC transfer process as often as a 40 or 80 gig TiVo.</p></li> <li><p>Transferability - You can take your TiVo with you whereever you move to, right? DISH requires the DISH service. Will you be able to cancel DISH if you move out, or have enough $ saved to get a TiVo. (Because I guarantee once you have a DVR you'll never want to go back.)</p></li> <li><p>Do you know about changing quality settings? My parents' DVR has a pretty low quality, and you can't adjust it. Does TiVo or DISH let you change the resolution/compression for more space or better pictures?</p></li> </ol> <p>That's just what occurred to me. As long as your unit works, I think you'll be very satisfied with whichever one you buy. It's a neat technology.</p>

  • My folks have a cable-company DVR with 2 tuners. They use the hell out of both of them, watching one thing and recording the competing program for later. My dad even starts watching the recorded program during the commercials of the live program. How much competing programming do you watch? Don’t forget about sports.

  • ‘Net based programming for TiVo is cool. You need to ask yourself how forgetful you’re going to be. It would suck to have a DVR if you won’t be able to program it for the important stuff.

  • Do you want to DVD record to save space or to actually have DVD’s? The 100gig capacity of DISH means you won’t need to go through the clunky PC transfer process as often as a 40 or 80 gig TiVo.

  • Transferability – You can take your TiVo with you whereever you move to, right? DISH requires the DISH service. Will you be able to cancel DISH if you move out, or have enough $ saved to get a TiVo. (Because I guarantee once you have a DVR you’ll never want to go back.)

  • Do you know about changing quality settings? My parents’ DVR has a pretty low quality, and you can’t adjust it. Does TiVo or DISH let you change the resolution/compression for more space or better pictures?

    • That’s just what occurred to me. As long as your unit works, I think you’ll be very satisfied with whichever one you buy. It’s a neat technology.

    ]]>         By: Rob Rogers http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Rob Rogers Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:02:42 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/#comment-658 <p>I'm a huge TiVo fan. It's the coolest thing since TV itself. I would recommend it highly.</p> I’m a huge TiVo fan. It’s the coolest thing since TV itself. I would recommend it highly.

    ]]>         By: Dennis http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Dennis Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:18:05 +0000 http://www.lunaradventures.net/2006/03/14/dilemma-tivo-or-dish-network-dvr/#comment-657 <p>I have a Tivo DVR and would recommend it over the DISH unit because of the interface alone. The DISH interface is so hard to move around in and clunky that it makes to work to watch television. Just my 2 cents</p> I have a Tivo DVR and would recommend it over the DISH unit because of the interface alone. The DISH interface is so hard to move around in and clunky that it makes to work to watch television. Just my 2 cents

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