In message <3.0.6.32.20011108194644.007ff7d0@pop.onemain.com>, Tom
Messenger <krist@THEGRID.NET> writes
>If anyone on the list has tried out a TIVO box, can you tell me whether any
>of it's features work at all WITHOUT a subscription? I've checked out many
>of the TIVO hack sites but they are mostly interested in how to add a
>second harddrive to record even more TV as opposed to not ever hooking it
>up to the phone line to let the TIVO people know what you are watching.
>
>I am interested in using one for recording video from a camera instead of
>using a VCR.  At $200, it looks hard to beat in terms of trying to kluge up
>my own system.

I've never actually seen one, as you probably know it's been somewhat of
a flop, but from what I've heard in the UK they do very little without a
subscription. Although I work for a TV shop we've never considered
selling them, although we do sell the new Sky+ satellite recorder box,
which is similar with a built-in 40Gb hard disk recorder - but this one
records the incoming digital data so the picture is identical to the
original, and you can record one program while you watch another (it has
two tuners, and comes complete with a 4 way LNB - of which two are
used). However, this wouldn't be of any use to you, as it can't record
analogue signals.

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