On Friday 09 November 2001 08:40, you wrote:
> The documentation that comes with the Sony digital recorder says that it
> can be used like a VCR without the TiVo service. The service gives the
> ability to pick shows to record by name and to store them by name but, the
> recorder itself is supposed to be able to record by time/channel. It's not
> a hack. It is allowed. You buy a Digital Recorder from Sony you get the
> hardware to record to video to the internal hard disk and play it back.
> When you subscribe to TiVo, it becomes a TiVo box.
>
> I never tried this myself but, the docs say it will work.
>
> Your application should work

Yup, I seem to remember reading that. You can still program the times
yourself.

Go to www.slashdot.org, and do a search for tivo, look at the articles from
about a year ago, and browse through the comments. It has lots of people's
experiences and similar questions and answers.

Dennis

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