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| Thread ID: 109626 | 2010-05-16 04:14:00 | What is Tivo? | Ice Road Trucker (15659) | PC World Chat |
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| 885254 | 2010-05-16 04:14:00 | Can somebody explain to exactly what Tivo is or what it does. | Ice Road Trucker (15659) | ||
| 885255 | 2010-05-16 04:30:00 | This (www.telecom.co.nz) but if you want to use it, you have to have BB with Telecom. You can do the same thing, with a tuner. Except with Tivo you can download whatever from the net | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 885256 | 2010-05-16 04:32:00 | think of it as a VCR on steroids. it a digital video recorder, this means no more tapes, it all just stored in the tivo box. it understands the TV schedule, this means you can set it to record that same show every week. it can even let you play back and show from the start, even when it still recording. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 885257 | 2010-05-16 05:37:00 | I wonder about the data charges, are data free or charged for :confused: As into the future, I read that in the USA 25% of people don't have a landline :thumbs: I gather a lot of my friends are like that, laptop and cellphone kinda thing, maybe with Woosh - for those who live in the CBD. Diff lifestyle, sure different to surburbia. Or Telstra cable for in the areas. I def won't make $45 in phone calls as you do with the fixed cost line cost. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 885258 | 2010-05-16 05:42:00 | I believe data is free if you are on Telecom? | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 885259 | 2010-05-16 05:53:00 | I believe data is free if you are on Telecom? Sure are free for Telecom BB subscribers Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 885260 | 2010-05-16 06:21:00 | This (www.telecom.co.nz) but if you want to use it, you have to have BB with Telecom. That’s not entirely true, you can still have a Tivo if you don’t have BB with Telecom, you just won’t be able to use all the features in it. |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 885261 | 2010-05-16 07:01:00 | Also very similar to mySky HDi. Now all we need is Telstra to come out with one that records TV, rewind live playback, Pause Live TV and thats all the TV's covered :lol: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 885262 | 2010-05-16 07:02:00 | So all Tivo is another recorder except you can do a lot more than VCR recorder? I bet Tivo chews through a lot of bandwidth every month. |
Ice Road Trucker (15659) | ||
| 885263 | 2010-05-16 07:20:00 | Only if you use Caspa, the video on demand feature (which, as others have stated above, is excluded from your data allowance if you are an Xtra customer). However, the main reason most people would buy a Tivo is for digital television recording - features such as pausing live TV, season passes etc. If you've used MySky HDi, it's kind of like that but for free to air and with a better user interface. I have a Tivo and it's great. However, if you're looking for a good video on demand box, an AppleTV is a far better option. |
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