gbaji wrote:
klyia wrote:
All your friend would have had to do is select "Standby" from the Tivo menu. When the Tivo is in standby mode it still records and you can flip channels on your TV all you want. Just like the TV/VCR switch on your VCR.
Yes. But just as with the TV/VCR thing, you are essentially choosing to view the raw cable feed instead of the cable box feed. The same problem arises. One of them wont descramble premium signals. So if I want to watch a film on HBO, while recording a StarGate episode on SciFi, I can't do it since both have to come through the box.
The cable tuner itself only sends out one channel past the decode point. While you *can* connect a TV or VCR directly to the cable feed, you'll only get basic cable channels on that. Tivo doesn't "fix" that problem...
Guess I'm lucky I don't have a service that requires me to have a cable box.
Every couple of years I try out digital cable and I always end up dropping it after a month or 2 just because I don't watch any of the digital channels. Last time I tried it I got caught up on all the Curb Your Enthusiasm reruns and then cancelled.