I'm currently using comcast and vcr to record tv. I don't want to stay with them, they continue to downgrade the service and the price keeps going up. Latest is I lost MSNBC so they could add a local sports cable show....
Any sattelite users out there? What do you really pay for the like 50 channel service including local stations, BBC, and PBS?
Can you record a bunch of shows to vhs on different channels without being there? I heard you may need to switch the channels on your box yourself to get it to work right....
thanks, any info appreciated.
A thought: I do not know about cable, but sat is compressed.
It's all compressed. Digital cable and satellite both transport mpeg2 and mpeg4 streams. The perceived quality is a function of the compression profile used to squeze the content stream into the allocated bit rate. A lot of the "secondary channels" are really compressed all to hell on cable too.
You can get Tivo software in some of the DVB-S set top boxes. If I were starting over, I'd get dish with the Tivo PVR software and then transfer the shows I want to keep to a DVD.
in terms of a direct compare between local cable (timewarner) and satellite (directv), to my eyes directv pic quality won out hands down. Fact is there are still a fair amount of channels on cable that are still sourced analog and the pic quality is awful. DirectV is completely digital and the pic quality is excellent imo.
The DirectTV Tivo boxes do not support the Tivo to go functionality so you cant easily transfer the data off of a DTTTivo. Tivo HD on the other hand.......
Quote from: phanophish on November 06, 2007, 10:40:51 AM
The DirectTV Tivo boxes do not support the Tivo to go functionality so you cant easily transfer the data off of a DTTTivo. Tivo HD on the other hand.......
Can you get a DVB-S cards for the Tivo HD to decode dish?
Quote from: Freelunch on November 06, 2007, 11:18:20 PM
Also, how much lag is there when flipping channels?
this is the one real bad thing...up to 2-4 seconds when flipping between channels on different satellites...mildly annoying
Very similar delay on comcast.. very annoying for those who surf during commercials.
Quote from: Lil' Kim Jong-Il on November 06, 2007, 09:12:42 PM
Quote from: phanophish on November 06, 2007, 10:40:51 AM
The DirectTV Tivo boxes do not support the Tivo to go functionality so you cant easily transfer the data off of a DTTTivo. Tivo HD on the other hand.......
Can you get a DVB-S cards for the Tivo HD to decode dish?
I have never seen them. I don't believe the HDTivo has the tuners for the satellite that are able to switch between the transponders & multiple LNBs. You do need the Cable Cards from your cable provider.
I had DirectTV Tivo prior to going to Hd and while there was a bit of lag changing channels I never did it because of the tivo. I did often watch 2 channels at the same time. You could pause one tuner, watch another program, pause it at the commercial and swap back to the first paused tuner and catch up.