Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Georgia
Posts: 79

Tivo vs. Ultimate t.v. ???

I am thinking about jumping into the world of digital recorders and was just wondering if anyone had an opinion as to which was better Ultimate t.v. or Tivo and why???

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Re: Tivo vs. Ultimate t.v. ???

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Originally posted by LTLBIGFOOT
I am thinking about jumping into the world of digital recorders and was just wondering if anyone had an opinion as to which was better Ultimate t.v. or Tivo and why???

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Registered: May 2000
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 163

Privacy Issues With Tivo

I've not tried either service, but I do know that Tivo monitors everything you watch. A log is kept on their "servers" telling them what you have watched, presumably so they can sell the info to advertisers and/or use it themselves to target you with stuff they think you'll want to buy.

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Texan in Calgary for a while
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I have the ReplayTV 3030 and love it. The QuickSkip feature makes it super easy to skip over commercials. I would recoommend you give Replay a look as well.

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Registered: Mar 2000
Location: Hacienda Heights, Ca
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Re: Privacy Issues With Tivo

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Originally posted by jazzlover
I've not tried either service, but I do know that Tivo monitors everything you watch. A log is kept on their "servers" telling them what you have watched, presumably so they can sell the info to advertisers and/or use it themselves to target you with stuff they think you'll want to buy.

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Registered: May 2000
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Re: Re: Privacy Issues With Tivo

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Originally posted by Bret Snyder


Not exactly true. ...

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Alive and well on VisorCentral.com
Posts: 861

I have a ReplayTV (Panasonic Showstopper) and I love it as well, nice thing is there is no monthly/yearly/etc.. fees... I got mine as a demo model for $150.. I upgraded the hard disk from 20gb to 80gb for another $150, I now have 80 hours to television recording time, and having digital cable something like the Replay is a must.. For longterm storage I also bought a Terrapin Video CD recorder.. (my dvd player can playback VCD's on CD-R's), A nice setup..

James, if you have the latest software update for the replay, using 2+quickskip, jumps 2 minutes at a time (same with the instant replay button, the number is the amount of minutes to jump), you can pretty much skip over the entire commercial block.

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Atlantic Rim
Posts: 570

Into the Ether....

Do any of these units have integrated Ethernet? I waited ages for broadband and now that I have it I am rue to connect any electronic device back up to my phone line...I will invest to get a proper ethernet jack put into my wall behind the entertainment center, but I'll be damned if I am going to do it for a silly copper phone line.