Subject: Re: [hdtivo] Re: Series II with "lifetime" service: tuner or brick?
Further, Jim's Series II isn't a HD Tivo, so it can't receive OTA broadcasts. FWIW, I didn't see anything even remotely insulting in Randy's reply. While DirecTV continues to send the SD MPEG-2 channels out, Jim's Series II can be used to record them. Otherwise, it's pretty much a brick.
I have a Hughes series 2 TiVo with lifetime service. it's not connected to anything. A relative has moved into a nearby apartment and will have Comcast....
No, the DirecTV/TIVO receivers are unique to DirecTV's satellite service. To: hdtivo@yahoogroups.com From: jamesrob@... Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:07:41...
Jim: I continue to use my HR10-250's with my DirecTV service. However, in conjunction with my rooftop Wineguard Gull-Wing UHF antenna, they continue to receive...
Michael, Jim's question focused on whether his Series 2 DirecTIVO units would work with Comcast. They will not. The HD TIVO does, of course, pull in the OTA...
Randy: In that light, be sure to remind him that the VHS tapes he owns won't play on his DVD player, the 8-track music cartridges won't play on his iPod and...
I never insulted him. I simply stated that the DirecTIVO receiver won't work with Comcast. I can't help it if somehow you took it the wrong way. To:...
And I was answering his question about whether the unit can be used with Comcast's service. To: hdtivo@yahoogroups.com From: michaellax@... Date: Fri, 31...
That's because you wrote the post to which I referred in response. :) To: hdtivo@yahoogroups.com From: michaellax@... Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:42:07...
Further, Jim's Series II isn't a HD Tivo, so it can't receive OTA broadcasts. FWIW, I didn't see anything even remotely insulting in Randy's reply. While...
That's a good point, Geoff, about Jim's series 2 TIVO. Only the the HR10-250, the HD DTIVO, can get OTA in the manner to which Mike had referred. I've got two...
ah, but what a brick! http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59591 granted getting all that going might require some tap dancing - perhaps someday...
This question probably has the same answer, but is there any "hack" that allows you to load something akin to MythTV that would actually run on these boxes and...