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[andrewducker]

WE HAVE A TIVO!!!!!!!!

(I may be overly excited by this)

WOOHOO!

Comments

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

GEEK!!!!!

[andrewducker]

YOU HAVE MORE TECHNOLOGY THAN ME!

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

I also have more handbags and shoes than you but that doesn't mean I can't still call you a geek.

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

No. Erik was just as excited when he got his.

[susiemutha.livejournal.com]

that's great!! I know you'll enjoy it..it's awesome!!

[drdoug.livejournal.com]

When I read your first line, I thought you were joining the ranks of my Friends who are outraged at TiVo. (Background: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/news/a304166/tivo-angers-uk-users-with-series1-axe.html)

But I'm assuming from your 'WOOHOO!' that it's a shiny new Virgin one. Hope you stay happy.

[andrewducker]

I had a Series one Tivo for several years, but gave it away about three years ago, when we got a V+ box.

So glad to have the shiny interface back.

I do wish Tivo had carried on providing the guide data, but I can understand why after ten years they decided to discontinue the service.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Excellent, they are wonderful.

[dommy-nick.livejournal.com]

For the technically unaware of us, what is a TIVO anyway?

[andrewducker]

The best DVR in existence. Which may not sound like much, but they're pretty darned awesome.

[robhu.livejournal.com]

Welcome to 2000 ;-) (that's when I got mine)

[andrewducker]

I had a Series One from 2001-2005/6, when I got a V+ box, and so gave away the old Tivo to a friend. I now feel slightly bad for them that Tivo are discontinuing the S1 service.

[brixtonbrood.livejournal.com]

Pleased for you, but having never seen one in action I'm slightly baffled by the TiVo love - why's it so much better than my Humax? (except insofar as my Humax is showing its age atm, and getting a bit random).

[andrewducker]

When I had a Series 1 Tivo, what really got me was the easy way the Series Link stuff worked (dealing with conflicts by picking up the later repeat of show 1, so that the sole showing of show 2 could be recorded), the recommendation engine (I never watched live TV again, I just opened suggestions and there was cool stuff waiting for me), and the searching (by actor, director, keyword, etc.). Being able to say "Record anything by Terry Gilliam" is pretty awesome.

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

I have two very active TiVo sets and they are worth being excited about!!