What can I do with a Tivo series 2?

What if anything can a series 2 Tivo be used for without having a
subscription? Any suggestions of what would be recommended in regards
to software mods or changes? Can I use it with my existing Dish
Network DVR?

On 2007-10-11, wrote:
What if anything can a series 2 Tivo be used for without having a
subscription? Any suggestions of what would be recommended in regards
to software mods or changes? Can I use it with my existing Dish
Network DVR?

It's unfunctional as a DVR without a subscription. You can use it for
spare parts.

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On Oct 10, 9:22 pm, " wrote:
What if anything can a series 2 Tivo be used for without having a
subscription? Any suggestions of what would be recommended in regards
to software mods or changes? Can I use it with my existing Dish
Network DVR?

Hey don't be so cheapLOL.

If you do what I did, paying for an up front 3 yrs. service agreement
(299.00), that knocked my monthly charge down to $8.30, a tad more
than my Son/Daughter In Law pay for their DVR service with Direct TV.
But then I am not bridled with any limitations that they have.

And for anyone that is about to say, that the 3 yr. agreement I just
paid for on 9/30 won't be any good come 2009 when analog is shut down,
save your breath. It is a well known fact now, that the cable
companies will continue offering their analog basic customers, the
same service, at least for the foreseeable future. I guess that they
figure that is a whole lot better than losing that customer base,
which must be a fairly large percentage, to satellite, which depending
on how many sets you need satellite receivers for, could be quite a
bit less costly.

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:27:38 -0700, Jazz_Azz wrote:

On Oct 10, 9:22 pm, " wrote:
What if anything can a series 2 Tivo be used for without having a
subscription? Any suggestions of what would be recommended in regards
to software mods or changes? Can I use it with my existing Dish
Network DVR?

Hey don't be so cheapLOL.

If you do what I did, paying for an up front 3 yrs. service agreement
(299.00), that knocked my monthly charge down to $8.30, a tad more
than my Son/Daughter In Law pay for their DVR service with Direct TV.
But then I am not bridled with any limitations that they have.

And for anyone that is about to say, that the 3 yr. agreement I just
paid for on 9/30 won't be any good come 2009 when analog is shut down,
save your breath. It is a well known fact now, that the cable
companies will continue offering their analog basic customers, the
same service, at least for the foreseeable future. I guess that they
figure that is a whole lot better than losing that customer base,
which must be a fairly large percentage, to satellite, which depending
on how many sets you need satellite receivers for, could be quite a
bit less costly.

For someone that just now got their first tivo (over a year after I dumped
mine for better alternatives) you sure seem to think you have all the
answers. There is nothing stopping cable companies from going all digital
right now. And they have already in certain markets.

Cable operators prepare for switch to all-digital systems
From Cable Digital News, January 1, 2005 (note date)

http://www.freepress.net/news/6039


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Wes Newell wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:27:38 -0700, Jazz_Azz wrote:

On Oct 10, 9:22 pm, " wrote:
What if anything can a series 2 Tivo be used for without having a
subscription? Any suggestions of what would be recommended in regards
to software mods or changes? Can I use it with my existing Dish
Network DVR?
Hey don't be so cheapLOL.

If you do what I did, paying for an up front 3 yrs. service agreement
(299.00), that knocked my monthly charge down to $8.30, a tad more
than my Son/Daughter In Law pay for their DVR service with Direct TV.
But then I am not bridled with any limitations that they have.

And for anyone that is about to say, that the 3 yr. agreement I just
paid for on 9/30 won't be any good come 2009 when analog is shut down,
save your breath. It is a well known fact now, that the cable
companies will continue offering their analog basic customers, the
same service, at least for the foreseeable future. I guess that they
figure that is a whole lot better than losing that customer base,
which must be a fairly large percentage, to satellite, which depending
on how many sets you need satellite receivers for, could be quite a
bit less costly.

For someone that just now got their first tivo (over a year after I dumped
mine for better alternatives) you sure seem to think you have all the
answers. There is nothing stopping cable companies from going all digital
right now. And they have already in certain markets.

Cable operators prepare for switch to all-digital systems
From Cable Digital News, January 1, 2005 (note date)

http://www.freepress.net/news/6039


FCC requires all cable companies to have subscribers' local channels
available in analog form til 2012.

Tony D wrote:
http://www.freepress.net/news/6039


FCC requires all cable companies to have subscribers' local channels
available in analog form til 2012.


Which simply amazes me considering that the local channels themselves are not
going to be broadcast in analog ... so to get analog local channels one would
have to subscribe to cable [or presumably DBS].

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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:08:09 GMT, Wes Newell wrote:
For someone that just now got their first tivo (over a year after I dumped
mine for better alternatives) you sure seem to think you have all the
answers. There is nothing stopping cable companies from going all digital
right now. And they have already in certain markets.

Cable operators prepare for switch to all-digital systems
From Cable Digital News, January 1, 2005 (note date)

http://www.freepress.net/news/6039

By that token, Wes, DirecTv went all-digital in 1994, and Dish Network
in 1996. Oddly, that hasn't prevented Tivo from working with those much
at all.

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On 2007-10-11, Wes Newell wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:27:38 -0700, Jazz_Azz wrote:

On Oct 10, 9:22 pm, " wrote:
What if anything can a series 2 Tivo be used for without having a
subscription? Any suggestions of what would be recommended in regards
to software mods or changes? Can I use it with my existing Dish
Network DVR?

Hey don't be so cheapLOL.

If you do what I did, paying for an up front 3 yrs. service agreement
(299.00), that knocked my monthly charge down to $8.30, a tad more
than my Son/Daughter In Law pay for their DVR service with Direct TV.
But then I am not bridled with any limitations that they have.

And for anyone that is about to say, that the 3 yr. agreement I just
paid for on 9/30 won't be any good come 2009 when analog is shut down,
save your breath. It is a well known fact now, that the cable
companies will continue offering their analog basic customers, the
same service, at least for the foreseeable future. I guess that they
figure that is a whole lot better than losing that customer base,
which must be a fairly large percentage, to satellite, which depending
on how many sets you need satellite receivers for, could be quite a
bit less costly.

For someone that just now got their first tivo (over a year after I dumped
mine for better alternatives) you sure seem to think you have all the
answers. There is nothing stopping cable companies from going all digital
right now. And they have already in certain markets.

As long as there's something for a legacy TV to tune into, the
issue of Digital is a moot one. However, Digital does allow broadcasters
to play fast and loose with data rates. DirecTV is a fine example of this.

You can think of it as free transcoding. '-)

[deletia]

...was tuning into Digital cable with Tivo before there was an S2.

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On Oct 11, 11:08 am, Wes Newell wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:27:38 -0700, Jazz_Azz wrote:
On Oct 10, 9:22 pm, " wrote:
What if anything can a series 2 Tivo be used for without having a
subscription? Any suggestions of what would be recommended in regards
to software mods or changes? Can I use it with my existing Dish
Network DVR?

Hey don't be so cheapLOL.

If you do what I did, paying for an up front 3 yrs. service agreement
(299.00), that knocked my monthly charge down to $8.30, a tad more
than my Son/Daughter In Law pay for their DVR service with Direct TV.
But then I am not bridled with any limitations that they have.

And for anyone that is about to say, that the 3 yr. agreement I just
paid for on 9/30 won't be any good come 2009 when analog is shut down,
save your breath. It is a well known fact now, that the cable
companies will continue offering their analog basic customers, the
same service, at least for the foreseeable future. I guess that they
figure that is a whole lot better than losing that customer base,
which must be a fairly large percentage, to satellite, which depending
on how many sets you need satellite receivers for, could be quite a
bit less costly.

For someone that just now got their first tivo (over a year after I dumped
mine for better alternatives) you sure seem to think you have all the
answers. There is nothing stopping cable companies from going all digital
right now. And they have already in certain markets.

Cable operators prepare for switch to all-digital systems
From Cable Digital News, January 1, 2005 (note date)

http://www.freepress.net/news/6039

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Yeah, we'll just have to wait and see just how many years all that
takes :-).