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Robert M. wrote:

I do think Replay has an edge in features by having a 30-second skip ahead
button rather that the Tivo's fast forward.


Its a very simple matter to program in a 30 second fast forward on the
DirecTivo.

And on the standalone TiVo as well.


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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 16:11:42 GMT, Bill Davison
wrote:

Except, as I understand it, Replay must be used in conjunction with the
DirecTV satellite box while Tivo is both a recorder and a receiver. Is that
correct?


Replay works with DirecTV, Dish Network, any cable or antenna
connection, or any combination of the above.

I do think Replay has an edge in features by having a 30-second skip ahead
button rather that the Tivo's fast forward.


And there's the ability to transfer recorded shows to a PC. I use that
a lot.

BruceR wrote:

I'd say it's right on the money and applies to ReplayTV as well.

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The ReplayTV 5000 series (not the the 5500's) have Commercial Advance
which is a hands-off skipping feature that is pretty reliable albeit not
perfect. It actually detects the beginning and end of a commercial
segment and passes right over it. A little icon pops up on screen to let
you know it happened.

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Bill Davison wrote:

I do think Replay has an edge in features by having a 30-second
skip ahead button rather that the Tivo's fast forward.

Tivo has a 30-second skip as well, only takes a few keystrokes to
enable. (select, play, select, 3, 0, select)

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Bill Davison shaped the electrons to say:
Except, as I understand it, Replay must be used in conjunction with the
DirecTV satellite box while Tivo is both a recorder and a receiver. Is that
correct?

No, this is incorrect.

The ReplayTV is comparable to a standalone TiVo - both have S-Video,
composite, and RF input with built-in cable-ready tuners. Both do
on-boaerd MPEG encoding of the signal.

But TiVo has other options. There is also the DirecTV receiver with
TiVo, aka DirecTiVo. Those units work *only* with DirecTV. They lack
any analog video input as well as the MPEG encoder, they strictly
record the digital stream as received from the satellite. But they
also have two tuners in one box, so you can record two things at
once. Recording the stream as is provides a superior picture to
standalone units.

TiVo is also available with an integrated DVD player from Toshiba, or
an integrated DVD recorder from Pioneer. With additional DVD
recording models coming from Toshiba and Humax. TiVo units are
available under the TiVo brand and also from licensees like these, RTV
units are only ReplayTV/DNNA brand.

I do think Replay has an edge in features by having a 30-second skip ahead
button rather that the Tivo's fast forward.

TiVo has 30 second skip as well.

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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 21:03:54 GMT, "BruceR"
wrote:

The ReplayTV 5000 series (not the the 5500's) have Commercial Advance
which is a hands-off skipping feature that is pretty reliable albeit not
perfect. It actually detects the beginning and end of a commercial
segment and passes right over it. A little icon pops up on screen to let
you know it happened.


Reliability varies considerably by show. It's nearly perfect on some,
makes too many mistakes on others. I'm definately not going to choose
what to watch based on what commercial advance works on.

It'll show you if it skipped something, not whether it skipped a
commerical or messed up and skipped some of the show.

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Bill Davison wrote:

I do think Replay has an edge in features by having a 30-second
skip ahead button rather that the Tivo's fast forward.

Tivo has a 30-second skip as well, only takes a few keystrokes to
enable. (select, play, select, 3, 0, select)

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we have pulled down the stars to our will."
- Ezra Pound, poet and critic, 9/18/1912, reflecting on New York City


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Here in alt.video.ptv.replaytv,
Bill Davison spake unto us, saying:

Except, as I understand it, Replay must be used in conjunction with the
DirecTV satellite box while Tivo is both a recorder and a receiver. Is
that correct?

Nope. My ReplayTV 5040 works with a standard analog cable connection
and an ethernet connection (I plugged a standard CAT5 cable in, gave it
a fixed IP address and pointed it at my Linux firewall/gateway box).

It also has a tuner built in.

I do think Replay has an edge in features by having a 30-second skip ahead
button rather that the Tivo's fast forward.

Don't forget that the ReplayTV actually marks the beginning and end of
each block of commercials during recording, and that it also has two
functions which use that information to skip directly to the end of a
block of commercial messages regardless of length:

ShowNav (which moves back and forth between end-of-commercial-block
marks manually, effectively creating "chapter" boundaries
for lengthy recordings)

Commercial Advance (older 5000-series only, which lets the unit skip
over blocks of commercial messages automagically).

That's much better than guessing where the commercials end, and in the
latter case also much better than having to hit a button at all! :-)

I find that Commercial Advance works 95% on most shows, but some shows
can generate either a false positive or not record begin/end marks for
some reason. It usually works well, though.

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Richard Steiner wrote:


Nope. My ReplayTV 5040 works with a standard analog cable connection
and an ethernet connection (I plugged a standard CAT5 cable in, gave it
a fixed IP address and pointed it at my Linux firewall/gateway box).


Which is a non-point, as you can connect a series 2 SA Tivo to an
ethernet network too (it takse a USB-ethernet or wireless adaptor, and
the box's first setup by phoneline to get proper drivers for ethernet)


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Nilly wrote:


Which is a non-point, as you can connect a series 2 SA Tivo to an
ethernet network too (it takse a USB-ethernet or wireless adaptor, and
the box's first setup by phoneline to get proper drivers for ethernet)

And with the ,#401 trick, you don't even need the phone line for initial
setup. (you do need wired ethernet though)


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Keeper of the Purple Twilight wrote:

Nilly wrote:


Which is a non-point, as you can connect a series 2 SA Tivo to an
ethernet network too (it takse a USB-ethernet or wireless adaptor, and
the box's first setup by phoneline to get proper drivers for ethernet)


And with the ,#401 trick, you don't even need the phone line for initial
setup. (you do need wired ethernet though)



If you have the proper software and driver in the box for your ethernet
adaptor though.


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Here in alt.video.ptv.replaytv, Nilly spake unto us, saying:

Richard Steiner wrote:

Nope. My ReplayTV 5040 works with a standard analog cable connection
and an ethernet connection (I plugged a standard CAT5 cable in, gave it
a fixed IP address and pointed it at my Linux firewall/gateway box).

Which is a non-point, as you can connect a series 2 SA Tivo to an
ethernet network too (it takse a USB-ethernet or wireless adaptor, and
the box's first setup by phoneline to get proper drivers for ethernet)

I was simply explaining the general nature of my physical connections
to the OP, since that person seemed to possess inaccurate information
about the nature and capabilities of a normal ReplayTV.

Besides, I was under the impression that one has to actually purchase a
USB ethernet adaptor if one wants to use ethernet with a TiVo...?

A ReplayTV requires no separate adaptor -- it has one already built in.

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