What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
I did a double-take when I read my TiVo email newsletter today. I thought I was seeing things. It said you can now watch YouTube videos right from your TiVo. The newsletter included a screenshot of a familiar TiVo screen but with a new YouTube item. I didn't read another word of the newsletter. Instead I ran straight to my family room and brought up the TiVo menu. It was right around this time that I remembered that I had recently received the TiVo summer service upgrade on my TiVo HD DVR. I had read all of the highlights of… Continue reading...
My mom and dad recently got DIRECTV at their summer cottage, a place notorious for terrible television reception even with a decent antenna. But now instead of terrible television reception they have over 200 channels or pure digital television. Quite a change from what they had before. They also have a DIRECTV digital video recorder (DVR) on one of their televisions. Since my mom and dad have cable television and TiVo on their televisions at their primary home, the DIRECTV DVR software caused a bit of a learning curve. The learning curve heightened even more when one of the recordings… Continue reading...
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I was talking to a friend the other day that was interested in upgrading his older TiVo unit to a newer one to take advantage of some of the newer TiVo features like dual tuners (ability to record two shows at the same time). I told my friend that swapping one TiVo for another should be relatively easy to do. Then he asked me, "My lifetime subscription will carry over to the new TiVo, right?" For those that aren't familiar with the TiVo lifetime subscription it is an option offered by TiVo to pay around $400 up front with no… Continue reading...
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I'm a big American Idol fan, always have been. As you may or may not know, last night was the American Idol season finale, where the winner of the season is announced. The battle came down to David vs. David, two men both with excellent voices but drastically different singing styles. As I always do, I TiVo'd the show so I could watch it later and zip through the commercials. Unfortunately I neglected (more like forgot) to use a feature on TiVo called padding which allows you to add extra time to the recording beyond the scheduled ending time. This… Continue reading...
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Followers of my blog have no doubt heard me rave about TiVo and my TiVo high definition digital video recorders (HD DVRs). Well, just when I thought I had discovered all of the TiVo features, I found a new one. One that allowed me to hear my own voice playing on my television through the TiVo box. How did I accomplish this? It was actually pretty easy. One of the Internet-enabled features on TiVo these days is the ability to listen to podcasts. You can choose from the most popular podcasts circulating the Internet such as NPR, Car Talk and… Continue reading...
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