Do you have a DVR

[QueenOfCalifornia]

and would you ever part with it?

Me? I have a HD Tivo - it is the best thing to come along since the microwave. I am wondering how many people agree or disagree - the DVR is awesome.

[no limit]

1. what if I have one and I think this thread needs more cowbell?

[QueenOfCalifornia]

3. Well.....

you can only vote once so I would click the cowbell choice... :)

[MineralMan]

2. Supplied by the cable company.

We use it all the time, since we retire early.

[Donnachaidh]

4. my thoughts on new gadgets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyVh1_vWYQ

[CRF450]

25. Holy shit that is funny!!

That actually made me shed a tear :rofl: :rofl:

[Pastiche423]

43. That was fucking hysterical!

And the comments aren't bad, either.

Thanks for posting the link!

[LostinVA]

5. It's a better invention than the wheel!!!

[QueenOfCalifornia]

8. Exactly.

We use it every day - Example: My kids - 8 and 9, love The Universe - (what a great show) on The History Channel - but they fall asleep right when it comes on - so we Tivo it and they watch it with me after school.

I also have several cool shows I like that come on at the same time and so I Tivo them - :)

[LostinVA]

28. We DVR sooo much stuff -- it's great!

And, YOU CAN PAUSE LIVE TV WHILE YOU RUN TO PEE AND GET A SNACK (or, in my wife's case, to grab a smoke).

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. Yeah, a non-HD Tivo

But I added a big hard-drive so it holds lots of stuff (including strange stuff that the Tivo picks when I'm not looking)

:hi:

[EstimatedProphet]

7. I'm so used to it I keep wanting to rewind broadcast TV, movies, and radio

Thye rewind function is very nice indeed!

[QueenOfCalifornia]

9. Me too...

in the car... driving... radio... where is the replay button? Fuck! no replay button!

[Shardik]

15. I am so glad that I'm not the only one to do that.

I actually glance at the steering wheel for the rewind button.

[LostinVA]

29. I've done that, too!

[QueenOfCalifornia]

39. It is a sign

that we are using our DVR's way too much. :)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

10. My cable box has the capabilities but I just don't have the money to add $10 per month

on top of the already massive bill.

[bunnies]

11. No DVR for me. Comcast sticks it to me enough as it is.

Screw them.

[Incitatus]

12. "This is just another distraction. Who the fuck cares.."

Seriously, though, I love my DVR. There are only a few programs I really like and I am unable to schedule my life around them.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

16. I can think about

more than one thing at a time - distractions are not a problem. :)

[AlCzervik]

13. nope.

[Liberal In Texas]

14. I use DVD recorders when I feel

compelled to record something off the air, which is rarely. (I currently have 5 DVD recorders that I use for my business.)
I'm anxiously awaiting an HD DVD (probably Blue Ray) recorder to get to the states that's affordable and transportable.

[AlCzervik]

18. i have a blu-ray player, i cannot say enough good things about it.

even my older dvd's look awesome now.

[Liberal In Texas]

35. I have to have recorders. (Yes, the HD picture is awsome.)

And of course would use them for playback as well. Eventually I'm going to have to convert to an HD camera but I hope that won't be necessary for at least a year.

[CRF450]

17. Got it with my Direct TV satellite service including HD programing.

Fuck VCR tape recording, that shits dead to me now.

[Earth_First]

19. Other: PBS

I recieve 5 PBS stations in addition to my local stations for local news related viewing.

Outside of that, I really have no need for a DVR to view cable programs that quite frankly we have no interest in nor are we really in a position to afford.

I'm glad that folks do enjoy theirs, and this isn't a 'holier than thou' threat against television by any means. It's just not for us...

[AlCzervik]

34. did you watch the replay of "Judgment Day"? last night? I saw it about 2 years ago

but re watched it last night, what an excellent program.

[Idealism]

20. I love TiVo

[me b zola]

21. Other

I used to have a dvr when I had dish network--LOVED IT. But we needed to cut back on expenses :(

[Connie_Corleone]

22. I have an HD DVR. It's thru Time Warner, so it could be better.

I wouldn't be able to watch half the shows without one. I would like to be able to record more than 2 shows at once though.

[bikebloke]

23. What? "No Robb is a dingbat" option?

Not a very scientific poll, eh.
:P

[ozu]

24. I have one but I end up downloading everything I watch

Except for Lost. Lost is the only show I make plans to watch while it airs.

Everything else I grab off the internet or Hulu.

[Statistical]

26. Love my HD Tivo.

Tivo works so much better than Cable Co box.

Plus they are easy to hack. Dropped in a 1TB drive so now I never run out of space and Tivo automatically finds stuff it thinks I will like with the free space.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

31. Oooooo!

I want the 1 TB drive - tell me how to do it! Can you PM me?

[tabbycat31]

27. other

I'd like one but my cable bill is high enough as is and can't afford any extras.

[Control-Z]

30. Two of my TVs have DVR

I am never a slave to TV programming and just love that. I can wait until three in the morning to watch something and I can pause and rewind. I'm so spoiled by it I try to rewind the radio in my car. It just makes no sense anymore that I should have to miss part of a broadcast because a firetruck screamed by.

I also try to control-z everything that's not to my liking. (It's the keyboard shortcut to undo a mistake on computer) I use it so much for work, it has become instinctual to want to use it for real life.

[eShirl]

32. much ado about nothing much

meh.

[azmouse]

33. I have one but could live happily without it.

[Lex]

36. I have a Tivo, but that doesn't mean I watch American Idol. I don't.

I use my Tivo to record stuff from CSPAN or History Channel or stuff that's interesting to me. Not American Idol or Big Brother or whatever.

In fact, that's WHY I like my Tivo. I can record what I want and skip the rest.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

38. I am a closet

American Idol watcher.

Shhhhhh. Don't tell. :)

[Skittles]

37. no; I don't do anything that encourages me to watchTV

[Raine]

40. I'm still using a VCR

I have a DVD recorder but haven't gotten it hooked up yet. :yoiks:

[Lugnut]

41. Other.

We just had an HD DVR installed today and I haven't tried it yet. Everybody tells me we'll love it but I'll form my own opinion after I give it a test run.

[Medusa]

42. Where's the option for those of us who own more than 1?

We have two. Don't want to run the risk of one crashing or something.

[POAS]

45. I have 3, well four if you count that one supports two rooms!

[4lbs]

44. I have two HD DVR units for use with my Cable Co HD service and I record just about everything.

I also have two DVD recorder units attached off those DVRs so I can dump movies and shows to DVD to watch later anytime I want.

[AZBlue]

46. Use to, loved it, can't afford cable anymore.

[Statistical]

49. HD Tivo works great for recording over the air HD digital TV too (n/t)

[Spirochete]

47. I don't have one, but...

I do like pie.

[NYCGirl]

48. A series 2 TiVo with a built-in DVD recorder. Love it! NT