What's the deal with DVRs in America in 2009? Can I buy one off the shelf and take it home and hook it to the cable and use it successfully like a digital VCR or am I "supposed" to get one from my cable provider and get billed a monthly fee for some program-guide service I do not want? [more inside]
posted by Liver on Mar 19, 2009 - 14 answers

Does my TiVo Series 1's "Blue Screen of TiVo" mean that it is dead, or do I have my settings messed up? [more inside]
posted by AgentRocket on Mar 4, 2009 - 5 answers

What software (or set of software) should I use on my new HTPC for both DVR functionality and streaming internet video? [more inside]
posted by jpdoane on Jan 1, 2009 - 10 answers

I have a Series 2 Tivo. After 5 months of no TV at all, I have TimeWarner cable again. In my area, T-W uses the Sci. Atlanta DVR tuner. It's less expensive than Tivo, by several $ a month. Is Tivo worth the extra $ and hassle? [more inside]
posted by theora55 on Sep 29, 2008 - 16 answers

What's the best TIVO for me? [more inside]
posted by griffey on Feb 29, 2008 - 12 answers

Just switched from cable to DirecTV (7 HD channels on cable just wasn't cutting it), and we have a Mac Mini we'd like to use as a DVR. Possible? Practical?
posted by joshuaconner on Dec 20, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm planning on building a PVR and need advice on TV card, PC and the PVR software. [more inside]
posted by WizKid on Oct 18, 2007 - 14 answers

I'm building a media center PC for my living room and I'm trying to plan out the hardware/software I'll need. So I have several questions. [more inside]
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Apr 28, 2007 - 4 answers

I'd like to use my computer (an 867MHz G4 Mac) to record European soccer (to me, football) matches from digital cable when they are shown live on US cable channels like Fox Soccer Network and ESPN. [more inside]
posted by galaksit on Apr 23, 2007 - 6 answers

I want to have files on my PC or Mac show up on my Tivo's browser sorted into groups, not all as one flat list like they seem to do by default. [more inside]
posted by John Kenneth Fisher on Jan 5, 2007 - 2 answers

How can I build a machine (PVR?) that downloads torrents automatically via RSS and allows me to access them in a Tivo/DVR/PVR like interface on my television? [more inside]
posted by blueplasticfish on Aug 17, 2006 - 10 answers

How do I copy videos FROM my PC TO my TiVo???? I see plenty of ways to copy video the other way, including TiVo's own TivoToGo, but what I'd like to do is copy videos I have on my computer (in various formats) TO the TiVo. Is this possible? [more inside]
posted by John Kenneth Fisher on Mar 31, 2006 - 6 answers

I'm interested in finally getting a DVR, and I'm trying to decide between Tivo and ReplayTV. Are there any differences I should be aware of? [more inside]
posted by mattwatson on Nov 10, 2005 - 11 answers

I'm *this* close to throwing away my Bell/ExpressVu satellite/PVR setup. What are alternative ways to feed my TV addiction in western Canada? [more inside]
posted by timeistight on May 23, 2005 - 2 answers

TiVoFilter Is there any way to create killfilters in TiVo? Essentially the equivalent of a Season Pass, but to mark a series as "ignore every instance of this series"? [mi] [more inside]
posted by nakedcodemonkey on Sep 8, 2004 - 19 answers

I'm in the market for a TiVo recorder. Should I pay the $299 one time fee or pay the $12.95 monthly subscription fee? Common sense says that if I have it for at least two years that the lump sum is the way to go, but I'm afraid that in that amount of time, TiVos will have gone the way of the MiniDisc. Should I have asked this question two years ago?
posted by ColdChef on Aug 11, 2004 - 10 answers