Loving my DVR
On Monday, my cable company showed up and replaced my digital cable box with a DVR (digital video recorder). There are a few features that I have used that I like. First, I can change the colors of my TV listings. Woohoo! Second, it has a picture-in-picture mode so that I can channel surf during commercials and see when my show comes back on. I can also pause any channel that I’m watching and even rewind. How cool is that?
The most amazing feature is of course, the ability to record TV shows. OK, so a normal VCR can do this. However, I don’t have to set timers or make sure that the TV is on a certain channel. I don’t have to hunt for VCR tapes (which I usually just buy new ones at the store anyway).
I simply just surf the TV listings and find the show that I want to record. I press the record button and it asks me a few questions. I can just record that show, or record the whole series. I found this useful on Wednesday when I was up too late to watch the rest of Lawnmower Man 2. I just set it up to record and turned everything off. Also I missed the Sci-Fi Friday night lineup tonight. I’ve slept rite through it! However, my trusty DVR recorded all of the shows that I wanted to watch.
Now I just have to figure out how to delete the shows that I had already watched.
November 19th, 2005 at 4:19 pm
I love my DVR. We can go out to dinner and play checkup when we return. I also like to watch SNL on Sunday morning.
November 20th, 2005 at 2:39 am
Just out of curiousity, how much more is the DVR option from the cable company? I keep thinking about getting it, but then I realize I’m already paying about $4 a day to the cable company for the services I’m getting. Maybe I need to trim back.
November 22nd, 2005 at 12:54 am
Is DVR better than Tivo?! I don’t have either and can’t quite figure out which to get.
November 22nd, 2005 at 2:02 am
Tivo is DVR. I think my cable company made a deal with Tivo and somehow it is integrated with there showtime listings. I think with Tivo, you have to pay a separate subscription fee for it to connect and download listings for your cable company. Tivo may have a few extra options - like recording related shows that match your interests. You would have to go to there site and look into it.