Comcast HD DVR Questions.

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"Randy S." <rswitt@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> > CheezWiz wrote:
> >
> > Primarily their implementation of show sharing between units. I think
> > they went in the wrong direction there.
> > Replay's streaming functionality is much more useful. Of course, TIVO
> > implemented actual file downloads, so I cant say Replay beat them on
> > that..
>
> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe MRV (moving shows
> between units) requires a fully transferred file to begin playing. You can
> play the show as soon as a minimal amount has transferred. And I do believe
> that most people's networks (including wireless) can transfer shows between
> units well beyond real-time rate, so once started you shouldn't have to wait
> at all. I believe the MRV transfers are quicker than TTG transfers because
> no decryption is required.

It depends on the network and the quality level of the recording. With "High"
quality recordings on my standalone (about 1.3 GB/hr) I can transfer the
recording fast enough that I can start watching it immediately and it gets far
enough ahead that I can actually skip commercials without waiting on the
transfer. With "High" quality recordings on my DVD-R unit (about 2.0 GB/hr) I
have to start the transfer a few minutes before I start watching to avoid a
delay. In no case do I ever have to wait for a transfer to finish before I
start watching.

Ken

 

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When I was trying to decide between Replay and Tivo a while back, 2.0 had
just been released.
The FAQ at Tivo's site stated that the entire show had to be transferred
before it could be watched. Perhaps they fixed it in a later update or their
FAQ was wrong, but I read it on their site.

CW
"Ken Alverson" <USENET.Ken@Alverson.net> wrote in message
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> "CheezWiz" <cw@here.not.there> wrote in message
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>> Primarily their implementation of show sharing between units. I think
>> they went in the wrong direction there.
>> Replay's streaming functionality is much more useful. Of course, TIVO
>> implemented actual file downloads, so I cant say Replay beat them on
>> that..
>
> I'm not sure what you're saying here. I start a transfer and watch it
> while it copies to my Tivo.
>
> Ken
>

 

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A few messages back someone made the comment that Sonic would help you
if you had trouble burning the .tivo files. I laughed inasmuch as I
have been trying to get answers for almost a week and can't get to
communicate with anybody at Sonic. No e-mail, no telephone, nada.
Same for the TiVo tech help. As far as I can tell it's not there
except a few FAQs.
I bought the Sonic program, downloaded it, ran the .exe file and
apparently installed it. It created a Sonic folder with lots of files
but no executable ones I could find. All I want to ask Sonic is where
is the program.
Does anyone here have any ideas? I'd appreciate the help.
Paul H.

 

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Ken Alverson wrote:

>
> I'm not sure what you're saying here. I start a transfer and watch it while
> it copies to my Tivo.

Here is a question for you... And remember I am simply asking, I'm don't
own a TIVO so I truly don't know.

Let's assume you have 3 Tivos. Can you record a show on say Tivo #1,
start watching it on Tivo #2, stop, go to Tivo #3, watch some more of
it, and then go back to Tivo #2, watch some more of it and then finally
finish the show on Tivo #1 (Where it originally recorded) -or-

DO you have to transfer the show to the Tivo you are watching on?h

--
John F Davis, in Delightful Detroit. WA8YXM(at)arrl(dot)net
"Nothing adds excitement like something that is none of your business"
Diabetic? http/community.compuserve.com/diabetes

 

[joel]

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On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 23:04:28 GMT, John in Detroit
<Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Ken Alverson wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm not sure what you're saying here. I start a transfer and watch it while
>> it copies to my Tivo.
>
>Here is a question for you... And remember I am simply asking, I'm don't
>own a TIVO so I truly don't know.
>
>Let's assume you have 3 Tivos. Can you record a show on say Tivo #1,
>start watching it on Tivo #2, stop, go to Tivo #3, watch some more of
>it, and then go back to Tivo #2, watch some more of it and then finally
>finish the show on Tivo #1 (Where it originally recorded) -or-
>
>DO you have to transfer the show to the Tivo you are watching on?h

Have you considered ceasing to crosspost to an inappropriate group?
Edit the "Newsgroups" header.

 

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John in Detroit wrote:

> DO you have to transfer the show to the Tivo you are watching on?

Yes.

 

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"John in Detroit" <Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>
> Here is a question for you... And remember I am simply asking, I'm don't own
> a TIVO so I truly don't know.
>
> Let's assume you have 3 Tivos. Can you record a show on say Tivo #1, start
> watching it on Tivo #2, stop, go to Tivo #3, watch some more of it, and then
> go back to Tivo #2, watch some more of it and then finally finish the show
> on Tivo #1 (Where it originally recorded) -or-

Yes and no. What you can do is start a transfer from the paused position. So
you can go from Tivo #1 to Tivo #2 and start watching where you left off.
Watching on Tivo #2 does not update the paused position on Tivo #1, however.
So when you move to Tivo #3, if you want to watch where you left off, you have
to transfer from Tivo #2, starting at the paused position. The snag in that
plan is you can't transfer a show from Tivo #2 to Tivo #3 that is currently
being transferred from Tivo #1 to Tivo #2; the first transfer would have to be
complete.

I've actually done this, and even transferred a partial show back to the
original tivo where it was recorded just so it would play from the paused
location. It works pretty well, but after you are done, you have to clean up
the partial shows.

> DO you have to transfer the show to the Tivo you are watching on?h

You do have to "transfer" them, but you can watch a transfer in progress, so
transferring shares many of the benefits of streaming.

Ken

 

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Joe Smith wrote:
> John in Detroit wrote:
>
>> DO you have to transfer the show to the Tivo you are watching on?
>
>
> Yes.

Thank you, all I wanted to know. (At least for now)

--
John F Davis, in Delightful Detroit. WA8YXM(at)arrl(dot)net
"Nothing adds excitement like something that is none of your business"
Diabetic? http/community.compuserve.com/diabetes

 

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Considering our discussion has blossomed into replay and Tivo users trading
info, how can both groups not be appropriate?

"Joel" <a@b.c> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 23:04:28 GMT, John in Detroit
> <Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>Ken Alverson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what you're saying here. I start a transfer and watch it
>>> while
>>> it copies to my Tivo.
>>
>>Here is a question for you... And remember I am simply asking, I'm don't
>>own a TIVO so I truly don't know.
>>
>>Let's assume you have 3 Tivos. Can you record a show on say Tivo #1,
>>start watching it on Tivo #2, stop, go to Tivo #3, watch some more of
>>it, and then go back to Tivo #2, watch some more of it and then finally
>>finish the show on Tivo #1 (Where it originally recorded) -or-
>>
>>DO you have to transfer the show to the Tivo you are watching on?h
>
> Have you considered ceasing to crosspost to an inappropriate group?
> Edit the "Newsgroups" header.
>

 

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CheezWiz wrote:
> Considering our discussion has blossomed into replay and Tivo users trading
> info, how can both groups not be appropriate?

Thank you sir, I was going to say that but you did it better


--
John F Davis, in Delightful Detroit. WA8YXM(at)arrl(dot)net
"Nothing adds excitement like something that is none of your business"
Diabetic? http/community.compuserve.com/diabetes

 

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np

I for one have really enjoyed learning how 2.0 has apparently improved or
actually works in the field.

CW
"John in Detroit" <Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> CheezWiz wrote:
>> Considering our discussion has blossomed into replay and Tivo users
>> trading info, how can both groups not be appropriate?
>
> Thank you sir, I was going to say that but you did it better
>
>
> --
> John F Davis, in Delightful Detroit. WA8YXM(at)arrl(dot)net
> "Nothing adds excitement like something that is none of your business"
> Diabetic? http/community.compuserve.com/diabetes

 

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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:24:43 GMT, "CheezWiz" <cw@here.not.there>
wrote:

>Considering our discussion has blossomed into replay and Tivo users trading
>info, how can both groups not be appropriate?
>

Thosw wro are interested in both Replay and TiVo can actually read
both groups (and should have such a choice).

>"Joel" <a@b.c> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 23:04:28 GMT, John in Detroit
>> <Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Ken Alverson wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure what you're saying here. I start a transfer and watch it
>>>> while
>>>> it copies to my Tivo.
>>>
>>>Here is a question for you... And remember I am simply asking, I'm don't
>>>own a TIVO so I truly don't know.
>>>
>>>Let's assume you have 3 Tivos. Can you record a show on say Tivo #1,
>>>start watching it on Tivo #2, stop, go to Tivo #3, watch some more of
>>>it, and then go back to Tivo #2, watch some more of it and then finally
>>>finish the show on Tivo #1 (Where it originally recorded) -or-
>>>
>>>DO you have to transfer the show to the Tivo you are watching on?h
>>
>> Have you considered ceasing to crosspost to an inappropriate group?
>> Edit the "Newsgroups" header.
>>
>

--
Mark Lloyd
has a Replay 5xxx
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"The idea that there is an invisible being who
created and still runs this old universe is so
childish, so obviously contrived, that it is hard to
believe anyone with even a modicum of education can
still fall for that scam."

 

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Mark Lloyd wrote:
> Of course, it would be much better to keep the material where it
> belongs. Much of what has been posted in this thread belongs in the
> TiVo group and NOT in the Replay group.

I do agree, and I also agreed with Cheese earlier that this sub thread
DOES belong in both groups. So drop it, you loose, it's that simple

For the record, I sincerly hope this is all I need to say in this threadlet


--
John F Davis, in Delightful Detroit. WA8YXM(at)arrl(dot)net
"Nothing adds excitement like something that is none of your business"
Diabetic? http/community.compuserve.com/diabetes

 

[Randy]

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I have read that it is possible to transfer the files from the
Motorola DVR box that Comcast provides to a PC. The catch is that the
Ethernet port is disabled, so the only way is using the firewire port.

My DVR box came stock with a 120Gb hard drive. You should just ask
Comcast for a replacement box with the larger hard drive. This drive
fills up quickly also, if you record a lot of HD programming. You
really need to keep up on your watching to keep plenty of free space,
but fast forwarding through boring parts of shows, and/or commercials,
sure allows for much more programming to be viewed.

Have you found any newsgroups specifically for discussions about
Comcast?


On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 07:20:54 GMT, Jack Zwick <jackzwick@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>In article <AyHze.1185$ZN6.183@trnddc02>,
> "Robert D. Courtland" <courtlnd@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>
>> I am new to DVRs. I have the latest Comcast HD DVR. I believe it to be
>> the latest Motorola model. The DVR has an 80 gig hard drive. This gives
>> me about 8 2 hour HD programs to record. I want to take the programs off
>> the DVR and transfer them to a computer hard drive. How do I go about
>> this? Also, would it be hard to change out the hard drive in the Comcast
>> DVR with a larger hard drive? Do I just pop in a new hard drive and it
>> will automatically format? What size hard drive is used in these units,
>> 2 1/2 or 3 1/2? Please do not tell me Comcast will not allow you to do this.
>
>I will not tell you what you asked not to hear, but that is the case.
>
>This is a TiVo group, Troll.