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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 1150686" data-attributes="member: 5100">Tivo is like a VCR on steroids.  No tape.  Instead, it's got a huge hard drive.  Gives it something like 30 hours of record time, but some people crack theirs open and upgrade (which is a bit like overclocking your processor -- it _usually_ works just fine) so that they come out with 100+ hours of record time. In addition to the normal VCR stuff, it also records shows as you watch them so that if the phone rings or something, you just pause your show and come back to it when you get done.  I have some friends that always start shows 10-15 minutes late just so that they can fast-forward through commercials in near real-time. The advanced ones will integrate directly with Dish Network (satellite) or cable.  They download the show guides for all 500,000 channels and then go out and record all the shows you tell it to. You can set it to record, frex, only _new_ episodes of Angel.  Or you could set it to record anything with Joss Wheden as a producer/director/etc.  Those friends of mine have theirs set to record anything that has Bruce Campbell in it. If you let it go all out, it starts to learn what sort of shows you like and grabs them for you.  If you don't like the show, it learns from that and eventually gives you a custom batch of TV ASAP.  No more searching through the premieres every season.  At least, that's the theory. We'll see if I ever get one.  I probably will, when I feel that I can by one from "play" money.  Since I intensionally limit myself to only shows that have something compelling about them and no more than 4-6 hours each week (the TV literally was not powered on for almost two months this summer), it would be a bit counter-intuitive for me to invest much in one. Now, if you'll excuse me, since I worked late tonight, I have Smallville and Angel to watch....</blockquote>

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