DirecTV is the only satellite associated with the Tivo brand DVR, I believe.

An Tivo is what you want, if for nothing other than the reqind/play feature
that anticipates where you meant to start playing the show you atr
fast-forwarding or reqinding and starts playing it there. You can be fast
forwarding through the 4 minute block of commercials on FoodTV and when you
see your show back on, just hit play (not play, rewind, play, fast-forward,
rewind and play) and the show starts playing just about where you want it
to.

I had a generic DVR for a year and hated it. Took the joy right out of
skipping commercials.



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Tom Nie wrote:
Gotta love Alton Brown for his factual background information IF you can
get
past his nerdy, goofy delivery.

And Paula's recipes, while usually delicious, weren't written with a
heart
specialist in mind.

Robert, you need a satellite. Considering the crap on broadcast, the Food
Channel and Discovery, etc. can be interesting and fun. Finally plunged
for
one of those DVR's (TIVO kind) and that's COOL. When I can't hear what
they've said (old ears?) I just back that sucker up and replay until I
figure it out.

TomNie (the one told to lose 20#)

What satellite service are you using? I know there are a lot of deals
out there right now, but I also know some services are better than
others. I know what you mean about all the crap on network. There are
only (literally) a couple of shows I watch pretty regularly on network,
but then I never miss my favorite show on Fox, "24".

The good side to all of that is that I don't spend much time at all in
front of the boob tube. With 24 on hiatus, unless I find something on
PBS my TV will stay off for two to three days at a time. But on the
other hand, I do like some of the info shows that satellite has to
offer and if I had something better to watch I might.

Robert