Hedley,
Hey, that kickback to the start feature came with whatever DVR Charter
"gave" me. It's cool. Seems to adjust to whatever fast forward speed you're
using. What's "reqind"?

TomNie

"Hedley" wrote in message
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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