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I'm getting a satellite. Woo-hoo, hundreds of channels at my fingertips. Of course, knowing my luck, nothing good will be on ... :D
On satellite here there still never is anything on, no matter how many channels :(
The area I live in now can't catch regular cable ... so now I only have three channels, and two of 'em have snow most of the time :D
I'm looking forward to the Food Network and the Discovery Channel!!
*cough* *cough* you can get a tv card *cough* and some little software to decode those encrypted channels. *cough*
hey luis, are you coming down with a cold? ;)
DishNetwork with 150 channels of NOTHING!!!
It's nice having multiple Discoverys. Better picture & sound than cable. Hope you enjoy it.
:D :D
*cough * i'm *cough* covering *cough* from the police *cough* they could *cough* come and *cough* arrest me *cough*(:rolleyes:, yeah right)
This cold is getting worse....
greenfreak
5/16/02, 10:30pm
The name of this thread reminded me of the Dave Matthews song so I'm listening to it now... :cool:
That's great that you're getting satellite. Think you'll have time to watch it with the baby coming? ;)
Professur
5/17/02, 10:29pm
Originally posted by kuulani
I'm getting a satellite.
don't satelites cost millions of dollars? And they're pretty useless until you put them into orbit.
greenie - probably not, but it'll be great background noise.
prof - :P
:lol:@Prof...
Are you getting Dish, Direct or a real satelite dish (ie 15')?
Dish, I think. $39.99/month.
That's what I have. After the baby is about 3, get the "local channels (KTLA, WSBK, KWGN, etc)...they have varied times for the little ones to watch all the cartoon shows, like Yu-Gi-Oh, Digimon, Pokemon & stuff. Betweeen that & Cartoon Network you'll never hear from them again. You'll also loose your TV, it's a fair trade. :cool:
I don't know who'll enjoy Cartoon Network more ... the baby or the father :eek:
:D
Professur
5/17/02, 11:05pm
The father. At least until the kid learns to work the remote.
I'll agree with that. I live on a steady diet of Looney Tunes.
Choke up the extra $200 and get TIVO. It's more than worth it.
What's TIVO? *wondering if that's available here*
www.tivo.com
It's like a VCR, but it records to a hard drive, so you get all digital recording and some goodies you can't do with a VCR. I can freeze frame, slow-mo, pause live TV, etc.
Also, I can tell it to automatically record new broadcasts of a show, and it'll just do it for me. Only new ones, too, no re-runs.
Oooooh.
Does it only work for television shows? Or movies too?
Aren't those boxes the ones that are being "watched" to know the user's habits ?
equinoxe3d
5/21/02, 02:14am
We got something similar to TIVO, it's the same kind special receiver (on Bell expressVu service though). Kind of expensive though.
My parents are using StarChoice, but we just have chosen like 30-ish channels (plus digital music) and I don't have it in my room :(
However I have Global and they don't :P
Ku'u, it works for anything on TV. In fact, you can tell it to look for anything with a specific actor, director, etc. and automatically record it for you.
*looking at budget* Hmmm ...
Dish already has one
DishPVR 501
PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER
The DishPVR 501 is an integrated satellite TV receiver and Personal Video Recorder that gives you the ability to record and control TV programming in a way you never could before. Easily record your favorite shows so they're on when you want them.
FREE Personal Video Recorder features!
4-component universal UHF / IR Remote Control
Optical Dolby Digital output
Interesting. What's the capacity on that model? And what's the price to get it?
This (http://www.expressvu.com/EN/prod/digit/s5100/5100_r.asp) is the one equinoxe3d was referring to. Waaaaaay too much money :eek:
Especially considering I got 2 regular dish/receiver systems from them for $199 , came to $99 after the programming credit.
edit - to clarify, 1 dish, 2 receivers.
And equinoxe, you're happy to have Global??? :confuse3: :laugh:
Record:
Easily record up to 35 hours of Dish Network satellite programming with 100% digital quality; no messy videotapes or complicated timers.
it's $199. for curent customers, ususally $299.
cheaper (or free) to new customers.
OK, got the same thing, $89 close-out.
Professur
5/30/02, 11:11pm
Whoa hos (http://forums.jjr512.com/showthread.php?s=94e870d53d02b56bcc219e817c977780&threadid=30890)
Might wanna back pedal on the TIVO.
equinoxe3d
5/31/02, 12:33am
Originally posted by L. Summerton
And equinoxe, you're happy to have Global??? :confuse3: :laugh:
Ohhhh yeah :D
Nothing like (nearly) 4 hours straight of Simpsons re-runs on Saturday afternoon :headbang: I wish I had more English channels to watch though (only Global and *ugh* CBC here).
But like Gonz said, with Dish or cable or whatever I think it often narrows down to x channels of nothing...
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