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TiVolution

Monday, December 10th, 2007 at 9:27 am by Bill

Yay! It works!
But first some back-story: The new TiVo unit arrived last Wednesday, so I put Rylee in her exer-saucer and promptly set up the TiVo. I stick in the CableCARDs, and OH NO, same error!
So I call up TiVo first. After a lengthy discussion recapping my experience so far, they give me a [...]

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Ugh! It never works on the first try.

Friday, November 30th, 2007 at 9:26 am by Bill

So our new TiVo HD arrived earlier this week and everything was hooked up. It was even able to pick up the local channels when I plugged in the cable. Now I just had to wait for the FIOS dude to come with the two CableCARDs and activate them.
That happened on Wednesday. The dude showed [...]

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No beer and no TiVo make Bill go something-something

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 at 8:42 am by Bill

Go crazy? Don’t mind if I do!
The Verizon DVR sucks. The “Series Recording” feature is like 24’s season 2. Trying to copy previous success (as in TiVo’s much smarter Season Pass feature) and failing miserably.
The main difference is that when you set up a Season Pass to record only new episodes, that’s exactly what the [...]

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Comcast banished

Saturday, November 17th, 2007 at 8:13 am by Bill

So our household is officially Comcast-free!
We’ve taken the leap and switched to Verizon FIOS for both our TV and Internet. Up until now, I had been waiting for FIOS TV to become available in Limerick township, and it was as of the beginning of this month.
The technician was here about five hours on Friday installing [...]

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