TV Shows......

Lindsey · 10-13-2012, 06:10 PM

We have just a regular receiver box, but Scott had an external hard drive laying around (because he's a nerd like that) and we found out if we hook that up to the box we already had, it would act as a DVR and it was recognized as one. The only difference is if we are recording something, we can only watch that show or something else that has already been recorded on the DVR. We can't watch live tv of another show while one is recording, and I think that would be possible if we would have shelled out the money for a DVR with the box.

gja1000 · 10-14-2012, 06:22 PM

Y'all, I'm just raving about Call the Midwife on PBS. The episode tonight was one of the most touching TV episodes I have ever seen. The portrayal of nurses on this show are just exactly what nurses SHOULD be. I absolutely love this series!

DianaB · 10-17-2012, 08:10 AM

Sounds good. I wish that we got that channel.

Janet, we love our DVR!! It's like a VCR except it's so much easier to use! You can go to your channel guide and just push the record button and it will record for you. You can even go ahead several days and record stuff you might want to watch sometime. It will hold hours and hours of movies and shows. You can even set it to record a series of shows for you so you don't have to remember to program it every week. So easy!!!

Janet · 10-17-2012, 08:19 AM

I am gonna have to check into this DVR. Can you get them at Wal Mart? I'm gonna google and see what I come up with.

Lindsey · 10-17-2012, 11:27 AM

Janet, I'm not sure how it works for you guys, but I think all of our cable/satellite companies here just sell the DVR as a part of a reciever. I don't think I have seen any that you can just add on later (except in our case with an external hard drive - you can check if that will work for the box you already have!). I could be wrong though!

We have ours set to record every NEW episode of each show we watch. So when they skip a week and just put a rerun of that show in the same timeslot, it won't record it. That's pretty neat I think!

Last night we watched the movie, Catch Me If You Can. We recorded it back in May!!! It came on tv just as we were going to bed, and we had both never seen it before. So it's been sitting there for months and we finally got around to watching it!

Oh, and with ours (I'd guess this would be with most) you can even rewind live tv. If you are watching something (not recorded), and step out of the room and miss some of it, or if someone starts talking in the middle of it (that's Scott in our house

) you can just hit rewind and watch what you missed. I think ours normally goes about 10 minutes back.

Janet · 10-23-2012, 02:10 PM

A friend told me that it comes in the receiver. Since ours is an older one we'd have to get a newer one. She also told me there is a monthly charge. I don't think it's something I'd really want if I have a monthly charge.

DianaB · 10-26-2012, 03:21 PM

Ours had a monthly charge too but they took it off for us. You just need to talk to them. I think that they had it free for new customers and we complained because we weren't NEW customers. It ended up that they sent us a new system that had the DVR. Just give them a call and check.

10-13-2012, 06:10 PM	#1
Lindsey Donating 4WT Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,764	We have just a regular receiver box, but Scott had an external hard drive laying around (because he's a nerd like that) and we found out if we hook that up to the box we already had, it would act as a DVR and it was recognized as one. The only difference is if we are recording something, we can only watch that show or something else that has already been recorded on the DVR. We can't watch live tv of another show while one is recording, and I think that would be possible if we would have shelled out the money for a DVR with the box. __________________ Lindsey "I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it..." -Marilyn Monroe

10-14-2012, 06:22 PM	#2
gja1000 Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 5,717	Y'all, I'm just raving about Call the Midwife on PBS. The episode tonight was one of the most touching TV episodes I have ever seen. The portrayal of nurses on this show are just exactly what nurses SHOULD be. I absolutely love this series! __________________ Gayle

10-17-2012, 08:10 AM	#3
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	Sounds good. I wish that we got that channel. Janet, we love our DVR!! It's like a VCR except it's so much easier to use! You can go to your channel guide and just push the record button and it will record for you. You can even go ahead several days and record stuff you might want to watch sometime. It will hold hours and hours of movies and shows. You can even set it to record a series of shows for you so you don't have to remember to program it every week. So easy!!! __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

10-17-2012, 08:19 AM	#4
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	I am gonna have to check into this DVR. Can you get them at Wal Mart? I'm gonna google and see what I come up with. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

10-17-2012, 11:27 AM	#5
Lindsey Donating 4WT Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,764	Janet, I'm not sure how it works for you guys, but I think all of our cable/satellite companies here just sell the DVR as a part of a reciever. I don't think I have seen any that you can just add on later (except in our case with an external hard drive - you can check if that will work for the box you already have!). I could be wrong though! We have ours set to record every NEW episode of each show we watch. So when they skip a week and just put a rerun of that show in the same timeslot, it won't record it. That's pretty neat I think! Last night we watched the movie, Catch Me If You Can. We recorded it back in May!!! It came on tv just as we were going to bed, and we had both never seen it before. So it's been sitting there for months and we finally got around to watching it! Oh, and with ours (I'd guess this would be with most) you can even rewind live tv. If you are watching something (not recorded), and step out of the room and miss some of it, or if someone starts talking in the middle of it (that's Scott in our house ) you can just hit rewind and watch what you missed. I think ours normally goes about 10 minutes back. __________________ Lindsey "I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it..." -Marilyn Monroe

10-23-2012, 02:10 PM	#6
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	A friend told me that it comes in the receiver. Since ours is an older one we'd have to get a newer one. She also told me there is a monthly charge. I don't think it's something I'd really want if I have a monthly charge. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

10-26-2012, 03:21 PM	#7
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	Ours had a monthly charge too but they took it off for us. You just need to talk to them. I think that they had it free for new customers and we complained because we weren't NEW customers. It ended up that they sent us a new system that had the DVR. Just give them a call and check. __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

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