DVD recorders - Tivo-like functions (commercial killing, etc)? (1 Viewer)

Don't have Tivo, but I've heard lots about it from friends.

Stop by the PVR section here and read up a little more on the Tivo. It's much more than just a digital recorder. Also there is a new Pioneer model Tivo with a DVD burner built right in.

-Robert

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With the HD burners, can you mimic the "commercial killing" functionality of Tivo, and the live TV "pause" function?

"Commercial killing" has already been addressed. "Pausing" live TV is not available on any of the HD-based recorders I'm familiar with. TiVo accomplishes this by automatically buffering whatever program it's currently tuned to for up to half an hour. Live TV can be "paused" because, when you watch TV through TiVo, you're really watching the buffered program on a few seconds' delay.

You could mimic this function on an HD recorder, but you'd have to be recording the show you want to pause. The units do not automatically buffer the current broadcast (except, of course, for the new Pioneer units that combine a DVD recorder with TiVo).

As noted, more information is available in the PVR section.

M.

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