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Tivo Hell--Arrrrghhhhhhhhh!!!!!

Nov 29, 2003 11:34AM PST

How the heck does one cummunicate with one's better half on the fine art of operating a REMOTE CONTROL?????????

We've got DIRECTV and on Fri I had their Tivo receiver installed.I'm just learning it myself and already love it,the instant replay feature is to die for and I'm looking forward to The Sopranos on Mar7.

Between last night and when I got home tonight,my lady managed to record no less than a dozen movies,among them: Greencard,National Lampoon's Vacation(in Spanish), Tom Arnold's Carpool(also in Spanish), Footloose,Blade II,add infinitum!! I speak Spanish but I'd rather view movies in English.

The hard drive on this thing is only 80gigs,can someone loan me handcuffs?

Every time I blink,the damn red light is lit up which means it's recording something.Giving her a remote control is like letting a 5yr old play in the back yard on a sunny day,attempts to instruct in the use of a remote do no good at all.

At this stage of my life,I can finally appreciate the true aggravation felt by Chief Inspector Dreyfus when he tried to communicate with Clouseau.

Later,Tony

"Do you have a lizzence fur yer "minky?"

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batteries
Nov 29, 2003 1:15PM PST

Take the batteries out of the remote! :&gtWink

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Much simpler actually,a Marvelous Feature called 'Parental Controls'...........
Nov 30, 2003 11:38AM PST

along with password protection,which I enabled after erasing everything and setting it back to factory defaults.

Once one reads a few pages into the user guide,it's amazing what you can do :=)

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bro RTFM
Nov 30, 2003 11:45AM PST
Happy
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Just Like a FNG :)
Nov 30, 2003 12:23PM PST

WEINIE ROAST!!!!!!!!!!!!

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at least the FNG reads the manuel:)
Nov 30, 2003 8:34PM PST
Grin Grin
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bro what did i tell you:)
Nov 29, 2003 9:59PM PST

dont pick on that sweet lady or ill have to visit you and then set you straight:))

shes right and you know itGrin

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(NT) Message has been deleted.
Nov 29, 2003 11:01PM PST
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(NT) replied to wrong messgae
Nov 29, 2003 11:03PM PST

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(NT) Wow! Can I do that with cable TV? :-)
Nov 29, 2003 11:04PM PST

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Re:(NT) Wow! Can I do that with cable TV? :-)
Nov 30, 2003 10:48PM PST

You can indeed hook a TiVo machine up to a cable system. It's one of my dreams. Happy

Tony, is March 7 the definite date for the return of the Sopranos? We canceled our HBO after the last season ended since we don't watch much else on it, and need to sign up for it again before the next season starts.

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Re:Re:(NT) Wow! Can I do that with cable TV? :-)
Dec 1, 2003 12:42AM PST

Yeah Josh,according to HBO's website it is: http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/?ntrack_para1=leftnav_category0_show0

Scuttlebutt has it that all the previously "whacked" members of the cast will return in a dream sequence early on in the 5th season.

I'm set to record the whole season,this particular unit can bet set for what's called a "Season Pass" where it will record every episode of a series with no intervention from you.All I have to do now is find a "way" I can rip them to my pc so I can burn them :=)

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(NT) I've marked the date; thanks!
Dec 1, 2003 2:18AM PST

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NT now why did i get this picture of Tony and a roomfull of 120G harddisks? :-)))
Nov 29, 2003 11:16PM PST

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nt) 'cause he will have by this time next year :-)
Nov 30, 2003 10:12AM PST

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A paltry 120 gigs? Why stop there,After I buy the 1.5 TB Raid Array.........
Nov 30, 2003 11:21AM PST
http://www.acnc.com/02_01_jetstor_iii_u160.html on my master card,I'll have enough frequent flyer miles to visit you free of charge.

Later,Tony

Cato: "Please, boss! I thought you were dead!"

Clouseau: "So! As a tribute to my memory, you open this... this Chinese nookie factory!"
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Re:1.5 TB Raid Array.........*thinks* how many mp3s can i store on that AWSOME MONSTER!!??
Nov 30, 2003 2:32PM PST

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