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TiVo Subscriber Newsletter | Volume 59 |
| Letter from the Editor
Well, thank you, Amy, for the perfect segue… This year, we’ve made it really easy to give the people you love something Be very, very good and look for a menu item on TiVo Central today or tomorrow And one final thing: If you traipse through New York’s Times Square this Misfit toys & Macy’s parades, P.S. Give | Table of Contents TiVo Tip |
Your Wish is Now a TiVo Central Online Command “You should include “Record This” links in the newsletter,” writes Jamie. “I have a Series2â„¢ box connected to my home network so I can schedule recordings from the Internet. I would love to be able to just click on the title of the show as I’m reading about it and schedule a recording immediately.” Well, all right then. From now on, every time you see a program mentioned (or in some cases, a WishList search) in this newsletter or on tivo.com, you’re just a few clicks away from personalized search results vis a vis TiVo Central Online so you can view upcoming episodes or schedule a recording for your networked TiVo® Series2â„¢ DVR at home. Remember the ringing endorsement for Sunday Morning Shootout several newsletters back? Now’s your chance to give it a shot. Are you Notorious for wanting to learn which Hitchcock movies are scheduled, but promptly forget once you crash on the couch? Now you needn’t go Psycho. See — this new feature isn’t just for The Birds now, is it? Or I guess it depends. In addition, with “Tell a friend” you can e-mail a friend with |
We’re Going to Disneyland! Now you can show off your TiVo® service stuff when you visit the Innoventions attraction at Anaheim’s Disneyland. Three guests go head-to-head to experience the TiVo® service first-hand in a four-minute “game show” designed to help visitors take a closer look at the amazing TiVo service you already know and love. Later this year, the demonstration will also include the much anticipated TiVoToGoâ„¢ feature, which will enable TiVo Series2â„¢ subscribers to securely move their favorite programs to their PC or laptop to watch anywhere. (Yes, it’s almost time…hang tight!) “The purpose of ‘Innoventions’ is not to predict the future, but to look at emerging technologies and show people how they can result in a better life,” said Larry Wilk, Vice President responsible for the Innoventions attraction at Disneyland. “TiVo is a natural fit in that its service has had a dramatic effect on the way people watch TV and enjoy all types of digital entertainment. The Innoventions attraction is a great way for our guests to find out more about the TiVo service and how it can be relevant to their daily lives.” And despite the fact that you’ll find the Innoventions attraction in Tomorrowland, it’s clear you don’t need a rocket scientist to explain that. |
Kids’ Corner “My kids, in first and second grade, have to learn a lot of sight words and math facts,” writes Dustin D. from Elk Grove, CA. “They are both visual learners, so in addition to paper flashcards, I use the Home Media features with my Series2â„¢ box as an educational tool. I create simple flashcards on the computer using PowerPoint (although you can use any presentation or image editing program that you can export to an image file JPG, BMP, PDF, TIFF). Just make the page size 720 x 480 pixels and make the image a solid color with black or white letters. Then, open iPhoto or the photo application on Windows, and import those flashcards into a new album. I also add a few fun flashcards in the album to provide visual encouragement,” Dustin says. Then, thanks to the magic of the TiVo Desktop software, all parents can access such an album by choosing “Music & Photos” from TiVo Central. “What’s great about this home media feature,” adds Dustin,” is that you can choose to play the slideshow randomly, so they don’t get used to a certain order, and you can set the duration at either 5 or 10 seconds. I find this more enjoyable for my kids since it keeps their attention, it’s fully customizable, and you can still monitor their responses since they will still answer out loud.” Love it, Dustin! You get an A+. | The Cable Guy Knows “I just wanted to pass this story on to share with your co-workers and maybe the newsletter if it’s deemed worthy,” writes Trey C. of Baton Rouge, LA. (Editor’s note: Oh, Trey. You’ve no idea!) “I recently got a call from my friend’s uncle who had some questions about TiVo. As a proud owner of two TiVo boxes (14 hr and 80 hr), I was more than happy to answer Mark’s questions and sing TiVo’s praises. I convinced him that TiVo is the way to go and was promptly recruited by him to help him get set up once he bought his 80-hr box. While at his house, Mark told me how he had called in a rep from the local cable company to check some wiring and make another cable. When the rep saw the TiVo box, he asked him if he could still return it because, in fact, the cable company offers its own DVR now and, even better, it’s free.” Mark then asked him if he used the cable company’s DVR. Sheepishly, the |
| Recommend It! “Think 60 Minutes meets SportsCenter,” says Ted S. from it to your fellow subscribers with a compelling pitch that includes a few reasons why the show is a standout. We’ll feature a new recommendation every newsletter.
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TiVo® Tip: Fun with Folders If you have a TiVo® Series2â„¢ DVR, you can group programs in folders by show title or by an auto-record WishListâ„¢ search. (If TiVo Suggestions is turned on you’ll see a folder for those as well.) You can also organize shows alphabetically (by date is the default). There are two ways to change the sort order of Now Playing or turn groups on/off: 1) From Now Playing, press the ENTER button on the remote control. From the Now Playing Options screen, change the desired Sort or Groups options. 2) From Now Playing, use the remote control shortcut to change the desired options. Press 1 on the TiVo remote control to change the sort order. Press 2 to turn groups on or off. Got a clever suggestion of your own? Be a TiVo tipster and tell us how YOU use the TiVo service to get what you want. Back to top |
You Ask, We Answer Q: I seem to quickly run out of recording space. Do you have any suggestions on how to maximize the capacity of my TiVo box? —Rian in Colorado Springs, CO A: The amount of programs that you can store on your TiVo box depends on the model that you have as well as what recording quality level you are using. Remember back when you used a VCR? (Those were so NOT the days, eh?) You were able to record 2-8 hours on a tape depending on what recording mode you selected (SP, LP, or EP). Your TiVo® box takes it one step further by giving you four recording levels: Basic, Medium, High, and Best (called Extreme on DVD-burner models).
Once you set the default recording quality, you can also change the quality For information about changing
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| The TiVo Top 10 Here are the top 10 WishListâ„¢ Actor rankings among TiVo subscribers, based on anonymous, aggregated data, for the week ending 11/14/04. 1. Julia | Need Help? Daily call issues My clock is off! Watch one show, record another |
Burying Six Feet Under “Six Feet Under,” the HBO series about a Southern California family that runs a funeral parlor, will end its run after its upcoming fifth season. Alan Ball, creator and executive producer of the ensemble drama starring Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy and Rachel Griffiths, told Reuters he feels the show has run its course. “Working on ‘Six Feet Under’ has been enormously fulfilling creatively, but if the show is about anything, it’s about the fact that everything comes to an end,” Ball said in a statement. Production on the final season is set to begin this week. |
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