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Philips PTV100 Video Recorder

Philips PTV100 Video Recorder

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Free TIVOs - They're giving them away

by pweisenberg Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 200, Sep 15 '00
Pros: Free Tivo 14 hour box
Cons: buy 1 month of service if you win, write essay
TiVo is giving away at least 10 digital video recorders each day until October 31st.


The catch:

Those who want one of the devices, which records TV shows onto a hard disk drive, are being asked to write an essay in 250...
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Bring it on!

by stevegray , Jan 01 '01
Pros: TV viewing, recording, on-line guide
Cons: installation, long distance calls
TiVo will change your entire outlook on television viewing. They way that you grew up watching TV is now different and will continue to change over the years and TiVo is a step in the right direction.

This product (the Phillips system)...
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Addicted to my TIVO!

by kitt , Jul 06 '01
Pros: Let's you watch your favorite shows when you want to watch them!
Cons: Makes it hard when your child knows that her shows can be on anytime also!
I want to start of by saying that this TIVO was actually bought as a Father's day gift for my husband last year(his idea). My gut reaction was that it was going to be another thing to clutter my living room. (Boy was I wrong!) The amazing part is that I...
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The Complete Guide to Tivo

by nightfall , Mar 16 '01
Pros: Gives complete control over your couch-potato experience
Cons: Unable to skip effeciently past those annoying commercials.
Ah the new millenium, flying cars, moon colonies, underwater cities, personalized TV.

Ok well the flying cars didn't quite happen - damn the Detroit Automaking Conspiracy! After Challenger and Skylab, the Space program's more visionary ideas...
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Our TiVo receiver is broken (edited 6/22/2000)

by Bankrott , Feb 24 '00
Pros: Commercials, be gone!
Cons: Limited recording time and modem failed after 4 months
I bought the 14-hour Receiver as a gift for my husband in the hope that he would spend less time mindlessly cruising the channels. So far it works.

After hooking up the receiver (basically a large harddrive!) and completing the system setup,...
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I saw the future and it is TIVO!

by wise2CBW , Dec 14 '00
Pros: pause, rewind live TV. tape and watch at the same time
Cons: guide a little hard to read
My husband won this “thing” from a contest on the internet a few months ago. He tried to explain it to me at the time, but I had no clue as to what he was referring to. Yes, I’m not exactly on the cutting edge of technology, but know that I have this...
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How can you beat FREE electronics?

by ggamf , May 24 '01
Pros: I can now watch the TV I want to see without planning around TV schedules
Cons: You WILL watch more TV if you get one. A lot more.
OK, so when I entered a "Win a Tivo" contest online in October, I never thought I'd REALLY win one. But they were giving the suckers away like crazy! I probably never would have actually paid money for one at the time, although I thought the concept was...
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Butter for the couch potato

by blscearce , Jul 30 '01
Pros: Wonderful gadget. Hackable. Beautiful and intuitive user interface.
Cons: Worries about the future
I've had my TiVo for a year now, and it's about the best gadget in my house. When I have to use a TiVo-less television, the loss is painful. It's like writing with the wrong hand.

A few friends were bit by the TiVo bug in the spring of 2000....
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TiVo - A Huge Step Up from a VCR

by theheidis , Nov 27 '01
Pros: Pause/Rewind Live TV, Easy to Use
Cons: Slow channel changing
TiVo is a personal video recording unit that can do everything your VCR can do, but much better. Well, it cannot play VHS tapes - so it's not a VCR replacement, but a terrific addition to your entertainment system. I guess it's something you need -...
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It DOES change how you watch TV

by trojanrabbit , Dec 06 '01
Pros: Watch what you want, when you want, and get surprised with shows forgotten long ago.
Cons: Incompatibilities with some satellite/cable boxes.
Our first TiVo was purchased as a replacement for a VCR that was giving up the ghost. Since the VCR recorded the same 4-5 hours of stuff every day, a TiVo looked like a good thing to try, instead of a VCR mechanism and tapes to wear out, a TiVo is a...
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Tivo, my best friend.

by righteous , Oct 14 '01
Pros: you will never watch tv the same again
Cons: never missing any of your favorite tv shows and becoming a hermit.
As soon as I saw my friends tivo, I knew one would be mine: The ability to have that much control over television; To just tell it to record the shows then never worrying about it again. If you like TV you will love tivo.

I ended up with a...
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TIVO - TV will never be the same again, but forget TIVO

by greglynn , Apr 22 '00
Pros: User interface, entire feature set
Cons: 14 hrs = 9 hours, no AC-3, modem dies, unit freezes
TIVO - Television will never be the same - this is how I worded when I first wrote this opinion. Still holds, but now, you do not want TIVO, you want Ultimate TV. To be fair please proceed through my first review below and then read on to why you do...
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TiVo-rrific

by eGnome , Oct 22 '99
Pros: Revolutionizes TV viewing, Feature rich
Cons: Expensive
I can't say enough good things about TiVo. What a great way to free you from the hassles of a VCR and the time schedules of TV. This has to be one of my favorite pieces of electronic equipment for home entertainment.

I'll just give you a...
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Revolutionary - This is the Future

by mkruse , Oct 17 '99
Pros: Delivers on promises, extremely user-friendly
Cons: Expensive, some dial-up bugs, a tad slow
Let's not beat around the bush, here... TiVo is a truly revolutionary product. It's not just a flashier VCR, and it's not just a handy TV-Guide-in-a-box. This thing will change how, when, and what you watch.

I'm not a big TV viewer. I have...
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TiVo will change your life

by davidadams , Oct 16 '00
Pros: Makes the TV work how you want it to
Cons: No TiVo/TV button!
Well, at least it will change the way you watch television. TiVo will totally change the way you look at TV. Once I got past a couple of minor inconveniences, I can heartily recommend TiVo to any TV watcher!

First I'll get the bad stuff out...
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