[geeks] Professional. Do Not Attempt.

[Joshua Boyd]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 10:07:58AM -0500, Michael Parson wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 10:35:53AM -0400, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 11:58:47PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> >
> >> Regarding stuff I really like, I often miss out on it because I just
> >> can't sit there and watch it.  Since TV just isn't on my mind, I usually
> >> just forget to watch it.  If I really want to see something, I have to
> >> write it down and/or set an alarm most of the time.
> >
> >> For every show I watch, I probably miss five because I forget about
> >> them.
> >
> > You could build your own PVR to deal with that.  Previously, TiVo might
> > have been acceptable as well, but they seem to have gone rather evil now.
> 
> Those of us that have stuck with the series1 TiVos are, so far, immune
> to the latest bits of evil that TiVo has succumbed to.  They can be had
> for fairly cheap on e-bay, etc.

And you can still sign up to get the TV schedules for them?

I don't have any use for one anyone, but I know some people who might
like them as presents, but I refuse to support the current shenanigans
of the company.