Philips HDR212 TiVo 20 Hour Digital Video Recorder TiVo is heaven – don’t buy Philips. Support is horrible. – Ediecago – Chicago
We adore our TiVo. The series 2 we got from Philips has worked fine – we upgraded the memory and love TiVo so much we’re adding a second TiVo subscription to our household.
We needed to get new cable boxes when our cable company went all digital. So now we want to use a serial cable to connect the remote from our TiVo to our cable box. Otherwise, you have to tape (really) a IR “blaster” to the cable box. Getting Philips to tell me what kind of serial cable cost me .99 for technical support and they didn’t tell me how many pins there were etc. c
Get the TiVo manufactured ones. They come with the cable — that I can’t find for sale in Chicago. I’ll need to order online. It is not available on Philips’ website of course…..
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R26IXB11KJSHW5 This is a video and written review of the rare ablility of this particular tivo to manual record. pause live tv, abd rewind live tv without a Tivo Subscription.
Looks and works great. This Series 1 TIVO is a rare one that can be used without a monthly Tivo subscription. Nice way to tinker with Tivo generally see how it works without a big investment or commitment. Just go to Manual Record. Without a subscription you can still pause and rewind live TV, and set manual recordings just like a VCR (for example every monday at 6 PM..or record current program..or schedule a recording for a certain date and certain time and certain channel for any length of time for a one time recording) You can also do the same by simply selecting “Repeat..poor person’s Season Pass..alttle humor here on Amazon). Will do repeat recordings you have selected as long as you want..not just a couple weeks. Will do a whole season for you of say “Oprah” or “Desperate Housewives”. If you would like you can have a program recording and watch a pre-recorded program or live tv at the same time by splitting the cable source..one to tivo the other to tv.
PRO..Works with CABLE..DIRECT TV..OR DISH NETWORK.
CON..DOES NOT WORK ANTENNA WITH OVER THE AIR PROGRAMMING.
You will not get a guide or be able to do season passes without a subscription. All you need is your handy TV Guide or TV Listings from the Sunday paper to do Manual Recordings without Tivo Service. Subscriptions are still available for series 1 if you want to do that it will work fine and then you will get a Tivo guide and Tivo Season Pass too.
Philips: HDR212 The future of television enjoyment is to watch what you want, when you want. No more scheduling around broadcasting time, no more searching through videotapes, and no more missed shows!Philips Personal Video Recorder with the TiVo service gives you complete control over your TV viewing experience. Pause, rewind, slow-motion and instant replay live TV so you don’t miss a minute of the action. Automatically record all your favorite shows so you’ll always have them to watch when you’re ready. TiVo’s unique Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down buttons allow you to personalize your viewing, so that TiVo can find programs that match your interests.
Philips HDR212 TiVo 20 Hour Digital Video Recorder
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