TiVo’s simple magic changed TV forever—now the iconic DVR is fading into history.
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As someone who paid $500 USD for the lifetime pass and went through 3 TiVo units over 20 years: So long and thanks for all the ad-free moments.
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I will never forgive TiVo for opening the door on Linux DRM (“Tivoization”).
TiVo was the “VCR code in the TV Guide” for the early digital age.
I had a VCR and remember tv guide. What did these codes do.
Later model VCRs had a thing where they kept a list of shortcuts for time/channel/length. The eight (ten?) digit code, you’d just plug that into the VCR and you didn’t have to program all the details.
It was a standard system for setting up a VCR to record your selected program, because every VCR was different. I believe you connected the VCR to a phone line and it would dial out to get new codes? It was sort of like DNS (really like a distributed HOSTS file), but for media recording instead of websites.
You just unlocked a buried memory of the VCR with the barcode-reader-in-the-remote method of setting record-times.
They out here trying everything in the 90s.
NV-F65 and NV-FS88
Cool thanks!
I never had one, I always thought the subscription fee was a ripoff. High speed internet and bittorrent pretty much eliminated the need for one anyways.
End of a legend. They were my first digital converter box when antenna TV converted in the mid 2000s. Worked for 10+ years with 0 issues
If you like to tinker some of those set top boxes are just right for gutting and replacing with a roll your own DVR. You don’t even need to change remotes.
Any guide on that?
Unfortunately I have nothing. I have a couple HD boxes I want to do this to but haven’t even started yet.
I used to use mythtv and it worked ok, not as nice as Tivo though.
The only time i’ve heard of TiVo was in Order of the stick. We have Smart TV here though, which does the same from the provider side (since it’s all digital nowadays anyway).
I still use mine. It’s an antenna only version which they haven’t made in years.
I love the shows that record with “Skip”, but, I’ve never understood why some of the same exact show wouldn’t Always record with “Skip”. Hopefully, it keeps runnin’ a bit longer.
