Girlfriend gave me huge gift thread!

[Helicrackjnky]

I just got TIVO!!!!

[warthog]

Welcome to the world of Tivo. You will no longer be tied down to the TV to watch the shows you want. You will no longer need to sit through commercials. You will no longer need to watch summer re-runs cause you missed a show earlier in the year.But, MOST importantly, you will now think that shows last 20 min. and 40 min., NOT 30 and 60 min.

Be careful- watching a non-recorded show is frustrating. You will find yourself hitting the FF button, and it doesn't work.

Again, welcome to the new world.

[Castro's]

Which one did you get? I'm going Tivo hunting tonight for my dad's gift.

[72Twenty]

WHat's going on here? Are we all just going to plop our fat asses in front of the TV from now on?

[Tippster]

TiVO rocks.

...and that's all I gots to say about that.

[warthog]

WHat's going on here? Are we all just going to plop our fat asses in front of the TV from now on?

Yes.

But only for 1/2 the time we would have to without Tivo

[warthog]

BTW-

The greatest part of Tivo, for me, is that I get to watch LOST every wed.

I play Ultimate Frisbee every wed. night from 7-10, and I would miss this show if not for Tivo.

P.S.- No one should miss this show. It is the best thing on tv right now.

[Tippster]

BTW-

The greatest part of Tivo, for me, is that I get to watch LOST every wed.
...

P.S.- No one should miss this show. It is the best thing on tv right now.

Agreed.
890

[MOHSHSIHd]

kill your TV, read books and go skiing...


i like TV as much as anyone else...but i havent had cable in 8 months and its great....

im not paying 50 bucks a month to rot my brain thankyou....

[warthog]

kill your TV, read books and go skiing...


i like TV as much as anyone else...but i havent had cable in 8 months and its great....

im not paying 50 bucks a month to rot my brain thankyou....

How much does an 1/8th go for these days? Money well spent?

edit: You are still a JONG, post whore!!!!

[phUnk]

How much does an 1/8th go for these days? Money well spent?

I'd argue pot is way better for your brain than TV.

And I'd be right.

[Duder]

Your girlfriend gave me a "HUGE" gift as well. (but it wasn't TiVo!! )

[KQ]

I'd argue pot is way better for your brain than TV.

And I'd be right.

With TV you just sit there and it tells you what to think - with pot you might actually end up with a clean house and have some really interesting revelations.

[iskibc]

TV sucks..

[MOHSHSIHd]

With TV you just sit there and it tells you what to think - with pot you might actually end up with a clean house and have some really interesting revelations.

hahaha, so true!

what is it about THC that makes you want to clean?

[El Chupacabra]

Your girlfriend gave me a "HUGE" gift as well. (but it wasn't TiVo!! )

Did she strap on the flesh-colored one or the big black one ?

[The AD]

hahaha, so true!

what is it about THC that makes you want to clean?

I never knew that. My wife and I could use a toke or two at our house right now if this is true. The big question is do you end up throwing shit away you didn't intend to and put things away in places they will never be found?

[mrw]

kill your TV, read books and go skiing...


i like TV as much as anyone else...but i havent had cable in 8 months and its great....

im not paying 50 bucks a month to rot my brain thankyou....

I feel the same way. I read alot and that $600 per year buys a nice long week end in Stowe

[Mountain Junkie]

My girlfriend gave me a ski trip to Silverton.

Have fun with that Tivo...

[MOHSHSIHd]

I never knew that. My wife and I could use a toke or two at our house right now if this is true. The big question is do you end up throwing shit away you didn't intend to and put things away in places they will never be found?

nope....i dont get retarded or anything....just turn into a cleaning machine and everything is perfect at the end...

[SLCFreshies]

I got my girlfriend a TiVo--the 80-hr one--for Chirstmas too! She loves it! It was a little tricky setting up the whole deal without a phone line though. Now we no longer miss any Jon Stewart, South Park, Nature and Nova episodes. Why are Nature and Nova always on at some ridiculous hour?

Plus, if you saw South Park's Critter Christmas episode last week--for us that episode alone was well worth having a TiVo around.

How can TiVo STILL be losing money?

P.S. We'll be monitoring our BMIs for any post-TiVo changes.

[Honc]

If you own a television, you are only hurting yourself by not owning a tivo. This machine provides maximum television efficiency, freeing up valuable time for more worldly pursuits.

For those of you that don't like television, that's fine. I would argue that it is difficult to learn anything outside of American politics, Paris Hilton & Kobe vs. Shaq from American media. Nice to get outside perspective from the good people @ BBC every so often. I might be one of a dying breed that enjoys a news broadcast.

I think that there are enough vices among the people here that nobody should crap on TV. I'm no doctor but I'm pretty sure that 28 minutes of Seinfeld is healthier than plying yourself with tequila and wine coolers.

*That said, I whole-heartedly promote both pursuits.

[joshbu]

TiVO is locing money because it's spending a ton on advertising and becuase the box itself is a loss leader. They don't actually start making money on a subscription until a few months in.

They'll make a bit of money, but it's likely other big companies will come in and eat the market once TiVO has made it big enough to intrest them.

[Platinum Pete]

TiVO is locing money because it's spending a ton on advertising and becuase the box itself is a loss leader. They don't actually start making money on a subscription until a few months in.

They'll make a bit of money, but it's likely other big companies will come in and eat the market once TiVO has made it big enough to intrest them.

It will either go the cell phone model, where different providers lose $$ to get you going and then make up for it with service fees and penalties (current model) - or it will stop being a device and simply be a software/service/interface for digital media content that you deploy with whatever your own hardware is and simply download through whatever pipe you get your internet from (Mark Cuban's model - also in line with media center PCs and shit).

[The Reverend Floater]

My roomie (Clitus and 13 have met him) is definitely no stranger to rocking the ganj....and he has all day free since he's a bartender. Our house is imaculately clean. There has to be a corelation.