Hieronymus Blogsch http://www.rjray.org rjray.org - Journal and Log for Randy J. Ray en Randy J. Ray (rjray@blackperl.com) Copyright Randy J. Ray TiVo Envy http://www.rjray.org/tech/tivo.html I've been here at my friend's place for about four days now. My friend has TiVo. I have many friends who have TiVo, but this is the first time I've spent any amount of time in a house with TiVo.

I've avoided getting TiVo for two reasons: Firstly, I generally don't watch enough TV in a given month to justify even the monthly charge, let alone the set-up and installation costs. Secondly, I worry that if I had a tool like TiVo at my disposal, I would end up watching significantly more TV than I currently do.

The last four days haven't done anything to assuage that second concern. Mind you, I am on vacation. And I'm making it a point to relax and not focus too hard on anything work-related. Nothing quite takes my mind off of work like hours of TV. But as a side-effect of all this watching, I've finally seen "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", and caught a few BBC America programs as well.

If I make the plunge into TiVo, I'm almost certainly going to end up watching more TV than I currently do. I'll also not have problems with recording multiple programs in a given evening (something I can't currently do with my Comcast cable set-up). Pah. I'm still thinking about it.

]]> /tech Randy J. Ray 2003-11-27T04:51-07:00 I've been here at my friend's place for about four days now. My friend has TiVo. I have many friends who have TiVo, but this is the first time I've spent any amount of time in a house with TiVo.

I've avoided getting TiVo for two reasons: Firstly, I generally don't watch enough TV in a given month to justify even the monthly charge, let alone the set-up and installation costs. Secondly, I worry that if I had a tool like TiVo at my disposal, I would end up watching significantly more TV than I currently do.

The last four days haven't done anything to assuage that second concern. Mind you, I am on vacation. And I'm making it a point to relax and not focus too hard on anything work-related. Nothing quite takes my mind off of work like hours of TV. But as a side-effect of all this watching, I've finally seen "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", and caught a few BBC America programs as well.

If I make the plunge into TiVo, I'm almost certainly going to end up watching more TV than I currently do. I'll also not have problems with recording multiple programs in a given evening (something I can't currently do with my Comcast cable set-up). Pah. I'm still thinking about it.

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