ghenjei
join:2000-12-19
Grand Prairie, TX
| Tivo information
about the Tivo comment above....
Stand alone Tivo (Tivo without an integrated satellite receiver) needs a connection to download television listings. Now, if you have Broadband, some Tivos have USB ports, which you can hook up an ethernet adapter, and download listings from the internet. If yours does not, it can be "hacked" to add one.
DirecTivo (integrated with sat. receiver) does not need a land-line connection, as it downloads the information from the satellite. In any case, with Tivo, it is not hard to untether it from the land-line connection. |
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oliphant5
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join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA
| Even series 1 TiVo internal LAN adapters are available. I have one for one of my old TiVos and it works great. It's supported by all software version higher than 3.x. Even my deviced that required a phoneline (Panasonic KX-FHD331fax and my old Dish Network boxes DP301s and Model 6000) worked with Vonage without any problems.
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Camelot One
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join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
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Above post is absolutely correct. Stand Alone Tivo needs a phone line or broadband connection, DirecTivo does not. However, without a phone line (or broadband adapter) you eventually run into pay per view problems. The units only allow so many purchases before a successful call in is completed.
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roamer1
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join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
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| said by Camelot One  :
However, without a phone line (or broadband adapter) you eventually run into pay per view problems. The units only allow so many purchases before a successful call in is completed.
You MAY also run in to problems with sports packages, multiple receivers on one account, or locals, given DirecTV's requirement that receivers be connected to a phone line. That said, I've heard that DirecTV has started to relax the requirements somewhat.
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NJChris
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join:2000-02-08
Pompton Lakes, NJ
| reply to ghenjei
said by ghenjei :
DirecTivo (integrated with sat. receiver) does not need a land-line connection, as it downloads the information from the satellite. In any case, with Tivo, it is not hard to untether it from the land-line connection.
DirecTivo does need a land line to call in. If it doesn't within a certain amount of time, then your service is interrupted.
I've got one, it has to dial in for account info. It does get the TV listings from the sat.
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MrMaster
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join:2000-12-16
Austin, TX
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| reply to roamer1
said by roamer1 :
said by Camelot One :
However, without a phone line (or broadband adapter) you eventually run into pay per view problems. The units only allow so many purchases before a successful call in is completed.
You MAY also run in to problems with sports packages, multiple receivers on one account, or locals, given DirecTV's requirement that receivers be connected to a phone line. That said, I've heard that DirecTV has started to relax the requirements somewhat.
-SC
You only need a phone line when you install dirctv. After that you can keep it disconnected. You still get updates and you still can order pay per view. They get pissed if you tell them that it isn't connected anymore but when you threaten to send them your phone bill they sing another story.
They really should offer a broadband connection type like TIVO. That would kick ass.
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unoriginal
join:2000-07-12
San Diego, CA
| reply to NJChris
You also need to have the DirecTivo hooked up to a phone line to get software updates as well. They still deliver them by regular phone line. Although as people have pointed out you can buy a Turbonet card from »www.9thtee.com and hook you Tivo up to a home network instead. Plus you can use really cool software like Tivoweb. |
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Camelot One
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join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
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said by NJChris :
DirecTivo does need a land line to call in. If it doesn't within a certain amount of time, then your service is interrupted.
I've got one, it has to dial in for account info. It does get the TV listings from the sat.
This just isn't true. Mine has been unplugged for the past 5 months. I get the same warning message every day, but everything still works.
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scuba_steve
join:2003-11-13
Herndon, VA
| reply to unoriginal
My TiVo (Standalone) gets its data via my broadband cable modem. My Nextel cellphone is on it's way from Fedex. As soon as it arrives, my Landline is history. Verizon has been extorting me for far too long. $7.00 a month for voice mail! Nextel charge $1 and throws long distance in for free. See-ya copper.  |
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