my TIVO subscription ran out.
I don't want to pay monthly subscription fee. Went to Bestbuy but they don't have anything to record TV shows with.
Is there anything that record TV shows without a monthly subscription fees.

I hate having to plan my life around TV shows.

TIA.

 

Put a video camera on a tripod in front of the tv zoom in nice and tight crank the volume on the tv hit record on the video camera.

Enjoy later!

 

Get a DVD recorder. I have one and I love it. There is one catch though, it seems that Comcast is blocking some channels from being able to record to DVD.

I tried to record F1 races on Speed and an HBO original movie and it was stopped after only a few seconds so I had to go old school with the VHS recorder. Why Comcast pulls that BS I don't know, it pisses me off. But for other programs, it looks so good its like watching it air live.

Tivo and the like would be great if you didn't have to pay a subscription fee. You buy the box and that should be enough. After all, you don't buy a radio and have to pay a subscription fee to listen to your local stations (Serius/XM is a different story). Maybe that's a bad example. You don't buy a movie DVD then pay a subscription fee every time you want to watch it.

Tivo should set it up so you buy the device once and that's it. That's why I haven't bought one. You can be nickel-and-dimed to death with all these subscription fees.

 

Video Home System

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS

 

www.hulu.com - lots of shows just sitting there.

Buy or build an hd antenna and get networked tv tuner like this:

http://www.amazon.com/SiliconDust-HDHomeRu...n/dp/B0010Y414Q

Plug the antenna into the tuner, the tuner into the network and record shows on your computer with Windows Media Center.

 

You can buy a lifetime subscription to TiVo.

 

If you have a TV tuner card in your PC that doesn't include software with functional and stable timeshifting, video capture, and electronic program guide features, Cyberlink's PowerVCR II Ver. 3 PVR (Personal Video Recording) softare could provide the tools to change how you use your PC and TV tuner card.

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put a "tuner" card on your computer , hook up video sources to computer , voila - record anything you want and for as much as your storage capacity allows

 

thanks for the suggestions.
will look into them, especially the one about the camcorder on the tripod.

 

set up a media pc with a tv tuner.