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Originally posted by tomegun
Blindzebra, my question is more about setting a program to record and how Tivo will interact with my cable box. I have a DVR right now in the bedroom and it is super-simple as far as setting something to record in advance. You can't change the channel while recording. On the TV where I'm putting the next one it has picture-in-picture so there is a splitter with one feed going straight to the TV and the other feed going through the cable box first. The Tivo unit would have to be between the cable box and TV like the VCR is (moving that) so I need to know if I will have to manually set the channel on the cable box to record on the Tivo like I have to do now for the VCR. I don't even use picture-in-picture because the TV is High Definition and the picture is great!
Once again I'm sorry for being off-topic. With the talk about Tivo and the fact that I'm changing some stuff around in my family room I got to thinking about my options.
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I'd go with the cable box DVR, same cost no hassles. Some boxes have a VCR link that can control your VCR, I don't know if TIVO has a similar device. Some cable boxes have a guide feature that allows you to set a VCR timer for a show in the future.