As for the recording – you can only do a Season Pass if it is considered a series in the guide data. If it is a kind of ‘movie of the night’ thing there they just show a movie each night 9 to 11, chances are it isn’t in the guide as a series. If it has some recurring keyword “Hallmark Movie Tonight” or something, you could use a Wishlist. Otherwise your best best is a ‘Manual Season Pass’ aka a manually scheduled recurring recording. Tell it to record by time and channel each night – there are options like every night, just week nights (mon-fri), etc.

HDTiVo – ATSC includes 1080p30 and 1080p24 in the spec: http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ISSUES/what_is_ATSC.html

Broadcasts today are 1080i60, and there is no 1080p60 in ATSC. (That document is a bit dated in that it lists 1080i60 as the best monitor interface spec, but we have 1080p24/30/60 commonly today.)

If ATSC were updated to use MPEG4 instead of MPEG2, then 1080p60 would be quite possible within the bandwidth constraints for broadcast. But then nearly all ATSC receivers in homes today would be unable to tune those channels. Only a few, like TiVo, include MPEG4 support.

Do you think its 24p or 60p potentially?

Is there an actual ATSC format for 1080p, or is it just feasible to create a new one with a frame rate less then 60?

This is neat besides are HD TV and Now TiVo can watch some shows on other TiVo’s that they others can’t get with 2 to 99 channels. We have no cable box’s.

One thing I came up on now. Want to record show’s they have on at 9 pm for 2 hours. It’s the hallmark channel. Looks like every night. But it’s not the same name. Some different show all the time. Do I have to do manually record something like that? If I do season pass on it, it just does one show.

-Raymond Day

Has any one download a video off there TiVo HD?

-Raymond Day

It sounds like you’re asking about digital sub-channels. There are many variables involved, but as a rule of thumb 1080p would require twice the bandwidth of 1080i content.

But sending HD they have 3 videos like 100-1 100-2 100-3 would they have to drop one or both to have just on 1080p?

-Raymond Day

You can leave title=”" off completely. Also, you should always include the protocol on the URL. So that link would more properly be <a href=”http://www.tivo.com/expand”>www.tivo.com/expand</a>

No problem – always good to learn new things.

And yes, the HD has a 1080p indicator on the front. The highest quality for broadcast TV or cable is 1080i, so I suspect that could be for future HD downloads over broadband or the possibility of future enhancements to broadcast or cable. ATSC technically can do 1080p, but only by dropping the framerate.

I guess nothing on cable or over the air is 1080p right now right? TiVo is looking ahead for when/if they will do 1080p.

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Hope TiVo does a update so your can do a thumbs up if you want it to record HD more then SD shows but if it can’t find a HD one it will do the SD one.

-Raymond Day

If you set a WL for HD then it only records HD, not SD, You can set to WLs – one HD only, one not, and put the HD only one as a higher priority.

I did not pick HD because right now some of them are not in HD. But would it still record the SD one with HD picked?

I only put shows in wishlists becuase it’s nice for TiVo to not record them from were ever they are on any channel.

Like Channel 4 use to have Pokemon. Now Cartoon network has it. Stuff like that. If on a Season Passes it would not find it on Cartoon Network. But wishlists are not. It would still find in on the other channel.

megazone can you fix the link for me? I don’t get what I do wrong with it. It has to links and only one is working on the words I typed. I did put the link in the 1st “” and thought the text I put in title, the 2nd “”, would be what you click on in the link. But it don’t work right.

I put a space befor and after the so it will not use it as a tag. I hope.

-Raymond Day

Season Passes are tied to a specific channel – so if you set the SP on the HD channel it will record HD, if you set it on the SD channel it will record SD. For wishlists, set the category to HD.

Cable person was setting up TiVo HD with cable card.

Close up of one of the M cable cards Comcast person brought.

Did the links just like the XHTML code says not sure if they will work. Only can tell after doing submit comment.

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Seems like I read some place a M cable card would not let you record 2 shows at one time. But this worked. I told the cable guy that too. It’s good thing I tested it. Looks like it’s working real good with one M card. When I called the 1-800 number she said they did not have any M cards. But the cable guy talked to some people were he works and found out TiVo HD can take the M card so he brought some with him.

I got a photo of the cable card as he was working on setting it up.

Here is a close up in the same photo of the M cable card.

Today in the morning I looked at it more. The names of shows it did find on channels over 99 because now we got a lot more because the cable card. My Mom watches Wheel of Fortune and had that name in the list and now it’s on a HD channel. But it was not coming up. So I went to the guide found it and set up the season pass on it. This Monday will see if it records it.

I don’t want to get on a priority list for the 9.2 software. I will just wait for the testing to get out bugs. Is there a link some were talking about the November video transfers?

Does it auto record the HD video if it’s on a HD channel? Because Wheel of Fortune is on a HD and none HD. I made sure by going on the HD channel and setting up the recording there.

-Raymond Day

9.2 is the latest software version for the TiVo HD. Go to http://www.tivo.com/priority to sign up to get it sooner.

And yes, video transfers are supposed to be enabled in November.

I did not see what Software Version number had and connected to TiVo and reset it. I seen it was, 8.1.7c2-01-2-652 I put that number in google and came right here. The only link it found.

I set up the wish list one of the 1st things. Could of been with the old Software Version. But maybe it came with 8.1. But the actors names all ended with a , after them! I had to edit the , out. All so going to play live TV the next day today it just went to a wight screen. Or playing TV it recorded went to a wight screen till I reset it.

The cable person should come out this morning to install 2 cable cards. Looks like it’s working good. I could see how the % numbers on setting up in loading are a lot faster with this TiVo.

Seems like a read some place that they will have Video transfer going in November, Next month.

-Raymond Day

If this has fixed it all…hooray!

One problem I still see (or rather, hear): High pitched squeeks when fast forwarding sometimes.

I was very disappointed when I got home with my TIVO HD, no multi room and problems with HD. I guess I should have researched more but I have had a TIVO for 8 years these are standard items. Now just a few weeks later I am very happy they have resolved my issues.