RE: Nothing at all to do with ePods or wireless LANs...

["Phillip Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

That sounds like a great "feature" for them to add to the TIVO
however
unless it has S-Video (or component) outputs then it's still pretty much a
non-starter for me. The thought of running it composite into my
scaler/projector leaves me pretty cold.

Hope you're keeping well Tim,

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 4:13 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Nothing at all to do with ePods or wireless
> LANs...
>
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> If you wait until March Phil, you can get a 'super' Tivo that has two
> digibox tuners built in. This is so you can watch one channel while
> recording another. It does need a dual LNB, and two runs of coax from
the
> dish though so you can watch and record channels which have different
> polarization. Of course it won't be a complete solution until ITV
start
> broadcasting on Sky digital in June (or thereabouts).
>
> Tim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 January 2001 14:37
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Nothing at all to do with ePods or wireless LANs...
>
>
> Was just contemplating (again) buying a TIVO although I know that I
really
> shouldn't until TIVO decide to activate the S-Video output in a later
> software release ... however, one thing that does come to mind is the
> question of all these appliances that connect to your phone line. BT
still
> have a maximum specification for a domestic line of 4.0 REN.
>
> Just wondering whether anyone is actually taking any steps to avoid
going
> over that number? After all, given a phone, a modem, a Sky
> Digital receiver
> and a TIVO then that's your lot ... what about a second (or
> third) phone, an
> answering machine and/or a fax machine?
>
> I know that BT sell a powered "booster" to allow the
connection of
> additional items up to a maximum REN of 11 but is anyone using these?
Do
> they have any downsides?
>
> The reason I ask is that I'm looking to start work decorating the
> house that
> we live in (bought four months ago) and I would like to rewire
> appropriately
> for todays more "connected" requirements ... i.e. phone and
network points
> in all rooms. (By the way ... I can vouch for network points in
bathrooms,
> web browsing in the bath is quite relaxing!)
>
> Also, given the current move towards digital services then can I
> assume that
> I should be looking at composite / S-Video and audio distribution to
rooms
> over RF distribution? (Maybe Keith's KAT5 kind of thing? I haven't
been on
> this group long enough to know the whole history behind that.)
> The only use
> for RF would seem to end up being for OnDigital and the free to
> air channels
> (if I could find somewhere that would sell me a box rather than
> selling me a
> years minimal subscription and wanting the box back at the end of the
> subscription that is!)
>
> Phil
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