TIVO, DVR, or CPU ~ How do you watch the television shows you missed?

@hdjohnson (2981)
United States
February 20, 2009 7:42pm CST
We started out with a TIVO, then we got rid of Satellite and switched to cable. We we got cable we had the DVR, it recorded shows we wanted to watch and had a neat little feature that allowed you to bypass the commercials. Then we got rid of cable and started using our CPU's to catch shows we missed. We use hulu.com to catch any shows we may have missed or fell asleep on. If you watch television sitcoms regularly, which do you prefer to use to record any shows you might miss? Or do you your CPU as well, like we do now?
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@timhinyy (1653)
• United States
21 Feb 09
i like to watch shows on the computer there is this nice site i came across last year that has a lot of tv shows on it dont know if it has an agreement with the networks or what but it has a very nice variety of tv shows on there it called www.veoh.com lots of tv shows and video clips lots to watch for hours on there or just catch up on some of the shows that you missed from the last couple weeks and it has video clips that you can download on there too for free
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
21 Feb 09
So does this make the 4th time now that you have mentioned this website? It is a really cool site to catch up on the shows you missed. Thanks for sharing it.
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
21 Feb 09
tim and terri ~ I think that is cool how you two support one another. I've heard of hulu.com as it is FREE, but I haven't heard of the veoh site, is it free as well? I don't visit a lot of websites that I don't know, anymore it's how I contracted a virus on my system, from one of those video sites.
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@o2bnocn (2992)
• United States
21 Feb 09
When we had cable we had movies on demand. I don't think it is the same as TIVO. There were only certain channels that had them, but it was only movies. It was for the movie channels, but we didn't even have the movie channels. Like we would have Starz on demand. I think we only had a couple of them though, I don't remember having HBO on demand but we could have. Even though the channels were movie channels, all of the movies that the actual channel played wasn't on the on demand channel. We could choose what channel to watch and push play. We could pause it, rewind, fast forward and stop it. Our pay per view channels also had movies on demand. This was good so that we could watch the movie any time we wanted instead of having to wait for it to come on. We could choose a good time for us and watch it then. We could also rewind if we missed something in the movie or pause it if we had to do something. I miss those channels. I watched those channels more than any other channels that we had. Honestly I don't even think we were suppose to be getting them. Now we have satellite but we don't have anything like that. The only show that I really keep up with is CSI: las vegas. I don't really watch any other shows that often, I am more of a movie person. If I ever miss a show of CSI then I catch it on their site "cbs". I just watched the past two episodes today on the site because I missed both of them. I have heard of hulu and went on there and watched a couple of shows but I have only been on their one or twice. I like the site, if I ever didn't have anywhere to go to watch CSI then I would go on hulu, or if I couldn't find the episode on the cbs site, I would go on hulu.
@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I like hulu because it's all in one spot, like a one stop shop. I'm a movie person as well.
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@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I just recently got hooked up with cable, which I hadn't had in 13 years. I know about the DVR thing, but haven't figured out how to use it, or if I need something other than my cable box to DVR. Otherwise I use the website that Tim mentions above since he was the one to tell me about it.
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
21 Feb 09
It's good to know and have resourceful friends. You sound like everyone else who get's a new electronic device, and not taking the time to read the instructions.
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@timhinyy (1653)
• United States
21 Feb 09
never had a virus from a video site though i have heard stories about you tube being a bad site for that though i havent come across that myself yet
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@timhinyy (1653)
• United States
21 Feb 09
yeah i have mentioned veoh 3 or 4 times now that you mention it i really enjoy it and for anyone that doesnt know about it a good way to spread the word you would think i was on their payroll or something lol just really enjoy the site and would like others that dont know about it to be able to enjoy it as i have it even has links to you tube videos on it
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@donsky14 (5947)
• Philippines
21 Feb 09
I always watch on youtube whenever I missed a certain show.
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
21 Feb 09
Really, I didn't know youtube captured shows online. Thanks for the info.
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@cndn420 (2062)
• Canada
21 Feb 09
DVR was the best present i ever got!!! im never home when all my favorite shows are on -- always at work, so its great to come home and never miss any of them. and i love fast forwarding through all the commercials such a time saver!!
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I wish they would have that feature on the CPU, that would be GREAT THEN, or at least an option to not watch them for maybe 2 to 3 weeks out of each month.
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• United States
21 Feb 09
I use DVR. I like it a lot, but sometimes it can be a little slow to load. I especially like starting a show like 5 minutes in and watching it without commercials while it's still running.
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
21 Feb 09
Yeah, I miss that feature, but I've always actually enjoyed watching commercials, I know weird right? I just always have.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
24 Feb 09
If I miss them I just miss them. We have all the digital cable stations but tend to watch the same thing over and over again.
@Amanda81587 (3042)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I have a DVR which came with my cable TV. So thats what I use. I have cousins who could not live without their TIVO, but i am not sure whats the differece of a DVR or a TIVO and I have never heard of CPU.
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
21 Feb 09
There really isn't much difference between a TIVO and a DVR, just slightly different technologies and features. Like different cellphones have different features and functions so does the TIVO and DVR units, they just are in the television arena. A CPU is a computer.
@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
22 Feb 09
I usually watch Tv series like Prison Break, Kyle Xy and Chuck and other reality TV shows like Top Chef, America's Next top model and Project Runway to name some.. when i missed those shows, i just buy DVD copies of them or if I don't have the budget, i just watch them online..
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
23 Feb 09
gracie04, I sure hope you got your Internet connection and company in order so that you can get logged in quicker. I like the Top model show as well.
@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
22 Feb 09
We recently switched satellite companies and got a free DVR and we love it. We use it to record all ofthe shows we miss. I've never used CPU but it sounds great.
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
23 Feb 09
ha ha. A CPU is your computer that is before they changed it to PC. LoL ~ I guess, I'm still old school. I like the smile on your avatar photo. Makes me hungry. LoL!
@lynnemg (4529)
• United States
21 Feb 09
If I miss a show that I would like to see, I have to wait for the re-run. I guess it is a good thing that I don't worry much about television!
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
21 Feb 09
good thing indeed. Although I don't worry about this shows I miss, a lot of times lately I haven't been concerned about any of them. I've actually fallen asleep on many of them. Sad but true, and I usually watch them the next day, but I haven't really been motivated too do anything with it.
22 Feb 09
most important shows dat i dont wannaiss are on bbs so i watch em online at bbc iplayer :D really good :) and iam new to this website so can people look at my discussions and responed please :D thankyou
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@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
22 Feb 09
maxandrob, welcome to mylot, but people will respond to your discussions and respond only if you've made it interesting enough to cause them to respond. You should focus on responding in more detail in your posts, verses only with one or two liner phrases.