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Bigd
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09-13-2001

Saturday, November 04, 2006 - 12:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bigd a private message Print Post    
Hello to all my favorite "experts" Anytime I consider buying something I come here and look it up or just ask... which is what I'm doing today.

I am considering purchasing a DVR for my son for Christmas. He lives in an apartment where the cable is provided by the complex through a sattelite dish and he has no control of it and cannot add to or change the service. It's pretty basic. He does not have any home phone service since he only uses his cell phone.

So... I'm thinking a TIVO won't work since he has no phone service. So I am wondering if I buy him a DVR will it work like a VCR? Can you program it just like a VCR? (He has a VCR but he hates trying to remember changing the tapes and such).

Thanks!