new series 3: I still have severa hours of viewing left on the tive, if i hook it up to another tv, will it allow me to watch the content on the hard drive, allowing me to set the newTIVO up now or must I finish watching everything first?
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Why not! Justreplug it into the other TV. The series 2 will still have your recordings on the hard drive. You won't lose your recordings.
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Hello Gail, I bought mine several years ago for my wife. She uses it at work and to this day she has yet to have any problems with it. She watches it everyday at work during lunch. My suggestion is to make sure you have it on the right settings for watching TV,DVD,and aux input, if you try all those and the picture still doesn't work then you may need to send it in to Coby. The only other thing that I may say is the region setting may be off but, only if the picture doesn't work for the DVD only, if you aren't getting any picture on any of the input methods there may be some internal malfunction going on. Hope this helps. Hello Gail, I bought mine several years ago for my wife. She uses it at work and to this day she has yet to have any problems with it. She watches it everyday at work during lunch. My suggestion is to make sure you have it on the right settings for watching TV,DVD,and aux input, if you try all those and the picture still doesn't work then you may need to send it in to Coby. The only other thing that I may say is the region setting may be off but, only if the picture doesn't work for the DVD only, if you aren't getting any picture on any of the input methods there may be some internal... » Read More Hello Gail, I bought mine several years ago for my wife. She uses it at work and to this day she has yet to have any problems with it. She watches it everyday at work during lunch. My suggestion is to make sure you have it on the right settings for watching TV,DVD,and aux input, if you try all those and the picture still doesn't work then you may need to send it in to Coby. The only other thing that I may say is the region setting may be off but, only if the picture doesn't work for the DVD only, if you aren't getting any picture on any of the input methods there may be some internal malfunction going on. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in S-Video connections, as more and more people start subscribing to HDTV. One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in... » Read More One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in S-Video connections, as more and more people start subscribing to HDTV. « Show Less
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I wish I could help you with your question. I should actually change my review. Some of the equipment I had conflicted with the Kinivo. I would turn on TV on and a second one would come on also. After some shuffling and changing of equipment the unit is working perfectly now.
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No, only the internet connections from your hard drive. The previous response sounded about right. You need an external hard drive or drive C but that will work. I don't care that it doesn't access my entire Hard Drive because I only use the DVD player for the 55" Wide Screen RCA LED TV with all the bells and whistles. I've got a 27" wide screen ASUS Monitor connected to my laptop, and that's enough satisfaction for me. TV for me isn't meant to mess with my entire hard drive, just entertainment and with that, it's fantastic. Certified Life Coach
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I have not had an issue with this, but I mainly watch HD programs. It's recommended that a person should watch different styles of programming (not all 4x3 format) whithin the first 100 hours of viewing. After that there is no possible concern of image retention or burn.
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I tried to do this, but the device doesn't work with a hard drive. I wish they would make a version with a DVR or hard drive storage.
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I've sucessfully done that with my 128GB Patriot drive. Just be sure that the video format of the files on the drive is supported by the TV you have.
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Currently, my cable company broadcasts 8 HD channels over the cable that the ATSC tuner in my Panny tv picks up. They are in digital channel spaces (92-1 for example). If I go with the series 3 Tivo, will it grab these channels without a cable card? My provider currently offers an HD tier which includes those 8 channels and adds 4 more. For that, I'd have to pay a monthly fee for the HD tier and also rent a cable box.
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Thanks for the feedback. I bought this model. Love it so far. Beautiful picture on HD cable and no TOC problems...yet. Will follow up if I have any.
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Rich, why do you feel you really need to tweek this TV so much. You stated that my earlier reply back to you, was not useful. Do you own this tv? IF not, no wonder you didn't like my reply. This television only involves minor tweeking of the Contrast and the backlight. This will drastically result in a better picture than those 3 standard settings. Do not mess with the color pallettes or anything elso at that matter. They are set perfectly to accomadate Toshiba's hd dvd players and so forth. hd input source from hd dish network/direct tv also looks great. If you are really into tweeking your set, my guess is that it will only hurt you with this tv. Toshiba really did a great job on this t.v. Not much messing around. It reallylooks wonderful straight out of the box. I would just set the contrast and backlight. thats it!!!
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Umm i am answering my own question after researching the issue in the hope that it would help others who might have the same question. Good news folks - this device works with playon (http://www.playon.tv/playon) as also with Tvarsity. So basically you can either use your hard disk shares directly to stream media, or use a DLNA compliant server like playon or tvarsity to stream media as well as youtube, hulu, netflix etc - sweet. The patriot user forum even has postings to help you configure playon or tvarsity.
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Engadget seems to think the same thing: http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/23/tivo-hd-vs-series3/ See side note at bottom before chart.
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You can use it like an old VCR -- record by times etc... But the guide (show listings) will be empty. Also -- if it is a Series 2 the HD will not look great as the TiVo does not support HD.
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I love this TV. It was a purchase of a lifetime for me. However, I NEVER could get the guide working properly. My cable system has it's own guide system, but sometime, I just want to watch just the TV, and use their guide. It keeps telling me that the guide is downloading overnight, but the next day, there is still NO guide information on the screen. If you got yours working, please tell me how you did it. Thanks "Emil"
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I use mine instead of a t.v. had it running up to 5 hours not a single problem.
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I m living in Argentina, and the DVD works fine, i guess we are in the same region. I tried to run the TV, but i could not set it up propperly. You can set it up, into Pal, pal N ( Argentina ), NTSC, etc but the tuner keeps serching for the tv chanels. I didn ´t really tried much to make it work better, as it´s not a future that i really use. The GPS, is rare, it works with the IGO 8 system, i found some trouble to find maps in Argentina, but the good news is that there are maps, for Brazil. If you are used to go around with GARMIN, you will probably not like this IGO 8. The other futures, are very good, the color screen, radio, etc. I m living in Argentina, and the DVD works fine, i guess we are in the same region. I tried to run the TV, but i could not set it up propperly. You can set it up, into Pal, pal N ( Argentina ), NTSC, etc but the tuner keeps serching for the tv chanels. I didn ´t really tried much to make it work better, as it´s not a future that i really use. The GPS, is rare, it works with the IGO 8 system, i found some trouble to find maps in Argentina, but the good news is that there are maps, for Brazil. If you are used to go around with GARMIN, you will probably not like this IGO 8. The other futures,... » Read More I m living in Argentina, and the DVD works fine, i guess we are in the same region. I tried to run the TV, but i could not set it up propperly. You can set it up, into Pal, pal N ( Argentina ), NTSC, etc but the tuner keeps serching for the tv chanels. I didn ´t really tried much to make it work better, as it´s not a future that i really use. The GPS, is rare, it works with the IGO 8 system, i found some trouble to find maps in Argentina, but the good news is that there are maps, for Brazil. If you are used to go around with GARMIN, you will probably not like this IGO 8. The other futures, are very good, the color screen, radio, etc. « Show Less