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  • ItBurnsWhenIpee
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2003
    • 1288
    #1

    Does TIVO make your picture worse?

    Just got it and it makes my picture look worse. I tried S-Video but that somehow looks worse than the RF input. Is this normal?
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    • m00d
      So Fucking Banned
      • May 2002
      • 3129
      #2
      No, it shouldn't. Check the quality of your cables...

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        • m00d
          So Fucking Banned
          • May 2002
          • 3129
          #3
          Oh oh oh I bet I know what it is.

          They have high/medium/low recording quality depending on how much HD space you want show to take up. I keep mine on high..never had a problem.

          You may be recording at low or medium quality, which WILL affect picture pretty dramatically.

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            • ItBurnsWhenIpee
              Confirmed User
              • Jan 2003
              • 1288
              #4
              Originally posted by m00d
              Oh oh oh I bet I know what it is.

              They have high/medium/low recording quality depending on how much HD space you want show to take up. I keep mine on high..never had a problem.

              You may be recording at low or medium quality, which WILL affect picture pretty dramatically.
              Nope, I have it set to the best quality. Thanks for trying though

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                • JDog
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 7453
                  #5
                  Low quality cable! Get monster cable! hehe

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                    • hottoddy
                      Confirmed User
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 3049
                      #6
                      I have heard that it "compresses" the image quality on some systems. A friend with Comcast here returned it cause the quality was crap. Probably the older version of Tivo though.
                      - *** -

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                        • ItBurnsWhenIpee
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 1288
                          #7
                          Originally posted by hottoddy
                          I have heard that it "compresses" the image quality on some systems. A friend with Comcast here returned it cause the quality was crap. Probably the older version of Tivo though.
                          Oh maybe I got a cheap one and it's compressing it so it can record more?

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                            • m00d
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • May 2002
                              • 3129
                              #8
                              Originally posted by ItBurnsWhenIpee


                              Nope, I have it set to the best quality. Thanks for trying though
                              Anytime!

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                                • m00d
                                  So Fucking Banned
                                  • May 2002
                                  • 3129
                                  #9
                                  The only reason I don't have HDTV is because Tivo doesn't support HDTV right now.

                                  Tivo is God's Machine

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                                    • Gateway69
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jul 2002
                                      • 1510
                                      #10
                                      Depends on the tivo you have. if your have a stand alone one than you are going form your source into the tivo, then recompressing that source..

                                      if you have a direct tivo combo unit no compression is done since there is no digital to analog conversion required.

                                      HDTIVO due out this spring..
                                      Gateway - Tech Guru
                                      Dreaming Computers IG

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                                        • Rich
                                          So Fucking Banned
                                          • Jan 2003
                                          • 11486
                                          #11
                                          TIVO doesn't work with HDTV as far as I know, were you high def before?

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                                            • m00d
                                              So Fucking Banned
                                              • May 2002
                                              • 3129
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Gateway69


                                              HDTIVO due out this spring..
                                              I can't wait!

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                                                • Moose
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Feb 2001
                                                  • 1548
                                                  #13
                                                  Check here for any and all Tivo info:

                                                  http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/


                                                  I love my Tivo.

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                                                    • ItBurnsWhenIpee
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Jan 2003
                                                      • 1288
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by m00d
                                                      The only reason I don't have HDTV is because Tivo doesn't support HDTV right now.

                                                      Tivo is God's Machine
                                                      I have HDTV and TIVO. There's nothing wrong with having both. If you need to TIVO something that's also in high def, you just TIVO it in regular def. But you can always watch high def live if you want. Just switch to component.

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                                                        • Rich
                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                          • Jan 2003
                                                          • 11486
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Gateway69

                                                          HDTIVO due out this spring..

                                                          sweet

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                                                            • Gateway69
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Jul 2002
                                                              • 1510
                                                              #16
                                                              all the tivo hacking info you will ever need

                                                              http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=23
                                                              Gateway - Tech Guru
                                                              Dreaming Computers IG

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