Posted September 18, 200520 yr comment_3457693 ... I can start devoting more time to this stuff again. Glad to be back. Anyway, I speculated about what I'd be able to provide/record before, so I wanted to finally clear things up and show what I can offer. I'm using a Mac OSX, or whatever it's called, and there is apparently a DVD burner on here, but I'm not sure how to use it. Once I figure it out, I can start doing DVD to DVD conversions. Starting in January, I can also start going VHS to DVD, as I'll have a converter by that time. I may need some help on what type of system to buy or be on the lookout for. The guy at Best Buy had no idea what I was talking about and kept telling me I just needed to get wires to run through my computer, but I told him I was looking for a stand alone unit and he said he'd never heard of a stand alone unit. Anyway, about how much do they run? I'm putting CMLL, RAW, SD, TUF, Impact and Velocity on Tivo every week right now and I thought I could go directly to satellite from the TV, but apparently, that isn't possible. I do plan on keeping the best stuff from TV every week, but it will simply be VHS master quality. That's it for now. I'll let you all know if anything else comes up.
September 18, 200520 yr comment_3458703 Loss, Since you have TiVo, you should be able to use the TiVo Desktop software to download the video files to your HD. At that point, you should be able to get the My DVD software by Sonic and turn those TiVo video files into DVDs. I just used this process to turn a 5 hour block of football on ESPN into the LSU vs. Arizona State game. (I cut out commercials, the previous Georgia-South Carolina game, the halftime update, and the post-game Sportscenter highlights) There are 2 problems with this though. 1. TiVo video, depending on the level of compression used, shows a lot of video artifacts when you watch it on a TV, ESPECIALLY if there is a lot of movement on the screen. This got pretty bad on my LSU vs. Arizona State DVD (4 hours on a regular DVD) and was almost as bad on my American Dad DVD (roughly 2 hours). 2. TiVo claims that they have the ability to track back from video captured on one of their boxes to the account it was from then says they'll pursue action against them, from legal action to cancellation of their account. Considering I've had some problems with the My DVD software (incorrectly) rejecting some video files because it thought they were from a TiVo box with a different Media Access Key, I'd say they're able to do it all right.
