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Dear lazyweb,
I am an Olympics junkie. I only buy access to television once every 2 years for one month so that I can watch the Olympics. This time they start on August 8th, which is the same day I'm going to start filming the vaulting nationals. This means not only will I miss the first 4 days (I tend to work 16-18 hr days at Nationals) but I'll be very busy editing my videos after nationals and not really have time to watch as much as I'd like.
My first step is that I need to order cable, or fiber, or dish, or some sort of broadcast TV access. Any opinions? I want to cancel after a month, so no long-term contracts for me. We don't (yet) have an HD TV.
The second step is to record it somehow, in a format I can watch over the next several months. I was thinking of TiVo or similar device, (I used to use gobs of VHS tapes on EP) but I don't know anything about DVRs -- if I buy one of these but cancel the service that comes with it after a month, can I still watch the shows I've recorded? If I don't buy service at all, can I still program it to record channel N from 8pm - midnight? The sales people are not entirely clear, or necessarily knowledgable in this respect.
--Beth
I am an Olympics junkie. I only buy access to television once every 2 years for one month so that I can watch the Olympics. This time they start on August 8th, which is the same day I'm going to start filming the vaulting nationals. This means not only will I miss the first 4 days (I tend to work 16-18 hr days at Nationals) but I'll be very busy editing my videos after nationals and not really have time to watch as much as I'd like.
My first step is that I need to order cable, or fiber, or dish, or some sort of broadcast TV access. Any opinions? I want to cancel after a month, so no long-term contracts for me. We don't (yet) have an HD TV.
The second step is to record it somehow, in a format I can watch over the next several months. I was thinking of TiVo or similar device, (I used to use gobs of VHS tapes on EP) but I don't know anything about DVRs -- if I buy one of these but cancel the service that comes with it after a month, can I still watch the shows I've recorded? If I don't buy service at all, can I still program it to record channel N from 8pm - midnight? The sales people are not entirely clear, or necessarily knowledgable in this respect.
--Beth
