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Watch TiVo ANYWHERE in your home!
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Posted by: Dan203

I just happened across this cool little portable TV that, instead of having a built in tuner, actually comes with a 2.4GHz transmitter that can feed it a video signal from any A/V device withinu 300'. That means you could watch TiVo in the kitchen, the garage, the backyard, the bathroom :)... wherever. All for a mere $149.

I had $125 in Amazon gift certificates I got for my birthday so I ordered one up. If it's any good I'll let you guys know. :)

Dan

Posted by: windracer

How would you actually control the TiVo, though? No IR transmitter there from what I can see.

Posted by: Dan203

I've got a few of those IR pyramids I can place strategically around the house. Although it would be nice if someone came out with a similar product that had a built in universal remote that repeated in the other room via the transmitter.

Dan

Posted by: samo

Just make sure that your Microwave is off all the time :)
Seriously, Microwaves and 2.4 GH cordless phones make terrible interference on just about any video transmitter I tried. I gave up finding one that works.

Posted by: Michael_in_MD

Since my TIVO, VCR, and DVD players are in my family room, I added RF modulators to my Family Room TIVO via the VCR on CH 125, DVD on CH121, and 2nd digital cable box on CH 123. IR Pyramids are located in the kitchen, and two bedrooms. The remote remotes operates as good and as fast as being in the family room where the TIVO is.

This above configuration seems to keep my family happy. They can control and watch the VCR, DVD, or 2nd digital cable box from the other rooms if I am watching TIVO in the family room. If I'm not watching TIVO, they can control and watch it in any room.

Posted by: dslunceford

Let us know how it works. I'm sitting on about $300 in Amazon credit....

Posted by: smak

quote:
Originally posted by dslunceford
Let us know how it works. I'm sitting on about $300 in Amazon credit....

Wow, nice job on answering 6000 of those win a nickel trivia questions.

-smak-

Posted by: Dan203

Actually you can only apply your "win a nickle" money to 10% of your order. I actually had a few bucks worth when I placed this order. :)

Dan

Posted by: dslunceford

quote:
Originally posted by smak
Wow, nice job on answering 6000 of those win a nickel trivia questions.

-smak-

:D:D:D Actually, it's rebates on our Amazon Visa and I just got another $25 certificate today....we charge everything to it each month and pay off balance -- groceries, gas, whatever we can...

Posted by: rasheed

quote:
Originally posted by smak
Wow, nice job on answering 6000 of those win a nickel trivia questions.

-smak-

I think you mean 60,000.

Hmm, what was question 53,427, something maybe:

Why does Amazon do the Friday sales?
(Hint: We like baking too.)

1) To get one last chance to see those big hardware drills that are lying around the warehouses...
2) We have just way too many Matfer Exopats..
3) None, we just like to make you think we are really having a sale.

Rasheed

Posted by: Dan203

quote:
Originally posted by dslunceford
:D:D:D Actually, it's rebates on our Amazon Visa and I just got another $25 certificate today....we charge everything to it each month and pay off balance -- groceries, gas, whatever we can...

That's where $25 of my money came from too. I just happen to get the certificate in the mail a couple days before my birthday, so I counted it as birthday money. :)

Dan

Posted by: j31

Why not set up an intricate set of mirrors leading back to the TiVo.

Posted by: timckelley

quote:
Originally posted by rasheed
I think you mean 60,000.
Rasheed

No, I think it would be 6,000:

6000 * 5 cents = 300 dollars

Posted by: fdg99

quote:
Originally posted by rasheed
I think you mean 60,000.

Hmm, what was question 53,427, something maybe:

Why does Amazon do the Friday sales?
(Hint: We like baking too.)

1) To get one last chance to see those big hardware drills that are lying around the warehouses...
2) We have just way too many Matfer Exopats..
3) None, we just like to make you think we are really having a sale.

Rasheed

That would be $3000. Rasheed you a mathematician?!?!

Posted by: rasheed

Sorry. I shouldn't post so late at night.

Rasheed

Posted by: futerfas

I keep getting nickels but I can't figure out where they go. Can someone help me

Posted by: futerfas

Never mind, I found it

Posted by: pseudonym

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dan203
I just happened across this cool little portable TV that, instead of having a built in tuner, actually comes with a 2.4GHz transmitter that can feed it a video signal from any A/V device withinu 300'. That means you could watch TiVo in the kitchen, the garage, the backyard, [b]the bathroom :)... wherever. All for a mere $149.

I've achieved the same thing through an elaborate arrangement of mirrors placed strategically through the house......

Posted by: mbernste

quote:
Originally posted by Michael_in_MD
Since my TIVO, VCR, and DVD players are in my family room, I added RF modulators to my Family Room TIVO via the VCR on CH 125, DVD on CH121, and 2nd digital cable box on CH 123. IR Pyramids are located in the kitchen, and two bedrooms.

And what device, pray tell, are you using to keep the FCC away? :)

Posted by: phone1

quote:
Originally posted by mbernste
And what device, pray tell, are you using to keep the FCC away? :)

John Ashcroft runs the Justice Department, not the FCC. The FCC doesn't care what you do with wiring inside your home.

Posted by: DCIFRTHS

quote:
Originally posted by j31
Why not set up an intricate set of mirrors leading back to the TiVo.

TiVoDLP :eek:

Posted by: loopey

quote:
Originally posted by Dan203
That means you could watch TiVo in the kitchen, the garage, the backyard, the bathroom :)... wherever.

I just thought I'd let everyone know he's been happily watching it in the bathroom and it works just fine :).

Like he would use it anywhere else...