Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Suwanee, GA
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I'm able to schedule recordings remotely, so I'm assuming that its working on my TIVO.

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It's funny how many people are eager for the HMO activation even though they are stuck at work. I bet they also watch the fedex online shipping information to see when does thier package get to the next stop.

I too am signed up for the trial but I don't think I'll pay $99 for it. I only plan to use the audio server portion. However, I would love to install the javaHMO application to have the weather and movie schedules available.

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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Tucson, Az
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Do you have to reset your system to get this going? It says that it does not recognize the IP server address. It is the right address, the TIVO server is running and I did publicj pistures to it, but still nothing

Help

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Do you have to reset your system to get this going? It says that it does not recognize the IP server address. It is the right address, the TIVO server is running and I did publicj pistures to it, but still nothing

Help

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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Tucson, Az
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I read that and checked it all and still nothing.

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Location: Tucson, Az
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I got it working, but the only thing is that I have to click on the server IP and it says that it cannot be found, do you want to keep it anyway? I click YES and then my photos and music show up. I have to do that each time

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Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Ladera Ranch, So OC, CA
Posts: 59

Was the TV commercial one with a bunch of celeb's ? I ask because my cousin was showing me the TiVo commercial they just finished ( he's a TV commercial director) and they were so good they renewed my interest and finally bought one a couple of weeks ago.

I also signed up for the trial & ordered a 2nd Series2 (40GB this time as have 80GB) over the weekend from Amazon so I can try out the sharing/transfer feature.

My biggest objection which I will do a main post on is that if you want to share shows between DVR's you effectively have to pay TWICE.

FIRST, you have to pay $99 for 1st TiVo and $49 for any others in your house.
SECOND, you have to have an active TiVo subscription on EVERY TiVo you want to share with.

My problem with this is maybe just personal but I am sure it will stop some people from purchasing the option.

Ideally, I would like a Tivo in all 3 viewing areas (Bedroom, media/bonus room & family room) and be able to watch any show from any TiVo. I only want ONE of the TiVo's to have Season Pass etc that you get with the subscriptions.

My recommendation would be either:-
- $99 flat fee per TiVo household
or
- $99 1st & $49 subsequent but only ONE subscription required

Does this seem unreasonable ?

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For me, the only feature of HMO that I find worth paying for is the ability to schedule recordings from work. What would I pay for this ... probably about $30. (After all, I don't tend to travel, so in most situations I could simply wait to get home to schedule recordings I think about while at work.)

Honestly, if we had a 2nd TiVo and 2nd TV we might find the ability to share shows worthwhile. If we were to have two of each TV and TiVo I would probably be willing to pay $60 for this feature.

Music? I've got most of mine on a laptop which can be plugged direcly into my Amp if I desire ... and most of my collections are already burned onto MP3/WMA discs which I can play with my DVD player.

Pictures? Most everyone says they prefer the resolution of our 17" monitor to our 20" TV.

Of course, there are some who would value only the portions of HMO that I don't need or want.

If the point of this free trial is to get us to value the product enough to buy it, they've convinced me that I don't want to pay $100 for it. On the other hand, if they are going to follow up the free trial with survey about how to price the various components individually, this is smart. If TiVo would price these components separately, they may perhaps have more income from the HMO technologies.

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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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My HMO wasn't here until I forced TiVo to connect to the TiVo service.....and since I installed JavaHMO last week I'm up and running....very cool. My only problem is that TiVo states there is no playable music in my Playlist folder.....which has 2 playlists, one with a streaming radio station and the other of music located on my PC.....going to go research that problem now.

Now every cross your fingers for a reduced HMO rate to go along with the free trial!

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I'm enjoying the HMO trial so far. I've been thinking about buying an AudioTron for awhile, to play MP3s over my network. The Tivo seems to do the job well enough, and $99 is better than $250.

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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Buffalo, NY
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Anyone else get a blue-screen-of-death error if they publish a huge directory of MP3s or photos? If I publish a whole folder with other subfolders, when I try to browse on the TiVo, my PC crashes.

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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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I'm using JavaHMO and my MP3 library has 2000+ songs all in subfolders of the library folder....no problems....

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Toledo, OH
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Not sure if everyone has seen this yet, but TiVo announced a new feature at CES: Moving recordings to the PC, recording them to DVD, listening to XM radio, and the possiblities of scheduling recordings from your cell phone. More info is available here: http://www.cnet.com/4520-7912_1-5116597-1.html

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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Clovis, CA
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My free trial is up and going but I didn't get any notice, I just forced a TiVo connection after reading these posts, and it was there. After fiddling around with the TiVo software for a while and it crashed a couple times, I downloaded the JavaHMO version and have been happier with that. I haven't had much time to play with it, but it is very cool to be able to look at my family photos on a big screen, as well as access my 1100+ MP3s on my home theater sound system. I suspect I'll end up buying it, I'm a sucker though.

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Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Ladera Ranch, So OC, CA
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My HMO also appeared when I got home today.

Loaded TiVo desktop and shared a bunch of photo albums.

Interesting point to make that TiVo should note was that I then went into the bedroom where the TiVo is located and my wife's show had just gone to commercial. So I switched over to TiVo and showed her the photos.
They looked really good (4 megapixel photos) but all my (fairly tech savy) wife could say was "why do I want to look at photos on the TV !"

2nd TiVo should get here in next day or 2 so will test sharing the saved shows and report back

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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Chicago
Posts: 40

Mine is up and running and I love it ! I'll probably be plunking down the $99.00.Like anything else it isn't perfect might not even be worth the price but it'll do.

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Is anyone else still waiting for theirs to be turned on?
I received the email confirmation.
I've forced several connections and it's still not on.

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For me, the only feature of HMO that I find worth paying for is the ability to schedule recordings from work.

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Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Miami, FL
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Is anyone still waiting for their HMO free trial to activate?

I've forced the Tivo to connect serveral times, but still nothing...

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