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Didn't see a MRV FAQ anywhere. Have an upgraded S2 (stock 60 hour, now 226) in the living room. Have always wanted a 2nd tivo in the bedroom to do MRV, but considering this is the only feature of HMO I would use regularly, didn't make sense to spend $120 (40 hr), $300 (lifetime), $150 (HMO) = $570. Now that it's changed, I'm seriously considering buying a 40 hour and paying the $7 monthly fee. Way to go Tivo. Anyways....

I record baseball at night, which will often supercede several season passes. My thought was to have the new Tivo be in charge of baseball games.

I have a b router.

-How long does transferring one program to the other typically take.
-Are you able to start watching the beginning of the program once its been sent over?
-Are you able to send an in process recording to another Tivo, so that I could at least watch the beginning of baseball on the living room tivo.
-Can you watch MRV even if the central computer the router is hooked up to is off?
-Is cooperative scheduling on the way? If so, do you think it will be a chargeable feature?
-Can you pull/see info from the other tivo to start a transfer, or do you have to transfer it from tivo on which it resides.
-Can you use MRV on a unsubbed S2
-Does Tivo have a timer to turn off the tv in a certain amount of time. I like falling asleep to white noise.
-Do you lose picture clarity after the transfer?
-Will the new design be available for 40 & 80 hour varieties
-How much does 40 hour at Best equate to...~15 hours?

Biggest concern is fan noise, so I'll probably buy from BB and see whether it bothers me enough.

Thanks

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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Nashua, New Hampster
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calitivo

I can answer a few of your Q's:

-How long does transferring one program to the other typically take.

At BEST quality, transfers happen just a tad slower than real-time. Meaning, you should initiate your transfer a few minutes ahead of time if you want to watch while transfering. If yo skip thru commericals you will probably get to the front of the transfer buffer...and "please wait"...

Lower quality transfers happen faster than real time.

-Are you able to start watching the beginning of the program once its been sent over?

Yes, during and after transfer is complete.

-Can you watch MRV even if the central computer the router is hooked up to is off?

As long as the router is on, you're still networking TiVo-TiVo...

-Is cooperative scheduling on the way? If so, do you think it will be a chargeable feature?

No word on cooperative scheduling. Would be very cool...but not an option.

-Can you pull/see info from the other tivo to start a transfer, or do you have to transfer it from tivo on which it resides.

The std use model is where you initiate a PULL from the TiVo containing the program to the TiVo you want to transfer to... Both TiVo's can see each other's NOW PLAYING lists. That's where you pick a program to PULL.

-Can you use MRV on a unsubbed S2

Don;t think so. Both machines need to subscribe to HMO (now free).

-Does Tivo have a timer to turn off the tv in a certain amount of time. I like falling asleep to white noise.

No TiVo timer. This is a TV function.

-Do you lose picture clarity after the transfer?

No additional loss beyond the original loss from TiVo compression.

-Will the new design be available for 40 & 80 hour varieties

No limit on SA units

-How much does 40 hour at Best equate to...~15 hours?

~yes

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Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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-- Can you initiate transfer before program has completed recording?

No

mds

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