In case you missed it TdF rebroadcast

Badger_South wrote:
|| BOOHAW!!!
||
|| Thanksgiving Day
|| Tour de France Marathon
|| Wed., Nov. 24 and Thur. Nov. 25
|| Stages and air times TBD
||
|| I know where I'm going to be - in my computer room with a hyoouge
|| box of old BtVS video tapes that need taped over. But then I may
|| have said too much... ;-D
||
|| -B
|| Yes, Rose, I did manage not to pee on myself when I read this, but
|| not by much.
|| Iloveyouoln

TIVO time! 🙂

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:07:15 -0400, "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Badger_South wrote:
|| BOOHAW!!!
||
|| Thanksgiving Day
|| Tour de France Marathon
|| Wed., Nov. 24 and Thur. Nov. 25
|| Stages and air times TBD
||
|| I know where I'm going to be - in my computer room with a hyoouge
|| box of old BtVS video tapes that need taped over. But then I may
|| have said too much... ;-D
||
|| -B
|| Yes, Rose, I did manage not to pee on myself when I read this, but
|| not by much.
|| Iloveyouoln

TIVO time! 🙂

Just remember, that's a lot of video, some 3-4 hrs per stage, some long
days, and lots of commercials. I don't know how TiVO works (hard drive?),
but it ain't gonna store the whole thing, I dont guess. Get lots and lots
of videotapes, at least 10-12, depending on the speed you use SP or LP.

Can your TiVO excise the commercials?

-B

Badger_South said:

-B
Yes, Rose, I did manage not to pee on myself when I read this, but not by
much.

*falls over laughing*

-km

--
Only cowards fight kids -- unidentified Moscow protester

http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts
proud to be owned by a yorkie

Badger_South wrote:
|| On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:07:15 -0400, "Roger Zoul"
|| <[email hidden]> wrote:
||
||| Badger_South wrote:
||||| BOOHAW!!!
|||||
||||| Thanksgiving Day
||||| Tour de France Marathon
||||| Wed., Nov. 24 and Thur. Nov. 25
||||| Stages and air times TBD
|||||
||||| I know where I'm going to be - in my computer room with a hyoouge
||||| box of old BtVS video tapes that need taped over. But then I may
||||| have said too much... ;-D
|||||
||||| -B
||||| Yes, Rose, I did manage not to pee on myself when I read this, but
||||| not by much.
||||| Iloveyouoln
|||
||| TIVO time! 🙂
||
|| Just remember, that's a lot of video, some 3-4 hrs per stage, some
|| long days, and lots of commercials. I don't know how TiVO works
|| (hard drive?), but it ain't gonna store the whole thing, I dont
|| guess. Get lots and lots of videotapes, at least 10-12, depending on
|| the speed you use SP or LP.

I bought the lowest end, 10GB tivo on e-Bay a while ago. I let it sit
unopened for a year. Then I decided to use it, so using instructions
available online, I copied the OS off the 10 GB HD and moved it over to a
120 GB HD. At the same time, I added another 100 GB HD. So I now have 220
GB worth of storage. That's a lot of recording time.

I had the entire 2004 TdF on that puppy, along with other stuff.

Yes, that would have been a lot of stuff to transfer off to tape, but then I
don't do tapes any more. If I really wanted to, I could record it to SVHS
tape and then transfer it over to my PC via capture and then encode, edit,
and store on DVD. Or, one can get a DVD-recorder (some come with TIVO built
in, BTW). Or, one can just spring for the DVD sets and be done with the
whole thing. I'll probably go for that last option, since I have other more
fruitful things to do with my time (like riding and dating!).

||
|| Can your TiVO excise the commercials?
||

No, but you can fastward through them. And if you do the capture thing, you
can edit them out.

TIVO was a good investment for me. No more having to be in front of the
tube at certain times and no hassles setting up recording. You set a season
pass and it does the rest of the work.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:30:41 -0400, "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I bought the lowest end, 10GB tivo on e-Bay a while ago. I let it sit
unopened for a year. Then I decided to use it, so using instructions
available online, I copied the OS off the 10 GB HD and moved it over to a
120 GB HD. At the same time, I added another 100 GB HD. So I now have 220
GB worth of storage. That's a lot of recording time.

I had the entire 2004 TdF on that puppy, along with other stuff.

Yes, that would have been a lot of stuff to transfer off to tape, but then I
don't do tapes any more. If I really wanted to, I could record it to SVHS
tape and then transfer it over to my PC via capture and then encode, edit,
and store on DVD. Or, one can get a DVD-recorder (some come with TIVO built
in, BTW). Or, one can just spring for the DVD sets and be done with the
whole thing. I'll probably go for that last option, since I have other more
fruitful things to do with my time (like riding and dating!).

OMG. Need a room-mate?

-B
If you looked like Halle Berry I'd...well, nevermind. ;-p

Roger Zoul said:

TIVO was a good investment for me. No more having to be in front of
the tube at certain times and no hassles setting up recording. You
set a season pass and it does the rest of the work.

You need to pay for the service, though, right? Like 10 bucks a month?

Bill "three VCRs" S.

Badger_South wrote:
|| On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:30:41 -0400, "Roger Zoul"
|| <[email hidden]> wrote:
||
||| I bought the lowest end, 10GB tivo on e-Bay a while ago. I let it
||| sit unopened for a year. Then I decided to use it, so using
||| instructions available online, I copied the OS off the 10 GB HD and
||| moved it over to a 120 GB HD. At the same time, I added another 100
||| GB HD. So I now have 220 GB worth of storage. That's a lot of
||| recording time.
|||
||| I had the entire 2004 TdF on that puppy, along with other stuff.
|||
||| Yes, that would have been a lot of stuff to transfer off to tape,
||| but then I don't do tapes any more. If I really wanted to, I could
||| record it to SVHS tape and then transfer it over to my PC via
||| capture and then encode, edit, and store on DVD. Or, one can get a
||| DVD-recorder (some come with TIVO built in, BTW). Or, one can just
||| spring for the DVD sets and be done with the whole thing. I'll
||| probably go for that last option, since I have other more fruitful
||| things to do with my time (like riding and dating!).
||
|| OMG. Need a room-mate?
||
|| -B
|| If you looked like Halle Berry I'd...well, nevermind. ;-p

If you looked like Halle Berry, I'd...well, you know. 🙂

B i l l S o r n s o n wrote:
|| Roger Zoul wrote:
||| TIVO was a good investment for me. No more having to be in front of
||| the tube at certain times and no hassles setting up recording. You
||| set a season pass and it does the rest of the work.
||
|| You need to pay for the service, though, right? Like 10 bucks a
|| month?

Something like that. I bought a lifetime membership for $250, so if I get
two years usage, I break even as far as the service fee is concerned. And,
if the unit breaks, I may be able to get it fixed. The lifetime membership
is on the unit...so if it dies your membership dies. But, if you sell your
unit, the membership goes with it, making the unit worth more.

Roger Zoul said:

Badger_South wrote:
|| On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:30:41 -0400, "Roger Zoul"
|| <[email hidden]> wrote:
||
||| I bought the lowest end, 10GB tivo on e-Bay a while ago. I let it
||| sit unopened for a year. Then I decided to use it, so using
||| instructions available online, I copied the OS off the 10 GB HD and
||| moved it over to a 120 GB HD. At the same time, I added another 100
||| GB HD. So I now have 220 GB worth of storage. That's a lot of
||| recording time.
|||
||| I had the entire 2004 TdF on that puppy, along with other stuff.
|||
||| Yes, that would have been a lot of stuff to transfer off to tape,
||| but then I don't do tapes any more. If I really wanted to, I could
||| record it to SVHS tape and then transfer it over to my PC via
||| capture and then encode, edit, and store on DVD. Or, one can get a
||| DVD-recorder (some come with TIVO built in, BTW). Or, one can just
||| spring for the DVD sets and be done with the whole thing. I'll
||| probably go for that last option, since I have other more fruitful
||| things to do with my time (like riding and dating!).
||
|| OMG. Need a room-mate?
||
|| -B
|| If you looked like Halle Berry I'd...well, nevermind. ;-p

If you looked like Halle Berry, I'd...well, you know. 🙂

Ferpetesake, get a room already!

*innocent look*

-km

--
Only cowards fight kids -- unidentified Moscow protester

http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts
proud to be owned by a yorkie

Badger_South wrote:
....

Quoted message said:

Thanksgiving Day
Tour de France Marathon
Wed., Nov. 24 and Thur. Nov. 25
Stages and air times TBD...

Thanks for not spoiling the ending for us. ;D

--Karen M.

the black rose wrote:
|| Roger Zoul wrote:
||| Badger_South wrote:
||||| On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:30:41 -0400, "Roger Zoul"
||||| <[email hidden]> wrote:
|||||
|||||| I bought the lowest end, 10GB tivo on e-Bay a while ago. I let
|||||| it sit unopened for a year. Then I decided to use it, so using
|||||| instructions available online, I copied the OS off the 10 GB HD
|||||| and moved it over to a 120 GB HD. At the same time, I added
|||||| another 100 GB HD. So I now have 220 GB worth of storage.
|||||| That's a lot of recording time.
||||||
|||||| I had the entire 2004 TdF on that puppy, along with other stuff.
||||||
|||||| Yes, that would have been a lot of stuff to transfer off to tape,
|||||| but then I don't do tapes any more. If I really wanted to, I
|||||| could record it to SVHS tape and then transfer it over to my PC
|||||| via capture and then encode, edit, and store on DVD. Or, one
|||||| can get a DVD-recorder (some come with TIVO built in, BTW). Or,
|||||| one can just spring for the DVD sets and be done with the whole
|||||| thing. I'll probably go for that last option, since I have other
|||||| more fruitful things to do with my time (like riding and
|||||| dating!).
|||||
||||| OMG. Need a room-mate?
|||||
||||| -B
||||| If you looked like Halle Berry I'd...well, nevermind. ;-p
|||
||| If you looked like Halle Berry, I'd...well, you know. 🙂
||
|| Ferpetesake, get a room already!
||
|| *innocent look*

Hmm....if I could get a room with HB, I wouldn't be posting in here!

(Karen M.) said:

Badger_South wrote:
...

Quoted message said:

Thanksgiving Day
Tour de France Marathon
Wed., Nov. 24 and Thur. Nov. 25
Stages and air times TBD...

Thanks for not spoiling the ending for us. ;D

--Karen M.

Boy I know there's a joke in there somewhere...

How about 'it never ends, but is playing on continuous loop in Badger's
room'?

My brother said 'there's a TdF Marathon, too?' LOL.

-B
runners, take your mark!

Badger_South said:

My brother said 'there's a TdF Marathon, too?' LOL.

The TdF Triathlon:

54-mile swim, 2500-mile bike ride, 585-mile run.

--Blair
"I don't know if I could survive booking
that through a travel agency..."

Roger Zoul said:

I bought the lowest end, 10GB tivo on e-Bay a while ago. I let it sit
unopened for a year. Then I decided to use it, so using instructions
available online, I copied the OS off the 10 GB HD and moved it over to a
120 GB HD. At the same time, I added another 100 GB HD. So I now have 220
GB worth of storage. That's a lot of recording time.

You can buy the huge-size HDs already preloaded for TiVo
from various sites on the web, so your ploy of getting a
castoff TiVo for dirt cheap is a pretty good one.

--Blair
"But then, watching bike racing isn't
nearly as much fun as, you know, bike
racing..."

Roger Zoul said:

the black rose wrote:
|| Roger Zoul wrote:
||| Badger_South wrote:
||||| On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:30:41 -0400, "Roger Zoul"
||||| <[email hidden]> wrote:
||||||
|||||| Yes, that would have been a lot of stuff to transfer off to tape,
|||||| but then I don't do tapes any more. If I really wanted to, I
|||||| could record it to SVHS tape and then transfer it over to my PC
|||||| via capture and then encode, edit, and store on DVD. Or, one
|||||| can get a DVD-recorder (some come with TIVO built in, BTW). Or,
|||||| one can just spring for the DVD sets and be done with the whole
|||||| thing. I'll probably go for that last option, since I have other
|||||| more fruitful things to do with my time (like riding and
|||||| dating!).
|||||
||||| OMG. Need a room-mate?
|||||
||||| If you looked like Halle Berry I'd...well, nevermind. ;-p
|||
||| If you looked like Halle Berry, I'd...well, you know. 🙂
||
|| Ferpetesake, get a room already!
|| *innocent look*

Hmm....if I could get a room with HB, I wouldn't be posting in here!

Where do you think I've been for the last three days?

--Blair
"Teresa Kerry. Rrrowl."

Blair P. Houghton said:

Badger_South said:

My brother said 'there's a TdF Marathon, too?' LOL.

The TdF Triathlon:

54-mile swim, 2500-mile bike ride, 585-mile run.

--Blair
"I don't know if I could survive booking
that through a travel agency..."

Hah. Cute.

I'd envision it like this:

o 0.0005681818 mile swim (*);

o 2500 mile bike ride;

o 0.001893939 mile run into team trailer; (x 19)

-B
(*)(in the motel hot tub with the podium girls);

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
|| Roger Zoul <[email hidden]> wrote:
||| I bought the lowest end, 10GB tivo on e-Bay a while ago. I let it
||| sit unopened for a year. Then I decided to use it, so using
||| instructions available online, I copied the OS off the 10 GB HD and
||| moved it over to a 120 GB HD. At the same time, I added another 100
||| GB HD. So I now have 220 GB worth of storage. That's a lot of
||| recording time.
||
|| You can buy the huge-size HDs already preloaded for TiVo
|| from various sites on the web, so your ploy of getting a
|| castoff TiVo for dirt cheap is a pretty good one.
||

I don't think those were available when I got my unit. The 'net moves at a
scary pace, though.

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
|| Roger Zoul <[email hidden]> wrote:
||| the black rose wrote:
||||| Roger Zoul wrote:
|||||| Badger_South wrote:
|||||||| On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:30:41 -0400, "Roger Zoul"
|||||||| <[email hidden]> wrote:
|||||||||
||||||||| Yes, that would have been a lot of stuff to transfer off to
||||||||| tape, but then I don't do tapes any more. If I really wanted
||||||||| to, I could record it to SVHS tape and then transfer it over
||||||||| to my PC via capture and then encode, edit, and store on DVD.
||||||||| Or, one can get a DVD-recorder (some come with TIVO built in,
||||||||| BTW). Or, one can just spring for the DVD sets and be done
||||||||| with the whole thing. I'll probably go for that last option,
||||||||| since I have other more fruitful things to do with my time
||||||||| (like riding and dating!).
||||||||
|||||||| OMG. Need a room-mate?
||||||||
|||||||| If you looked like Halle Berry I'd...well, nevermind. ;-p
||||||
|||||| If you looked like Halle Berry, I'd...well, you know. 🙂
|||||
||||| Ferpetesake, get a room already!
||||| *innocent look*
|||
||| Hmm....if I could get a room with HB, I wouldn't be posting in here!
||
|| Where do you think I've been for the last three days?

Put in a good word for me, dude!

Badger_South wrote:
....

Quoted message said:

(*)(in the motel hot tub with the podium girls);

I want to see "podium girls" make it into the modern lexicon
outside of rec.bicycles*.*.

--Karen M.