Originally Posted by v0id (Post 35427441)

I nominate it for post of the month :D

Originally Posted by Stuart (Post 35427331)

Some do. Most don't. The problem is that our battery technology is just not up to creating a battery powerful enough to run a Tivo for any length of time and stay small enough for people to have it in their living room.

Originally Posted by NIco V (Post 35427606)

Laptops ? ;)

Originally Posted by Stuart (Post 35427608)

Laptops will only run for a few hours on battery, and are not continually downloading and decoding multiple HD streams.

Originally Posted by Stuart (Post 35427331)

Some do. Most don't. The problem is that our battery technology is just not up to creating a battery powerful enough to run a Tivo for any length of time and stay small enough for people to have it in their living room.

A clock or clock radio doesn't use an awful lot of power. You can get ones that run for weeks on a couple of AA batteries. The battery required to run a Tivo for any length of time would be considerably larger than the Tivo itself.

Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35426810)

Seriously?? You actually posted that on here? Hahaha.

Am sorry but that has to be the daftest question I have ever seen. A bit like asking if my phone would still makes calls if I took the battery out.

Originally Posted by NIco V (Post 35427622)

The OP said " if she unplugs her TiVo from the mains, it still records!!!"


Tivo ain't different from a laptop.... the OP never talked about downloading and decoding multiple HD streams

Originally Posted by Telly Bear (Post 35427628)

Usually people only ask the questions to which they don't know the answer and this is the forum for answering the OP's question. Being made fun of by a moderator on forum that's purpose is to answer these kind of questions is a bit silly really.

Originally Posted by Telly Bear (Post 35427628)

My laptop is pretty powerful and runs just fine on its battery for a couple of hours. I don't see TiVo pulling much more power than a good laptop and TiVo doesn't have an LCD screen to power as well.

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Usually people only ask the questions to which they don't know the answer and this is the forum for answering the OP's question. Being made fun of by a moderator on forum that's purpose is to answer these kind of questions is a bit silly really.

Technically a TiVo being able to record whilst in standby via a battery pack is theoretically possible but I think you'll find the cost of adding the battery means it will never happen.

It maybe obvious to some TiVo doesn't have a back up but not everyone is so technically minded(although on this kind of forum you would expect users to be a bit more clued up)

Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35427650)

My post was made as a user of this forum, not as a mod. See my sig for how to spot a mod post.

Originally Posted by parky (Post 35427651)

I does not change who you are though.

Originally Posted by Telly Bear (Post 35427628)

Usually people only ask the questions to which they don't know the answer and this is the forum for answering the OP's question. Being made fun of by anybody on forum that's purpose is to answer these kind of questions is worthy of moderation.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35427201)

Nonsense, some appliances work when the power is disconnected. I have a clock radio that has a back up battery.

Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35427687)

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

How oxymoronic can you get.... You've removed the power yet left another power source in place.....