TiVo : General TiVo Discussion Part 3

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by andy_m

When you asked them to explain it what was their breakdown?

An Abba song - I guess

[Joedm45]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

Have a think about...
- Cost of new box
- Cost of man & van to deliver it to your house and install it
- Cost of administration on back-end systems
- Cost of refurbishing your old box

Even the person who handled your phone call today needs paying.

Or a more likely answer would be they mis-understood and quoted for an additional box instead of a replacement

[DaMac]

Cost of refurbishing box shouldn't come into it, because obviously that charge will be shunted on to the next person who rents it.

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by DaMac

Cost of refurbishing box shouldn't come into it, because obviously that charge will be shunted on to the next person who rents it.

Why? As we are all in this together?

[denphone]

Mixtures app added to the Tivo apps section.

[gsc140107]

Originally Posted by gsc140107

alwaysabear - as far as i can remember the connections are all phono (RCA) female ones.

jempalmer - do i need the TOSLINK if i buy this convertor box from amazon ?? If i'm reading it right, it says this is a TOSLINK ??

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neet%C2%AE-D...=2Q28B0QL10PCN

Also is it just a standard RCA male to male cable I need ?? It doesn't need to be anything special does it ??

On the same subject as this: is this the OPTICAL DIGITAL cable i need to go from back of TiVo box, then into DIGITAL-ANALOGUE convertor box ??

Cable link:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1m-PURE-OP...item257018d2ac

Convertor box link:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1108626790...84.m1423.l2649

[carlwaring]

The cable's certainly the correct one.

[gsc140107]

Thanks carl, whats the opinion on the convertor ?? I'm told its the right one, but open to advice !!!

[carlwaring]

No idea, sorry. Don't know a thing about them.

[DaMac]

Box will do the job, albeit not at audiophile quality.

[spiderplant]

The pictures are the right thing, but the page title says analogue to digital. I suggest you contact the seller to check.

Originally Posted by spiderplant

The pictures are the right thing, but the page title says analogue to digital. I suggest you contact the seller to check.

Yes, it needs to be digital to analogue. It would appear to be the opposite. Take a look at this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Opti...6150314&sr=1-4

[DaMac]

.. It is obviously the wrong title, if you look at the picture it very obviously has phono at the output side.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by DaMac

.. It is obviously the wrong title, if you look at the picture it very obviously has phono at the output side.

It is obviously the wrong picture, if you look at the title it very obviously is an analogue to digital converter.

The fact is none of us know for sure. Which is why I suggested to contact the seller. (Better still, do as jem suggests and use Amazon instead)

[borrissey]

Just got my TiVo upgraded from 500GB to 1TB, now both my TiVos will be 1tb. Engineer is coming Friday. I contacted the neilberkett email address and explained the situatiuon that I was quoted an extra £15 a month and they said they'd get back to me, they just rang said and there's no charge at all Nice one VM!!