[tfederov]

I saw an interesting post at another site today and it got me thinking. When was your first experience of a DVR and when did you realize it would change the way you watch TV?

The post I was reading mentioned how the person didn't have to manage videotapes anymore.

My first experience was around 2000 with a Series 2 TiVo (Not the DIRECTV models). I thought pausing live TV was cool but once I realized I could just set up what I wanted to record and watch it later without having to make sure everything was set to go (tape in the VCR, etc.) I was hooked.

 

[dcowboy7]

When was your first experience of a DVR.

i was a little drunk, just had broken up with my girlfriend, the dvr was all new and shiny and i guess i pressed its buttons just fine....well thats how it started.

 

[goober22]

2005 and with Knology cable. I thought, "what the hey?!" A VHS recorder serves me fine, but I'll try out this DVR thing".

 

[GopherIce]

Last year and am now hooked, along with the kids...and that is why I am getting another. My next step will be to get a dvd recorder so that I can keep hard-copies...probably only a short 5 years away! My signature pretty much explains where I am at with the 'new' gadgets..

 

[krock918316]

Got started Christmas Day 2001 with a non-DirecTV Series 2 TiVo. Had at least one ever since.

 

[Steve]

I first read about TiVo in 1998, when it was still on the drawing board. I was an early adopter, paying over $700 for my first Series 1 in 1999. Bought it on Amazon, IIRC. From that moment on, my viewing habits changed dramatically. I can probably count the # of times I've watched live TV since then on toes and fingers. /steve

 

[RunnerFL]

In 2000 when I bought my a Series 1 DirecTivo, back before both tuners were enabled. First thing I did was hack it so both tuners could record.

I still have the unit too. lol

 

[spanishannouncetable]

I got my hands on a Dish Network 501 in April 2001. It showed me the potential of DVRs and I upgraded to a DTiVo a few months later. I added a 2nd DTiVo in Feb. 2002 and sold the 501.

TiVo now, TiVo tomorrow, TiVo forever

 

[RAD]

My first DVR was a Dish 501, not sure of the date, but I think it would have been around 2002.

 

[dave29]

i the first dvr i ever used was one that i purchased in 2001, directv tivo. now i have 8 active directv dvr's

 

[bgottschalk]

My first was a Mediacom cable Motorola DVR in April 2005.

Couldn't wait to try it out and now I can't imagine not having 1 (or 2 or 3 :hurah: ).

 

[sbianchi]

Ahh the memories. Me and my Sony Sat-T60.. Those were the days... Even though it was 2000 it seems like a lifetime ago!

But did that tivo ever change my life. Could not imagine watching tv without a DVR now..

 

[old7]

My first drink was with a Sony SAT-T60 (DirecTiVo) in early 2000, before both tuners were active. Once both tuners were activated I bought 2 more and upgraded all the hard drives.

 

[cadet502]

I think it was sometime in 2002, our main VCR had just crapped out. (damn that was a good vcr, one of those RCA's with true commercial skip)

My sister had given my dad a TIVO for a gift, we're talking a 70 year old without a real knack for electronics. He LOVED it! So we got a Series 2 TIVO (20 hour?) Season pass, what a concept.

 

[Surveyor40]

Hi my name is Surveyor40, and it is now 8 years, 5 months, 2 weeks, and 1 day since I last watched " live TV " and mindlessly bought blank videotapes. Since purchasing my first DVR, a Sony Series 1 Tivo - SVR-2000, and adding several D*Tivo boxes since. I am finally free of the dreaded tracking knob, flashing 12:00 (power failure), forgetting to push the timer rec button, put the D* receiver on the correct channel, and nursing sore fingertips from pressing the tiny timer prog buttons (VCR).

 

[bonscott87]

October 2000, a stand alone Tivo...Sony SVR-2000 I think it was. Got it because we kept missing Stargate on Showtime because I'd forget to put in a tape in the VCR.

 

[inkahauts]

What day did Replay Tv launch? And then subtract about a month from that date, because thas when I first saw it and wanted it, and knew it was the only way to go... And ah, yeah, that was before Tivo came out... (hey, I was working at good guys... we sold home electronics...)

 

[houskamp]

Decided to get a dvr about 6mo before HR came out.. Found DBSTalk.. Waited for HR release and bought one of the 1st that BB had (hitting refresh on BB website for a week).. 3 mo later bought a second and later got a HR21.. rest is history..

 

[LameLefty]

December October or November 2001 when we got our first DirecTivo (Phillips DSR6000, a/k/a a "Series 1"). We were hooked. We got a second one as soon as they showed up again at retailer websites, which was about January '02.

 

[Grydlok]

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