| Friday, March 07, 2008 |
| We Have Liftoff! |
Thanks to my buddy mokiejovis, who in part said:
"Cable from wall -> splitter
Splitter -> HD Box -> TV
Splitter -> Tivo -> TV"
Sounds simpler than it is, trust me, but it confirmed what I had already figured out. The initial problem turned out not to be my hookup scheme, but rather programming the TV properly to recognize all the inputs and outputs correctly. However, I think I'm going to have to upgrade to the HD Tivo in the nearer future than I planned, because the number of remote controls involved in switching back and forth between HD and Tivo are a pain in the patooty. I was going to get a Blue Ray player first, but honestly, I can download most any movie I have the time to watch now in HD, and I watch more recorded TV than movies. I left the DVD player disconnected for now just because I have other TVs in the house I can watch a DVD on, and it was just one more remote to mess around with. |
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I'm not sure how much money you have to spend on peripherals, but in the future you might consider getting on of Logitech's fancy universal remotes. I have the Harmony 670 and it is bad ass.
It took far longer than usual (about 2 hours) to set up the remote for use, but I've never really had to mess with it since, and it does everything the other four remotes I used to have did.
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I'm not sure how much money you have to spend on peripherals, but in the future you might consider getting on of Logitech's fancy universal remotes. I have the Harmony 670 and it is bad ass.
It took far longer than usual (about 2 hours) to set up the remote for use, but I've never really had to mess with it since, and it does everything the other four remotes I used to have did.