I’m going to need a recording solution that changes the channel on my cable box.
That's exactly what the Tivo will do. It has some little infrared blasters that you put in front of the cable box where it normally gets its signal from your remote control. You tape the blasters in place, and you're set. I have a Time Warner Cable cable box and Tivo, and have achieved what you're looking for, the freedom to shed the shackles of TV. Heck, there are still, like, six episodes each of 24 and Alias from last season sitting in my Tivo (picked up by the Tivo's Season Pass option, so I didn't even have to do the work of scheduling the episode recordings one by one). 24 and Alias get watched when it suits my schedule.
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Date: 2002-08-11 05:05 am (UTC)That's exactly what the Tivo will do. It has some little infrared blasters that you put in front of the cable box where it normally gets its signal from your remote control. You tape the blasters in place, and you're set. I have a Time Warner Cable cable box and Tivo, and have achieved what you're looking for, the freedom to shed the shackles of TV. Heck, there are still, like, six episodes each of 24 and Alias from last season sitting in my Tivo (picked up by the Tivo's Season Pass option, so I didn't even have to do the work of scheduling the episode recordings one by one). 24 and Alias get watched when it suits my schedule.