Tivo without phone line?

[j-a-w]

I was wondering if anybody knows if you can have Tivo without using a phoneline.(using my cable internet instead) It would be a long distance phone call everytime it needed to download the program lineup. I really want the service but I don't have a phone jack anywhere close my tv.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[Guest]

I was wondering if anybody knows if you can have Tivo without using a phoneline.(using my cable internet instead) It would be a long distance phone call everytime it needed to download the program lineup. I really want the service but I don't have a phone jack anywhere close my tv.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Just hook it up on the wireless network

[j-a-w]

I just hooked it up to my wired network thanks for the suggestion>

[Guest]

I just hooked it up to my wired network thanks for the suggestion>

Did it work?

[j-a-w]

Yeah it actually worked. It recongized that it was hooked to a wired network and set itself up and worked. It was to easy.

[Guest]

If you pay for the home media option,you can save recordings to your pc and burn them. I havent done that due to tivo video quality

[flaninacupboard]

bad mpeg encoder, or bad reception?

[Guest]

Just the image quality on my tv.Havent tried to burn it. Cable signal is ok. I get great hd reception.I know that tivo wont record hd. I am just less than impressed with the quality. I keep it for convenience.

[flaninacupboard]

perhaps i have the wrong end of the sitck...

I thought tivo captured your analog cable and encoded to MPEG for you to watch later? so if your cable reception is good your Tivo picture should be good, unless it has a crap encoder. or does your tivo work with digital cable, just recording the digital stream?

[Guest]

I believe the first is correct.I've read the quality issue as a frequent complaint in tivo forums so I don't think it is bad hardware.