TIVO and scanners

bucutie02 · #1 12-02-2001, 01:16 AM

Okay well i was thinking about maybe getting my dad TIVO just because it sounds neat, but i dont know of anyone that has one to ask them if its worth it. The bad thing is that if i buy it for him they will end up having to pay monthly, which is only like 10 dollars, but still i dont like giving gifts that they will have to make payments on you know? Its also weird that some are like 100 dollars and then they go up to 400. So, does anyone out there have one or knows of someone that has one? What do you guys think, is it really all that?

Second question is about scanners. I just remembered my mom telling me a couple of weeks back that she would like a scanner. Its not like a normal flatbed one but its more like a "roll". I dont really know because she just described it for me since some guy she saw had it. She said it was really small and it looked like a cyclinder laying down, like a "roll" or log". I have never seen it but she said the guy told her it was easier for him to carry it because since he has a laptop then the scanner didnt take up very much room in his laptop bag. I've tried looking online but i havent had luck. If anyone knows what im talking about please reply, and i guess it would be good to know if they are good and reliable.

DeltaBetaBaby · #2 12-02-2001, 01:27 AM

To what your mom was referring I believe is the following:

Instead of a flatbed scanner, you feed a picture in and it spits it out scanned. Think kinda like a fax machine; it scans one line at a time

stephyteague02 · #3 12-02-2001, 01:55 PM

I have a scanner like the one you're describing... mine is called the "Easy Photo Reader" and it works great for me. I got it at Circuit City a couple of years ago.

cash78mere · #4 12-02-2001, 05:49 PM

i have a flatbed scanner and it is great. a hewlett packard scanjet 5200c.

i will only use flatbeds because i scan things from books and you can't put a book through a roll. and i scan a lot of old pictures--again--don't want to ruin them by feeding it through a machine.

i say go for a flatbed. but not those cheap $20-50 ones. i had one and returned it because the thing was SO slow and was poor quality.

if you want a portable one, flatbeds aren't really an option

GmuTeke · #5 12-03-2001, 12:07 AM

the list of the 3 greatest inventions in the world:

1. Fire
2. Sliced Bread
3. Tivo

Tivo is the best thing to happen to TV since the remote control. IT"S GREAT. you can watch anything you want to watch, whenever you want to watch it. the user interface is great, easy to use. and they have this thing called a "seasons pass" Imagine this, you're a West Wing Junkie, but you have that late night-major requirement course every Wendesday. No need to fear! just tell Tivo to "record every west wing" and it does it automatically forever until you tell it to stop.

I use it to watch saturday morning cartoons at 3 in the afternoon. My mother uses it to instanteously pause something whenever family members call in the middle of her favorite shows, and my father uses it to record JAG epsidoes on USA.

its a great gift, and well worth the monthly fee. i'd reccomend it to any guy out there, and ladies too.