[OT] TiVo

[Charles Pearce]

I realize that this isn't exactly the right list to go to for this 
question, but the people on this list are so smart about tech stuff, so 
here I go anyway:

I'm interested in TiVo or some other kind of DVR. I want to be able to 
record from cable, as with TiVo to time-shift, etc., but I would also 
like the capabilities of being able to take the digital video and 
somehow get it into a desktop G4 with a DVD burner, to--you guessed 
it--burn the video onto a DVD. I am a professor of mass communications 
and I frequently use materials that I get from broadcast tv in my 
classes and would like something easier to use than VHS tape.

My questions: Does anyone on this list have experience with TiVo or 
DVR? Short of buying a DVR and DVD-R combo, how does one get the DV to 
the computer? Unless you think your answer(s) would be of interest to 
the whole list, please respond to me directly. If I think that the list 
would be interested in the response(s), I can summarize and post. 
Thanks.

Charles Pearce (charlesp at ksu.edu)