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New here -- sorry if this is an old question.
Some background. I've had a Series 2 with lifetime plan since 2001 or 2002. I just bought my first HDTV and was surprised to find out that my cable company is offering some digital channels over my analog cable. For example, for me Channel 3 is the Weather Channel, but 3.1 is the 1080i version of NBC. (The local NBC affiliate broadcasts over the air on Channel 3.) It was great to find out digital versions were there for the Big 3 and a few other channels as well. (Is there a word for that? To describe digital channels offered via regular cable?)
And now that I'm getting used to the wonderfulness of HD
it's getting hard to watch SD. I'm thinking of buying a new HD TiVo to capture all that HD goodness, which leads to my question...
Will an HD TiVo be able to record HD content from Channel 3.1 and all its x.1 brethren right out of the box? Or will something else be required? And if, later down the road, I upgrade to my cable company's full enchilada HD plan, will my new TiVo need anything else?
I'm guessing I'll need to buy a whole new lifetime plan, won't be able to just carry over the old one.
Thanks for any advice,
Lauren
Some background. I've had a Series 2 with lifetime plan since 2001 or 2002. I just bought my first HDTV and was surprised to find out that my cable company is offering some digital channels over my analog cable. For example, for me Channel 3 is the Weather Channel, but 3.1 is the 1080i version of NBC. (The local NBC affiliate broadcasts over the air on Channel 3.) It was great to find out digital versions were there for the Big 3 and a few other channels as well. (Is there a word for that? To describe digital channels offered via regular cable?)
And now that I'm getting used to the wonderfulness of HD
it's getting hard to watch SD. I'm thinking of buying a new HD TiVo to capture all that HD goodness, which leads to my question...Will an HD TiVo be able to record HD content from Channel 3.1 and all its x.1 brethren right out of the box? Or will something else be required? And if, later down the road, I upgrade to my cable company's full enchilada HD plan, will my new TiVo need anything else?
I'm guessing I'll need to buy a whole new lifetime plan, won't be able to just carry over the old one.
Thanks for any advice,
Lauren
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