DVR w/o DirectTV service?

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Sure...you can buy Tivo's without going thru a sat. service. You will have
to subscribe to their tv guide service to use it's full potential, but there
are "substitutes" available on line.

"Guicho" <guichov@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:cm8d3e$klg$1@news1.ucsd.edu...
> This is probably off-topic, but does anybody know if I can get a DVR to
> work without the monthly fee from the cable/satellite vendor? I realize
> that if I get it to work ,I may not be able to use it to its potential.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Guicho.
>