Imagine coming home from work and turning
on your television. Instead of surfing through all
those channels, looking in vain for something
you might like, imagine accessing a menu of
your favorite TV shows already recorded for
your convenience! That’s the magic of the ony
VR-2000 Digital Network Recorder with TiVo™ ervice. It’s the foolproof
way to manage and enjoy the hundreds of channels in today’s TV landscape.
Now you can enjoy the very best that television has to offer, every single
time you turn it on!
NOW THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOOD
ON TELEVISION. ony’s first home VCR sparked
a revolution – giving ordinary viewers their
first measure of control over the TV schedule.
People could record shows for later viewing
or even watch one show while they recorded
another. Now ony unleashes the next generation.
The ony VR-2000 Digital Network Recorder
with TiVo™ ervice uses tapeless digital recording
to personalize your TV schedule.
• TiVo’s Suggestions. The VR-2000 is
constantly thinking, seriously, of ways to make
the TV experience simpler, more convenient and
above all more enjoyable. You can rate your
favorite TV shows with up to three Thumbs Up™
and tag your least favorite shows with up to
three Thumbs Down™. The VR-2000 then uses
your ratings to automatically find and record
shows similar to your favorites! These shows
appear on the Now Playing list, your personal
menu of recorded programs.
• Pause live television. Never again miss out
because of a phone call. imply press Pause and
the VR-2000 continues recording. When you
return, you can pick up where you left off at the
touch of a button.
• Instant replays. They’re perfect for sports or
lines of dialog that you missed. The VR-2000
enables you to pause, rewind, enjoy frame-by-
frame slow motion and create your own instant
replays.
• "Catch up" to live TV. After your instant
replay, use the Advance button to return to
the live broadcast.
RECORD UP TO 30 HOURS WITHOUT
VIDEOTAPE.1The VR-2000 captures television
picture and sound on a built-in hard disk
drive – an arrangement that means high
quality and superb convenience.
• Season Pass™ service. Tell TiVo once and it
will automatically find and record every episode
of your favorite show, every time it airs – even
if the television network lineup changes! You’ll
never need to surf through channels, looking for
something to watch. Just go straight to your
favorites!
• Wish List. elect your favorite actors, directors
and keywords and the VR-2000 can display
every upcoming show that matches your choices.
Want to record them all? Just touch a button
and it’s done!
• No Playing List. Just press the LI T button
to see an easy on-screen menu of your recorded
shows. You simply move down the menu to
the show that you want to watch and press a
button. Bingo! Instant access.
CONTROL LIVE TELEVISION. The VR-2000
automatically stores up to 30 minutes of the TV
shows you’ve been watching – a feature that
leads to a host of useful options.
MAKING SENSE OF
A 500-CHANNEL
WORLD TAKES
POWERFUL
INTELLIGENCE.
2001 HOME NETWORK PRODUCTS
SVR-2000 Digital network Recorder
• Digital quality. You’ll see high-quality
MPEG-2 digital video. You’ll hear spectacular
digital audio.
• Selectable quality. The VR-2000 lets
you choose the recording quality to suit your
programming needs. Choose Basic (recommended
for cartoons and news), Medium (for sitcoms
and soaps), High (for dramas and movies) and
Best Quality (for sports and action).
• Instant access. With hard disk recording,
you’ll never need to fast-forward or rewind to
your show, the way you do with videotape. All
your recorded shows are available in an instant!
And you can use the Advance button to jump
instantly to the end of a recorded show.
• High-speed search. The VR-2000 offers
forward and reverse search at 3x, 18x and 60x
speeds. (At 60x, you can zip through an entire
hour of programming in just one minute.)
• Record one sho hile you play back
another. The VR-2000 can simultaneously
record and play! For example, during the
recording process, you can start watching the
show you’re recording from the beginning.
Or watch any other program already recorded
on the VR-2000.
• TiVolution™ Magazine. This editorial guide
keeps you current on noteworthy specials,
movies and television events.
• TiVo Takes™. This exclusive preview show
highlights the best in upcoming entertainment,
where available.2When you see a preview
you like, you can record the show by simply
touching a button.
THE BEST FRIEND YOUR VCR EVER HAD. Even
a tapeless digital recorder can still work
seamlessly with your ony VCR! Auto VCR
Transfer makes it easy to transfer any recorded
show from the VR-2000 to a ony VCR. o you
can save shows for later viewing – while you
save space on the hard disk drive.
SUBSCRIBING TO THE TIVO SERVICE.
The ony VR-2000 works exclusively with the
TiVo Personal TV ervice™. You can subscribe
to the service for either $9.95 per month or
a one-time fee of $249 for the life of the
VR-2000. You can activate the TiVo service
by calling 1-877-367-8486 (1-877-For-TiVo) or
going to www.tivo.com/activate.
YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO TELEVISION.
The TiVo ervice has complete listings for over
13,000 cable systems, most direct broadcast
satellite systems (DIRECTV®, Primestar and
Dish Network/Echostar) and over-the-air
TV broadcasting. For your convenience, the
VR-2000 includes a built-in modem. Once
a day, your VR-2000 automatically calls in
to the TiVo computer to update its 14-day
program guide and to upgrade your VR-2000
with new features and content. o you’re
always up-to-date!
• TiVo programming guide. Updated daily,
this on-screen programming grid includes 14
days of listings. You can search for shows by
name, channel and time. And you can schedule
automatic recordings straight from the guide.
• TiVoMatic™ recording. When a network
advertises a show that looks good and the
TiVoMatic icon is displayed, you can automatically
record the show by touching a button. For
example, if you’re watching NBC news, you
see an ad for Dateline NBC and you see the
TiVoMatic icon, you can record the show
automatically!
• Net ork Sho cases. This TiVo feature lists
some of the best TV programs from some of
the biggest TV networks. You can record any
of the shows with a single touch of a button.
