Do you lose enhancements if using TiVo?


Say your HDTV set or tuner has line doubling and the other tricks. You use good old TiVo to record off standard cable). When you play back a TiVo recording through a set with line doubling and pixel doubling and whatever else, do you get the enhanced picture or basic TiVo output?
woodburger

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The picture you get out of a TiVo is dramatically decreased in quality. Any program you watch through the TiVo (including live TV) is compressed, recorded to the hard drive, decompressed, and then displayed. This is how they allow such features as pausing live TV, rewinding live TV, and being able to record an entier show after you've already watched half of it. If you expect HDTV quality, you will be disappointed. Actaully, if you expect the same quality as what basic cable provides (and have TV larger than 27") you may be disappointed.

This isn't a knock on TiVo...I own one and I don't believe my wife will ever be without one. It truly is one of those products that once you get it and "get it", you'll never want to be without it. Does *that* make sense?