Nero Liquid TV [Old Version]

Name: Nero Liquid TV [Old Version]
SKU: 98355
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3 | 37 ratings

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Last update: 07-31-2024

About this item

Enjoy the unique and easy-to-use TiVo interface; all the great TiVo features like Season Pass and WishList included
Watch and record shows in HD and Standard formats on your TV or on your PC
Export your favorite programs to portable media players; burn shows to DVD or save them to your hard drive
Schedule TV recordings online (US and Canada only); Pause Live TV on your PC
Includes a 12-month subscription to the TiVo service

Top reviews from the United States

Fletch

Horrible tech support

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2008

I'm a long-time fan of TiVo and have owned many TiVo standalone units over the past 5 years. I've been using Microsoft Vista Ultimate's Media Center for the past year, and was looking forward to "upgrading" to a true TiVo experience.

I'm pretty good with computers, but even I was confused by the setup process. There's no step-by-step setup instructions, and it feels like someone took three completely separate products and stuffed them in a brown box and shipped it to you; you have no way of knowing what to hook-up first. The hardware drivers for the USB tuner (which comes in a separate box and has no instructions for using it with Nero's Liquid TV at all), don't get installed when you click "Install Drivers" on the CD-ROM, and for some strange reason are installed during the TiVo software install.

Poor documentation is the least of the problem; I've been using a DirecTV with Microsoft Media Center for years without a problem. With the IR Blaster positioned in EXACTLY the same place, Nero's LiquidTV cannot change the channels.

Calling Nero's customer support reveals that you have to pay $150 PER MINUTE to speak with anyone. An email to their support team went unanswered for three days, when they finally responded with a generic form letter asking for more details on my PC's specs. Useless.
A call to TiVo, which has fantastic customer support, revealed that the IR blaster hardware is made by Nero, and you have to call Nero for support.

I've ordered a serial-to-usb cable to try and circumvent the IR blaster altogether, but I'm very dissatisfied with Nero's lack of support. All-in-all, it's probably not worth all this effort, and I should just stick with a dedicated standalone TiVo.

For now, I'm back using Media Center and hoping I'll get this thing working eventually. Either that, or it was $160 down the drain.

D.H.P

No worth it

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016

Never did work at all.. byt the time I actually got into trying to use it it was outside my return timeframe.. Oh well wasted money on far worse things than this

J. Yuen

Decent product but needs improvements

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2008

I installed it on my primary PC in my computer room with the following spec. Asus P5B deluxe mobo, Q9550, 4GB DDR2-800, nVidia GTX 260. Recording on a Seagate 7200.10 500GB SATA2 HD and watching on a Dell 2709W.

Setup. Fairly straight forward. Insert CD, Plug in USB tuner, decline window driver search and click tuner driver on the CD. Once that is done. Install the Liquid TV software and you are almost ready to go.

Launch the application and you are greeted with a first time setup menu much like any other Tivo product. Setup the remote, enter zip code, your Tivo subscription code, select the tuner you want to use and go thru channel scan and you are good to go. (I'm using the same OTA antenna that I use for my HD Tivo)

Operations. The Tivo remote work pretty good and make it seems like operating any other Tivo product. Live broadcast look decent but not as good as the HD Tivo or the built-in tuner on my Sharp 46" LCD. I would say it's better than DVD but nowhere near that of the other units. I have a 1.2GB 720p mkv file for the Terminator Sarah Conner Chronicles season opener that have more picture detail but maybe slightly less frame rate.

I did a recording of the 10PM Law and Order and the result is about the same compared to watching live. I check the recording file and the 1 hour show took up slightly over 6GB. that is pretty close to what a standalone unit will take. With that much data, the picture should be very close to that of a SA unit but it's not.

I also have some minor tearing on full screen live and playback. That issue seems to be software related as the recorded file plays just fine using media player. Hopefully this will improve with future updates.

The only thing that I think could cause the lower quality is the USB tuner. I have the older ATI HD tuner card in the same PC although I have not used it since I went to a nVidia video card. I can see if it still works and if it gives a better picture. (it's been a while but I think I have seen better picture from the ATI when I had it running). Maybe some of you with a better PCI tuner card can give the trail version a try and see.

I also tried multitasking with it running in a window box. At one time, I have Eve Online (MMO game), Googletalk, Firefox and a download ongoing at the same time. There were some minor pauses and out of sync when I'm switching between apps and such but it's ok in general. I did have one CTD while setting up a season pass though. I have not have a chance to watch the complete 1 hour recording so I don't know if the pause and out of sync was carried over to the recorded file.

In conclusion. I'm a bit disappointed as the picture quality is nowhere near that of a SA HD Tivo box or the built-in tuner on a HDTV. However, The Tivo software and remote make operation just like a SA Tivo which is so much better than any other HTPC solution I have tried. I'll probably keep it as it's relatively cheap and hopefully the software will improve over time. I'll even be willing to invest in an better PCI tuner card if it turns out that they can improve the picture quality.

DaveI

You CAN get this to work under Linux (With work)

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2014

I bought this as it was supposed to work under Linux...Worked no problem under WIndows
but under Linux I spent about 18 hours scoring the web to get it working in Linux....
I finally found the fix...You have to setup a DIGITAL LOOPBACK before starting it.

pactl load-module module-loopback

I then start TVTime and it finds my Analog Channel from my DISH receiver. Then I close
TVTime and open VLC or KMPlayer which are better interfaces. All working under Zorin (Lunbuntu) now.

Noel

Great way to get a cheap TV tuner and dongle!

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2012

When this first came out in 2008 it might have worked well. But now in 2012 the Tivo software isn't supported in windows 7 and as far as I've heard it's been abandoned by both Tivo and Nero.

So you must be wondering why I would rate this 5 stars if the software doesn't even work? It's because of the hardware you get. This bundle used to retail for $199.99 when it was released.

Now for $35 you get a WinTV-HVR-950Q tv tuner, as well as a media center remote and dongle. The tuner provided is one of the most common in the world and is still heartily recommended and supported by Windows 7 Media Center, as well as less spinoffs like XBMC, MythTV etc. The WinTV-HVR-950Q is still sold by itself and retails for $69.99 here on Amazon.

So by buying this bundle you get the same tv tuner, plus a nicer remote and dongle, for less than half the price of buying the tuner directly!

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