# DVR without service **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 7, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvr-without-service/440455 "2008-03-07T16:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvr-without-service/440455/21 "2008-03-07T21:37:59Z")
[QUOTE=BwanaBob] This is why I never got Tivo in the first place. My entertainment center room was deliberately set up to have no phone hookup - I don’t like being disturbed during viewing. [/QUOTE] If that’s your only objection, it’s possible to get the Tivo service connection via a WiFi Internet connection. There’s no phone jack near my Tivo either, so they’ll sell you a WiFi antenna that plugs into the unit and if you have a wireless network anyway (which I do) then it’s only a few minutes work to set it up and you’re good to go. Ed ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvr-without-service/440455/22 "2008-03-07T23:40:34Z")
[QUOTE=suranyi] If that’s your only objection, it’s possible to get the Tivo service connection via a WiFi Internet connection. There’s no phone jack near my Tivo either, so they’ll sell you a WiFi antenna that plugs into the unit and if you have a wireless network anyway (which I do) then it’s only a few minutes work to set it up and you’re good to go. Ed [/QUOTE] Thanks Ed, my main objection was that I had to be connected at all. I do not need nor want their service. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvr-without-service/440455.md?page=1)