If you are ready to jump Circuit city has a 5 hour deal today for a $239 Series 3 TiVO.
<http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=376938> On Dec 5, 2007 2:43 PM, John Duncan Yoyo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know much about Series 3 but I love my Series 2 DirecTV > TiVo's but there was a dawg of a system upgrade that came down the > pike a few months ago. DTV controls the upgrades on these units and > they are slow about it since they stopped selling DTiVO's in favor of > their own machine which is worse than a bad TiVO upgrade.. Dealing > directly with TiVO is supposed to be much better. > > Two sites to visit- > <http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/> to see what the users really > think. There is lots of good information on how to do an upgrade > yourself in the underground section. It is linux based but there are > all sorts of tools to make it simple. Instant cake being the foremost > of the easy to use do it yourself tools. > > <http://www.weaknees.com/> for hard drives to upgrade your unit to a > reasonable hold time. There are other sources but these people have > wonderful kits for you to void your warranty yourself. > > I've done both the kit from Weaknees and prepared my own harddrive and > installed it. Weaknees has excellent instructions on the website for > the installation of the disc drive in a variety of machines. > > > > On Dec 5, 2007 1:47 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >So buy an ATSC converter intended for televisions and go on using your > > >DVR which will likely quite happily accept the signal from the converter > > >and record it, then play it back in glorious NTSC. If you wait, you can > > >even get coupons likely to be worth $40-$50 to apply to the purchase of > > >two different converters. > > > > Tivo now has HD units and recently introduced a lower-cost model at $299. > > My reading suggests that it has all the necessary features, but only > > enough storage for 20 hours. However, the new model has an eSATA port > > that lets you add a 2nd drive. With big drives selling for low prices > > this is very appealing. > > > > But I have read so many bad stories about Tivo. The one I'm most > > concerned about is that Tivo deletes stored shows after a few weeks and > > there is no setting to prevent this. I like to hold on to some shows for > > a long time. I often collect an entire mini-series to watch at one > > sitting and it may take me a couple of months to find the time to do > > that. If Tivo deletes shows as it pleases that won't work for me at all. > > > > Does anybody on the list use a Tivo? > > > > Or should I build my own MythTV box? > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ************************************************************************ > > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > > ************************************************************************ > > > > > > -- > John Duncan Yoyo > -------------------------------o) > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
