I upgraded my TiVo last night from 20 hrs (20 gigs) to 118 hrs by adding an 80 gig drive, was a surprisingly painless operation. My next step is to add TivoNet, but I have to wait until I can afford the $75 adaptor card. I've seen some sites that'll do any repairs for $129, forget where though.
-Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kris A. Wotipka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:19 PM Subject: [brluglist] TIVO > Just now catching up on my 400+back log of BRLUG e-mail........... nice to > see that there is a newbie night now. > > Anyhow........ the only thing that sucks more than COX internet in BR is > owning a TIVO. It seems as though most of the TIVO units purchased about a > year ago are having HD crash problems. I have two (sequencial serial > numbers) and they have both died. What sucks is that it's about $199 to fix > / upgrade them. > > Then the new Upgrade does not allow you to easily "hack" them. The versions > I have (had) 1.3 allows you do achieve a bash shell via a term program and > the serial port on the back of the unit. > > Oh well............. just more great technology for you. Oh yea....... btw, > check out these apples: > > http://www.nando.net/technology/story/239740p-2282356c.html > > peas and carrots to all > > kw > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
