I have used any old 7200 RPM drives, normal loundness for years with no problems. I cant hear very well anyway after several tricked out audio systems in the early 90's. :/
Not sure if its still going on, but tivo has unbelievable rebates on their site. I got my 40 hour for $50. To be honest I haven't even worried about doing an upgrade to this one because I find that I never watch a tv show more that once, so its more like temp storage than anything else. I though I would collect them and watch them over again but nah. Still looking for the ability to transcode the streams from tivo, though. I tried it with the original tivos but had a problem getting my network card to work. They use this really really weird database file system called MFS that's not supported in the normal linux kernel. There is a pretty good orielly book called hacking the tivo for those who are interested in the little linux box that could. Its fun to play with if you have the time. Also, the tivo streaming MP3 feature it pretty cool. Sure you can do the same thing for free with an xbox or a linux PVR, but its nice to have instant access to MP3 from what your TV is normally doing (IE, displaying tv :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Fruchey Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 7:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Cox DVR? Yep, plain old IDE drives. The only considerations are noise and heat. Maxtor makes a near-silent drive specifically for DVR/HTPC applications that you can get from WeaKnees.com. As for heat, just go for a 5400rpm, as the 7200 doesn't really offer a performance gain when streaming video like that. Buffer size isn't an issue either, since you're rarely accessing the same data like a buffer would help with. On 5/22/05, Justin W. Pauler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wasn't aware you could replace hard drives in the TiVo, kinda makes > it worth getting one... What does it use, standard IDE drives? > > On 5/22/05, Ryan McCain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tim, > > > > Does the Cox DVR give you the option to record at differenty quality levels (ie: Low, Medium and High)? > > > > Thanks, Ryan > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/22/05 10:44 AM >>> > > I've owed a TiVo and now I use a Cox DVR. They'll both change the way > > you watch TV. The TiVo does make for a better DVR with the Suggestions > > feature and more intelligence, but the Cox one has two tuners and the > > ability to record HDTV. Myself I'm going to stick with the Cox DVR until > > TiVo has a model that has two tuners and HDTV capability (that's not a > > DirecTV model). > > > > -Tim > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
