Hello folks, I purchased an 80-hour Series 2 Tivo (TCD540080) in January and enjoy it very much. It has essentially replaced two VCRs, but because I like to record certain shows at the same time, I am searching for another TiVo.
I have lurked on this list for some weeks, and have seen that there are quite a few knowledgable people subscribed. I wonder if anybody would be willing to tackle my queries. Question one: While looking on eBay, I see various model numbers and don't know how to decode them. I realize that the last two digits (in my case 80) indicate the number of hours, but what about the previous digits? For example: if I see an auction for a TCD240040, it's a 40-hour unit, but what does the "24" tell me? Is there a chart or other reference where I could look it up? The front of the "24" unit looks a little different from the front of my "54" unit. I don't care about cosmetics, but I do care that I could be losing features without knowing it, but I have not been able to find any information about this on the TiVo page. (Clearly it is not to their benefit to provide information about anything other than brand-new products.) Question two: At one point in one auction, someone mentioned that his unit had the conflict resolution software, or words to that effect. Mine tells me when I've asked it to record something and it senses a conflict in recording times, then offers solutions. Are there previous versions that did not let you know? You just find out when your program doesn't get recorded? I hope these questions are general enough that answers on the list will be appropriate, but if you want to reply directly, please do. Thank you. Dave Schultheis San Jose http://www.accesscom.com/~dave6592/sigfile.html -- dave6592 [at] accesscom [dot] com - http://www.accesscom.com/~dave6592 Dave Schultheis, San José, Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County, CA, USA Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
