Thank you. Your first solution sounds ideal. I've been so interested in upgrading my unit on my own, but I honestly was very apprehensive since I am not that savvy. Do you know if these tools are easy to use? I really don't need to add a drive, just the network upgrade. Hopefully this will be easy to do.
Thanks again! - Joey On Feb 25, 2006, at 7:47 PM, MegaZone wrote: > Once upon a time Joey shaped the electrons to say... > > Hi there! I have an ED TV and my TV signal is provided by Direct TV > > through a DirectTivo (Hughes model). I just bought a HD TV and I > > want to get a HD DirectTivo, but I want the two Tivo units to > > connect over a network. I understand this is impossible because the > > USB ports are disabled. So I've considered breaking up the > > components, buying a HD DirectTV receiver and new Series2 Tivo > > units, but I just found out that my signal won't be HD when sent > > through Tivo to the TV. This leaves me in a bit of a situation. It > > would appear that I have to either switch TV carriers and go to > > another DVR or give up the dream of networking the units. Does > > anyone have any advice to the contrary? > > Well, I see two solutions: > > 1. Hack the DirecTiVos to enable networking. Vendors like > WeaKnees.com and PTVUpgrade.com sell drives and/or software kits > that make it easy to do. And there are more complex do-it-yourself > approaches. > > 2. Wait until later this year when the Series3 ships and switch to > digital cable. It has support for digital cable, as well as ATSC, > for HD, dual tuners, and all the TiVo networking features. > > -MZ > -- > <URL:mailto:megazoneatmegazone.org> Gweep, Discordian, Author, > Engineer, me. > "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" > 508-852-2171 > <URL:http://www.megazone.org/> <URL:http://www.eyrie- > productions.com/> Eris > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Tivo Tv system Home entertainment system > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > Visit your group "tivocentral" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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/
