Thanks Mega....another question.... I was talking to a comcast person at a social occaision telling him about how I was unhappy Comcast started to disable the serial port on it's boxes. He seemed genuinely concerned and told me he'd look into it and see if there was a better solution.
What I need to know is... When did Comcast start disabling the serial posrt on their boxes? Was it Fall of 2007? (I can't recall...) Also, what software update did this? Anyone know? Thanks for your help. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "MegaZone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 3:32 AM Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Blank DVD's for the Humax Tivo? > Once upon a time Dave in Boston shaped the electrons to say... >> >From what I saw, there were DVD-R's, DVD+R's, as well as DVD-RW...and >> DVD+RW. > > The DVD burner TiVo's only work with DVD-R and DVD-RW, so that > simplifies your choices. -R is Recordable, -RW is Re-Writable. In > other words, -R is burn-once and the recording is permanent. -RW you > can re-use, recording over whatever is on the disc. > >> I would like to buy a large stack for both the Humax Tivo....and for the >> DVD >> burner in my computer. > > For a long time now nearly all PC DVD burners have been multi-format > drives that will handle -/+R/RW. Beforw the recordable DVD format war > truce you would find drives that were -R/RW only or +R/RW only, so > you'll have to check the drive in your PC to be sure. But odds are it > will handle the same -R/RW discs the TiVo uses. > >> Can anyone tell me what type would work in both situations...as well as >> work >> in the machined of people I give finished disks to (like >> family/friends/colleagues)? > > DVD-R may have a small compatibility edge on DVD-RW. Most players > sold in the past 5+ years won't care, but the older the player the > more of a chance it will balk at -RW. And some really old players > don't handle -R or -RW well, but they're rare. > > So if you want the best possible odds for compatibility, buy -R discs. > > But you missed yet another issue - speed. DVD blanks are sold in > different speeds rates - the first discs were 1x, then 2x, then 4x, > 8x, and 16x. You may find some oddballs too like 6x and 12x. The > faster the recording speed, the more expensive the media. > > However, the drive in the TiVo is a 4x burner, so even if you use 8x or > faster media, it will never be faster than 4x. (That means it records > an hour show to DVD in 15 minutes.) If the drive in your PC is a > faster burner, then buying faster media to take advantage of the PC > drive speed might be a good idea. But yet ANOTHER caveat - to bump > recording speeds from 8x to 16x they made some changes to the > standards, and 16x discs have proven to be unreliable in TiVos. So > you probably don't want to bother with anything beyond 8x media. (16x > media also experiences more compatibility issues on playback.) > > And finally, yet another issue - single-layer vs, dual-layer. The > TiVo only burns single-layer media, so there is no point in buying > dual-layer media. (You may see them differentiated as DVD-R > vs. DVD-R-DL or 4.7GB vs. 8.4GB.) > > So you probably was 4x or 8x DVD-R single-layer media. > > If you have the option you might buy a small pack of the brand of > discs you plan to buy to test before blowing money on a giant spindle. > > -MZ > -- > megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, > me. > http://www.GizmoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- Hail > Eris > "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" > 508-852-2171 > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
