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bishmasterb:
I've had a DirecTV/TiVo DVR for some time and love it, but we're scrapping DirecTV and going with cable for TV and Internet access.

I can rent a DVR from my cable company for $15/month, but it isn't TiVo, and I'd rather not spend another $15/month. So...

Does anyone know if I can simply use my existing DirecTV/TiVo DVR with the input from the new cable service, and contract directly with TiVo to get the scheduling data?

bishmasterb:
Found the answer, no. Apparently the DirecTV units don't come equipped with a MPEG encoder (since the satellite feed is already in MPEG format).

saint:
Time to roll your own? :)

http://byopvr.com

drventure:
Just pick up an old 40gb tivo (they're a dime a dozen) and slap a 320gb drive in it.

It's really easy to do the conversion, docs are online.

It won't be HD, but it will be tivo.

I'm really hesitating on Verizon FIOS simply because from what I've read, they intentionally mapped most of their popular channels to channels that the TIVO can't tune, so you HAVE to use their box.

bishmasterb:

--- Quote from: saint on May 20, 2009, 12:09:24 am ---Time to roll your own? :)

http://byopvr.com


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Thanks. I vaguely remembered that there was a website like that, but couldn't remember the URL. I will check it out.


--- Quote from: drventure on May 20, 2009, 12:47:19 am ---Just pick up an old 40gb tivo (they're a dime a dozen) and slap a 320gb drive in it.

It's really easy to do the conversion, docs are online.

--- End quote ---
Wow, good idea. I checked eBay and they seem to be going for $20 or less and I'm sure I've got an extra high capacity drive floating around here somewhere.

Questions:

1) Is there any particular model I should avoid?
2) Is there anyway to get around the monthly TiVo fee?

Thanks guys!

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