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Tivo/DVR Question
ChadTower:
You can get around the monthly Tivo fee but I'm not telling you how. My Tivos are all modded for that but I still pay the fees. I want Tivo to live - the mod is only there because it came bundled with larger homebrew apps.
The SD Tivos are practically free now. People are giving them away on Freecycle. I've seen them in recycling bins and at yard sales for $10. The upgrade to a high capacity unit is about the same level difficulty as an Xbox softmod but easier to get the software. Go to DVRUpgrade and buy their drive builder boot disc. It is well worth the money and you'll need it later because Tivos eat hard drives like candy. I have been using DirecTivos for years and the hard drives seem to last about three years if you are good about standby and two years if you aren't. That boot disc will make it a 60 minute operation to put in a newly constructed drive when this one dies.
drventure:
As long as you stick with a non-branded tivo (like the DirectTV versions, etc, just a plain ol' TIVO) you should have no problems upgrading. The site that was mentioned has a lot more details also.
I've never heard of avoiding the TIVO fee, but now I'll have to look ;)
Still, the value of tivo was never in the hardware, it was the service, and 12$ a month doesn't seem like much for a service that truly is one of the best designs out there.
But I'm edging closer and closer to an HD version anyway <sigh>
ChadTower:
It took me so long to get content sharing working on the DirecTivos that it will be a while before I upgrade to HD... we like what we have now too much.
javeryh:
Anyone know if there is a way to increase the HD on a Verizion FIOS receiver/DVR? I think mine's a 6216 or something...
CCM:
--- Quote from: javeryh on May 21, 2009, 02:30:59 pm ---Anyone know if there is a way to increase the HD on a Verizion FIOS receiver/DVR? I think mine's a 6216 or something...
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Doesn't sound good...
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1102792
--- Quote ---All Motorola cable DVRs have firmware that is "hard coded" to use the maximum capacity of the SKU. If you replace the 160GB drive with a 500GB drive, the DVR will still use just 160GB.
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