RE: Buying Tivo's My Experience

["Dr John Tankard" <john@xxxxxxx>]

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I agree I will be upgrading the disk, the hack instructions look fairly streightforward, but I am going to get a spare disk and keep it as a clone. I am waithing to get it upgraded before I start because I am worried that if tivo upgrade and i then have to revert back will they do the upgrade again ?

 

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Mick Furlong [mailto:hiltoneltd@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 March 2002 11:07
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Buying Tivo's My Experience

The only problem with this is that you invalidate your warranty once you open it.

 

Not a problem for me and I will be hacking away like a good un I just think people should be aware.

 

But it isn't like invalidating the warranty on your PC, the Tivos have a address chip inside which is linked to the subscription for each machine. So if you pay the £200 lifetime subsciption and then blow up your Tivo you have lost £400.

 

Best advice I have heard is to go on the monthly subscription...hack the hell out of it and then once you are sure it is stable switch to the lifetime subscription.

 

I must admit I already feel the need for a larger drive after 3 days!

 

Mick

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger [mailto:roger@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 March 2002 11:07
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Buying Tivo's My Experience

TiVo is just about 'hack heaven' you can:
-      Add a larger and/or second hard disk (max 274GB)
-      Add a network card
-      Add more memory
-      Run a small webserver on it and control it from your PC
-      Use the numerous backdoors via the RC
-      ....

Roger Shingler

-----Original Message-----
From: Don McAllister [mailto:donmc@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 March 2002 10:16
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Buying Tivo's My Experience


And what hacks might these be then John?

Don (another Tivo newbie)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr John Tankard [mailto:john@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 March 2002 09:58
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ukha_d] Buying Tivo's My Experience
>
> Hi as you may know I got a Tivo, what a bit of kit !
>
> Unfortunately yesterday it died :-( white screen of death !
>
> I have to say I was I bit worried as I have purchased it mail order
from
> Mr Tonks who I have never dealt with before, however I called
yesterday
> late afternoon, and I have a replacement this morning, he did not
> require by box back to check that it was dead. Now that is what I call
a
> customer service !
>
> I have no connection with Mr Tonks other than I am a satisfied
customer,
> any one wanting his number again its 01922 615212
>
> Now I have just got to decide if I apply the hacks, much of the notes
> recommend that you back up your tivo before you switch it on to make
the
> image file small enough to fit on a CD, but since I have had on dead
> unit I am thinking of waiting for a couple of months to be sure its ok
> before invalidating the warrantee. I am just relived that I did not
read
> up on the hacking before I got my unit, because I would have hacked it
> straight away and could have been out of pocket to the tune of £200.
>
> When I hack it I am not going to bother with the CD route, I will get
a
> spare drive and use the tools to clone it.
>
> Has anyone on the list applied the hacks ?
>
> Does anyone know what happens if you apply the hack, get the software
> upgrade and then at a later date have to revert to the backup, will
tivo
> download a new upgrade ?
>
> John
>
>
>
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