June 23, 2005

Directivo and netwroking

Hello all, I just signed up for Direct tv w/tivo service. I have a couple of questions. Is there a way to set up the tivo w/ my wireless G network? So I can transfer recorded shows to my PC and burn them to DVD. Second is there a way to increase my hard drive space?

-- Joaquin Bridges

June 23, 2005 in DirecTiVo, Hacks | Permalink | Answers (48)

November 18, 2004

ReplayTV Upgrades

I am a technophobe who enjoys my DVR but wets my pants at the thought of personally opening it up to upgrade it.  I am ready to upgrade two ReplayTV units in my house and put them on a wireless network but have no idea where to start.  Any suggestions?
-- RAZ

November 18, 2004 in Hacks, ReplayTV | Permalink | Answers (10) | TrackBack

display caller-ID on TIVO

I have "caller-id" on my telephone.  Before I installed TIVO the incoming call was displayed on my TV set.  Even tho TIVO is connected to my phone line it does not display calls.

I understand there is a "hack" in the TIVO software that can make it possible to display the call info.

Does anyone know how to do this?
-- Paul Duffey

November 18, 2004 in Hacks, TiVo | Permalink | Answers (3) | TrackBack

November 15, 2004

SATA Drive for Explorer 8300

I'd like to expand my capacity of stored recorded programs and Scientific-Atlanta's Explorer 8300 DVR allows you to attach a SATA hard drive. Which companies make these devices for this use?

I assume the video is encrypted and that you couldn't transfer it to your computer for editing purposes.
-- C. Zaglifa

November 15, 2004 in Hacks, Scientific Atlanta | Permalink | Answers (179)

November 14, 2004

Adding Series 2 Tivo with DirecTv Tivo

I currently have a DirecTv Tivo and want to add a Series 2 for the Home Media Option and for the additional space.  I plan on setting up the series 2 wirelessley.  Are there any problems I should anticpate in setting up both Tivo's? 
-- Tim Castelli

November 14, 2004 in DirecTiVo, Hacks, Networking | Permalink | Answers (2) | TrackBack

November 12, 2004

Digital Ready TV Capture Card

I have Comcast digital cable and have been thinking about getting a Tivo since the PVR Comcast offers in not available in my area, but I would rather make my own PVR so I can playback DIVX and XVID also.  Does anyone know of a Hybrid or Digital TV caputure card, and if so how well does it work?
-- Jason

November 12, 2004 in Comcast, Hacks, TiVo | Permalink | Answers (1) | TrackBack

November 11, 2004

Is there a pvr that records in a known format

Is there a PVR that uses mpeg or another recognisable recording format such that the video can be transfered to a pc for backup?
-- Neil Harper

November 11, 2004 in DVR, Hacks | Permalink | Answers (3) | TrackBack

November 04, 2004

Call your Tivo?

I am a senior at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts.  I took a course last semester in voice recognition software, and we added functionality where you could call your PVR.  Since my group was with poor college students, we went out and bought a TV Tuner card and installed mythtv on our computer.  We then went ahead and built the functionality where you could call your Tivo box from any phone and schedule a recording.  My question is, for all of the Tivo customers out there, would you want to be able to call your box if you forgot to schedule a recording?

This system really works.  It's not fake.
-- Daniel Wolchonok

November 4, 2004 in Hacks, TiVo | Permalink | Answers (6) | TrackBack

October 21, 2004

DirecTV Tivo Tricks

Is there anything I can do with a DirecTV Tivo box? Hacks? Ways to get home media option? Anything at all? Or am I just out of luck. I'd love to have some additional functionality if it exists.
-- Bob

October 21, 2004 in DirecTiVo, Hacks | Permalink | Answers (2) | TrackBack

October 19, 2004

Upgrade Pioneer DVR-5100H

I Have a Pioneer DVR-5100H. Can I Change the 80 Gb Hard Disk for other like 100 Gb, 160 Gb...?
-- Javier

October 19, 2004 in DVD, Hacks, TiVo | Permalink | Answers (3) | TrackBack

October 14, 2004

RAM Upgrade For Series 2 DirecTiVo?

I added a second disk to my Hughes HDVR2, bringing it up to 160 hours of record time. The good news is I don't have to worry about space anymore. The bad news is that many functions got really slow, to the point where I dread using them.

Being a Unix geek, I'm reasonably sure that adding RAM will speed things up, at least somewhat. (Buffer cache is your friend.) However, I can't find anybody that sells RAM upgrades for DirecTiVos.

Is there a commercial outfit that will sell me a RAM upgrade? Or some reasonably straightforward instructions for doing it myself? I don't recall having seen DIMM slots when I installed my drive, and I'm hesitant to go soldering myself....
-- mkb

October 14, 2004 in Hacks, TiVo | Permalink | Answers (3) | TrackBack

October 11, 2004

Any UltimateTV hacks?

Do you have hacks for Ultimate TV users? Or should I abandon this format for replayTV or TIVO?

-- JD (A satisfied UTV user)

October 11, 2004 in Hacks, Ultimate TV | Permalink | Answers (4) | TrackBack