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The Tivos are a big of a pain in the ass. The new DirecTV units are a breeze.

Posted by: dloftis on 2008-11-11 13:35:05
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In Reply to: who here has hacked their (Direc)TIVO w/ a larger hard drive posted by zqk on 2008-11-11 13:31:20

Literally just swap drives, and it formats it and uses it. (Or use an external drive using the eSATA interface.)

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Thread:

who here has hacked their (Direc)TIVO w/ a larger hard drive - zqk 2008-11-11 13:31:20 (39 views)

The Tivos are a big of a pain in the ass. The new DirecTV units are a breeze. - dloftis 2008-11-11 13:35:05 (52 views)

So you're saying, with the newer Direct Tivo units, i can just pop open the case and replace with - BandB 2008-11-12 15:09:37 (26 views)

yep! - dloftis 2008-11-12 15:12:53 (13 views)

Thats awesome... thanks!!! - BandB 2008-11-12 15:19:45 (12 views)

BTW: Putting a 250 GB drive in would be downgrading - dloftis 2008-11-12 18:53:04 (29 views)

Oh, I didn't know that. I guess if ever I do this upgrade, I'll just throw in a 1TB drive. - BandB 2008-11-12 22:11:28 (16 views)

Do you know if I can use an external drive on the HR-20? - Devius 2008-11-12 06:43:11 (14 views)

yes you can... anything w/ eSATA - dloftis 2008-11-12 07:03:21 (17 views)

Can you load things onto the external drive, then move them to the DVR for viewing? - Devius 2008-11-12 07:44:43 (12 views)

no - dloftis 2008-11-12 07:51:18 (29 views)

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