[OT] Re: Tivo - The spiffy Linux Box

[George Toft]

"accepted commands using an IR remote control" and that's the gotcha!
The Gateway Box uses radio frequency for control.  Strangely one of
my remotes shifted over from radio to IR, so there is hope . . .

George


Kurt Granroth wrote:
> 
> TiVo has several ways of controlling an external box (DBS, cable, etc).  As
> long as the Qwest box had either a serial input *or* accepted commands using
> an IR remote control, you should be fine.
> 
> On Friday 24 August 2001 07:42 am, Steven M. Klass wrote:
> > Good Question!!  The single reason why I wouldn't want to buy it..  I would
> > think that it might be able to talk to it, but I'm not sure.  Has anyone
> > successfully hacked that box yet?
> >
> > > Does anyone have a Tivo and Qwest's Digital Gateway Service?  It
> > > seems to me that Tivo cannot tune the Gateway Box, so it will be
> > > just a VCR to us.
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