Tivo - The spiffy Linux Box

Yes, it quite happly plays and records different files in the highest
quality mode.

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig White [mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:11 PM
To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Re: Tivo - The spiffy Linux Box


Brian Cluff wrote:
>
> I just got e-mailed that Tivo has knocked $100 off the price of their
units
> again. So the 30 hour one is $249 (Damn that sucks I paid $400+ for the
14
> hour one that I demoed at the plug meeting.)
> Anyway, for anyone that was wanting one, but thought the price was a
little
> too steep... They are doing free shipping too
>
> Also for anyone interested. I am not running a 91 hour Tivo. If you are
> interested in doing an upgrade, I would be more than happy to help you do
> that.
> Tivo is has also revved their software since I did the demo, and I can
tell
> you that its waaaaay better than it was when i demoed it. It's got a ton
of
> coflict resolution, and very cool wish list stuff that will let you pick
> shows based of type of show, actor/ess and zillions of combinations of the
> stuff (ie you can have the tivo setup to grab any movie that has george
> carlin in it and is also a comedy).
>
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I was speculating with someone - is Tivo capable of simultaneous playing
and recording in highest quality mode?

and also - judging from the tivohack web site - it seems that tinkering
isn't all that difficult.

Craig
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