Tivo - The spiffy Linux Box

[Craig White]

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