I paid $160.00.......

[Micah DesJardins]

Honestly you could probably get LVM working from a software
standpoint, but you would run into problems in terms of controllers
and power supply.

As far as firewire inputs, the latest (Humax Series) Tivos include
firewire inputs and a built in DVD recorder for archival.  There is an
HD version but it's for Direct TV only at this point.

There are all kinds of great hacks out there for increasing storage,
adding ethernet support, web based control, logs, extracting Tivo
video for use on your PC.

In the end, I think it's a matter of personal preference.


On 11/15/05, slegge at govliquidation.com <slegge at govliquidation.com> wrote:
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> Find me a TiVo w/ firewire inputs and does HD with capabilities for LVM... I
> am running older hardware with a bunch of old slow ide disks w/ LVM rather
> than the $300 for one sata + cost of enclosure + monthly recurring cost for
> cox or tivo for me its the only viable solution.
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> The cox DVR is limited to the one sata disk u can plug in it :(
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> On Tuesday 15 November 2005 12:02 pm, Josh Coffman wrote:
>  > Hmm...  my wife just mentioned she might want to get Tivo. I thought to
>  > myself  myth would be cool since we don't have digital, but the hardware
>  >  cost....
>  >   $160 + better video card + tv tuner + second hard drive would make a
>  >  nice MythTV box for what.. about $350? install in KnoppMyth and you're
>  >  done.
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>  TiVo hardware cost?  You can get a TiVo for $50 now.  The true cost is in
> the
>  monthly payments, not in the hardware.
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>  Also, I've heard that these $160 boxes are quite loud.  If you want to use
> it
>  as an entertainment system, you might want to consider getting a new power
>  supply and maybe new fans and/or heat sinks.
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