[Eug-lug] Linux TV

[LinuxRocks!]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 08:23:10AM -0800, Ben Barrett wrote:
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:23:10 -0800
> From: "Ben Barrett" <stircrazyben at gmail.com>
> To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <euglug at euglug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Linux TV
> 
> http://www.tivo.com/1.6.1.asp#10
> standard def only... but, "DIRECTV does have a HD DIRECTV(r) DVR with 
> TiVo(r)
> service available. "
> 
> WTF!!  That FAQ is DOA:
> http://www.tivo.com/2.0.boxdetails.asp?box=series3HDDVR
> Tivo Series 3 unit claims:
> 
>   - World's only Digital Media Recorder with THX(r)-certification
>   - Control live HDTV and record 2 digital cable shows at once*
>   - 300 hours of standard recording time or up to 32 in HD
>   - ...
> 
> ben
> 

Yeah, that unit wont help with satelite tv. It would have to have 
DirecTV Tuner built in. 300 hours at standard def! must be a huge hard 
disk in that tivo!
Jamie


> 
> On 2/5/07, LinuxRocks! <linux at rocksolidnetworks.com> wrote:
> >
> >...
> >I never had a tivo :( I got the standard def DVR from DirectV, and they
> >had stopped using tivo at that point. I like it a lot, but I dont have
> >anything else to compare it to. I recently dropped it, and openeed it
> >up, it has a 160Gb hard disk in it. Does tivo make Hi def units?
> >
> >Jamie
> >
> >

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