Time to activate USBs on new HD DVR...

[ALtheHokie]

Anyone heard anything about this "future feature" finally being activated? I'd like to finally lose my stinking landline. I'm a vonage guy yet never was able to configure dial-in with vonage (plus I'm "outlet-less" with my receivers unless using landline and combining vonage with wireless jacks, and that combination is absurd). At any rate, my point is if they finally activate these USBs I would hope I could finally update over the web and lose the landline. Any chance of this happening? Or are we stricken to the pleasant aesthetic look of USB ports with no functionality!?

[newsposter]

you dont need the landline except to order PPV on your remote or update software (which wont be happening anytime soon)

so if you have a working HDtivo now, and dont mind nag screens or ordering PPV online, ditch the landline

[feldon23]

Any chance of this happening? Or are we stricken to the pleasant aesthetic look of USB ports with no functionality!?
On a discontinued, unsupported product? Don't count on it.

[lynesjc]

I'm going on 9 months with the nag screen. No big deal. I got an e-mail from Vonage saying they'd made some changes to my account and the hd tivo should dial in now, but it still doesn't work. No biggie.

[dschultznet]

Anyone heard anything about this "future feature" finally being activated? I'd like to finally lose my stinking landline. I'm a vonage guy yet never was able to configure dial-in with vonage (plus I'm "outlet-less" with my receivers unless using landline and combining vonage with wireless jacks, and that combination is absurd). At any rate, my point is if they finally activate these USBs I would hope I could finally update over the web and lose the landline. Any chance of this happening? Or are we stricken to the pleasant aesthetic look of USB ports with no functionality!?

I have been using a serial cable to my Windows XP computer for over a year with no problems. The only issue is you need a Windows XP computer near your HD DirecTivo...

Look here.... http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=2684101&highlight=dschultznet#post2684101

[RonnieP]

My nag screen says over 400 days and it runs fine.