external hard drive

[nomadhawk]

will an external hard drive hooked to the back of the tivo work?

[EwanG]

Well, the hard drive will still spin up, but the Tivo won't recognize it as space for recording on. That is one of the features to be added as part of the Series 3.

However, you can always attach that drive to your computer, and then use Tivo To Go to backup your programs that way.

FWIW,
Ewan