DSR708 and Insight Cable

[claudiamedic]

Hacker virgin here. I have a great TiVO DSR708 that I purchased when I had Direct TV. I no longer have satellite TV, but instead have digital cable. Is there a way to use my Direct TV TiVO unit (DSR708) with my digital cable?

Sorry if this question is stupid, or answered elsewhere. I did look for an answer and couldn't find one, but I may not have know exactly what to ask to find the thread!

Thanks for your patience....it's my first time ;)

[rbautch]

Nope. No way.

[l2bengtrek]

there's no way to do it. Your tivo was made specifically for use with direct tv. There a lot of features that a stand alone Tivo has that DTV had disabled...including the ability to be used with any other sources of programming. A stand alone Tivo is what you need.

[cheer]

It's not even a question of features being disabled...a DirecTivo lacks the hardware to act like a standalone.