Transfer Times

Actually, it is believed the encryption is added during the recording process not the transfer. But the audio and video must be multiplexed together during transfer which is the reason for the slow down. (MRV doesn't require this, which is why it is faster.)

Things have not become any faster unfortunately.

 

I know that most of you know this and certainly don't want to insult anyone. However, I had horrible transfer rates on my network. I did some research and realized that when you use a wireless network, no matter how fast the network is (G, N etc.), your router gears its maximum speed to the lowest connection speed on the network. It cost me a bit of money but I upgraded all my tivo wireless connections to the tivo brand usb and made sure that nothing on my network was less than G. I now get downloads at around 2X real time (30 min in 15 min or less).

Anyway, I don't even know if you're using wireless or not, but this made a big difference for me.

 

Same thing happened to me, but as of late, the old symptoms have recurred and I cannot xfer any significant size .mpg from PC to TIVO without failure. The xfer speed is very slow again, despite signal strength of 80+ percent. The PC is wired to router.. PC task manager shows spurts of xfer with frequent dead spots of varying lengths...

 

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You're info about mixed mode networks is incorrect. According to this article http://www.giantmike.com/tests/WirelessRouter.html
there's very little difference in speed when comparing a mixed 802.11b+g network to 802.11g only network.