Having got my TiVo pretty much as soon as they came out, I 'retired' it sometime in January 2005 due to having Sky+ and a PC-based PVR, but after being tempted to buy a new PVR (bad habit with gadgets), I decided to try and wake up the TiVo first. So far, so good. It's currently fetching a nice new set of programme guide data. Not so sure about the remote but it's not a total disaster if that breaks.
It's a completely original, unmodified TiVo. I suspect it's the original two-disk version. So, the question is, what's best/still available in the way of upgrades for it? I'm fairly confident at PC upgrading but have bad eyesight so the thought of opening things I don't understand (read - TiVo boxes) fills me with dread, even though I understand what most of the bits do. The option of send-away upgrades used to exist but I suspect that's long gone.
I'd have loved to be able to get recordings onto a nearby PC for permanent archiving, if that was possible, but I'm pretty sure that it's not (capture card excepted). I'd also like much bigger disks. Those were two of the reasons I nearly bought the PVR (built in DVD-RW drive and 250GB, respectively). I'd have had to bin the TiVo to make room (sacrilege though that undoubtedly is). I'm not sure what benefit most of the other bits and pieces mentioned around here would bring, or if they're still available.
Anyone here help out a longtime TiVo fan but upgrading novice?
PS - I know most of this is probably available in FAQs etc, but given the last updated date on those I thought I'd ask for the latest 'big picture'.
It's a completely original, unmodified TiVo. I suspect it's the original two-disk version. So, the question is, what's best/still available in the way of upgrades for it? I'm fairly confident at PC upgrading but have bad eyesight so the thought of opening things I don't understand (read - TiVo boxes) fills me with dread, even though I understand what most of the bits do. The option of send-away upgrades used to exist but I suspect that's long gone.
I'd have loved to be able to get recordings onto a nearby PC for permanent archiving, if that was possible, but I'm pretty sure that it's not (capture card excepted). I'd also like much bigger disks. Those were two of the reasons I nearly bought the PVR (built in DVD-RW drive and 250GB, respectively). I'd have had to bin the TiVo to make room (sacrilege though that undoubtedly is). I'm not sure what benefit most of the other bits and pieces mentioned around here would bring, or if they're still available.
Anyone here help out a longtime TiVo fan but upgrading novice?
PS - I know most of this is probably available in FAQs etc, but given the last updated date on those I thought I'd ask for the latest 'big picture'.