Yes you still need to do a PROM mod to do system hacks. You don't gain anything as far as using the TiVo from the TV, apart form you can add Caller ID, or send your own messages. What hacks allow you to do (as far as we can discuss here), is allow you to supermanage the TiVo from the TiVoWeb interface, Caller ID, and add FTP and such to the network interface.
I will remind you, that while the core OS is open source linux, the application level and some system drivers (mostly for the Broadcom chips and some network adapters) are closed.
Also, of note, the application is pay software, of which the license is paid for with the service subscription, which is against the rules here to discuss how to defeat. Without subscription, all you can do is buffer live TV and view recordings made when it had service.
Bottom line, as far as this forum is concerned, unless you wish to subscribe to the TiVo service, you have a doorstop.
Even with a proper subscription, it makes a lousy media center, since it is SD only, and everything needs to be converted to MPEG2 (either well before hand, which takes up space, or as you go, which takes even more time), plus you have to copy from your PC.
I have a Series 2 (with Product Lifetime), and only use it to record TV to watch later. I have a PC connected to my TV (running full Linux), as my HTPC media box (altough it does not play HD very well, being an older PC).
I will remind you, that while the core OS is open source linux, the application level and some system drivers (mostly for the Broadcom chips and some network adapters) are closed.
Also, of note, the application is pay software, of which the license is paid for with the service subscription, which is against the rules here to discuss how to defeat. Without subscription, all you can do is buffer live TV and view recordings made when it had service.
Bottom line, as far as this forum is concerned, unless you wish to subscribe to the TiVo service, you have a doorstop.
Even with a proper subscription, it makes a lousy media center, since it is SD only, and everything needs to be converted to MPEG2 (either well before hand, which takes up space, or as you go, which takes even more time), plus you have to copy from your PC.
I have a Series 2 (with Product Lifetime), and only use it to record TV to watch later. I have a PC connected to my TV (running full Linux), as my HTPC media box (altough it does not play HD very well, being an older PC).
