Monthly Archives: December 2005

WeaKnees did a comparison of the DirecTV R10 (TiVo) and R15 (NDS) DVRs

At WeaKnees, we’ve been getting endless questions about the new DIRECTV DVR Plus – the R15, and asking us to compare it to the TiVo-based DIRECTV DVR R10. The question generally boils down to: Which is better? In an attempt … Continue reading

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Play MythTV recordings on TiVo using Galleon

MythTVfs: This is a FUSE (http://fuse.sf.net/) server that was designed to communicate with a MythTV backend server. It creates an overlay filesystem that encodes TV Program metadata (title, episode, description) into a filename so that system that do not natively … Continue reading

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How to reverse clipping

Thanks to EBF on TiVoCommunity.com: If you go to the To Do List and find a show that will be clipped (marked with a * next to the time). Select the program and pick Change Recording Options. Under Start/Stop Recording … Continue reading

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How to tell if a new TiVo has 7.2 or better before opening the box

TiVo released the 7.2 software a couple of months ago, and that introduced network Guided Setup, which completely eliminated the need for a phone line. However, the retail channel is still packed with pre-7.2 boxes. But there is a way … Continue reading

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Helping out new TiVo owners

A lot of people will probably be getting TiVos for the holidays this year – and a lot of them will probably have questions and issues getting them setup and really using the features. If the members of this community … Continue reading

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