/. reviews "Hacking TiVo"
Looks like a great read, but please consider Raffi Krikorian's book first.
...the tricks come fast and furious: TiVo as a way to browse photo galleries. TiVo pulling down the current weather and presenting the radar maps. TiVo printing Caller ID information on the screen when someone calls. By the time you're done with the book, you'll be wondering what there is that you can't do with it. And that, to me, is the sign of a truly great instructional book.
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To say I learned things in this book is an amazing understatement. Just to know that some of these things are even possible with my TiVo guarantee how I'll be spending the next few hundred dollars, buying larger drives, getting a cache card, and wiring the machine for ethernet. And Yes, it tells you how to get the shows off of your TiVo onto your computer's hard drive.
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Oh, by the way...this is a photo of the author.
How can Keegan recommend getting a cache card? I didn't think there were any actually shipping yet.
Posted by: paul | October 16, 2003 at 06:40 AM
Something that wasn't very obvious to me was that almost all these hacks are for Series 1 TiVos, according to this thread. Also, the author responds to questions saying that he doesn't describe getting a shell on Series 2 because of the DMCA. Kind of scary that you can't write about how to use something you bought.
Posted by: George Hotelling | October 16, 2003 at 07:44 AM