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Hobotech, TiVos for Aussies

When people are restricted from something they really want, they tend to go to great lengths to get it. In Canada, TiVo wasn't available for a long time and sparked a whole project devoted to making it work.

Recently I stumbled upon Hobotech, a company in Australia that takes old Series 1 TiVos, adds networking, and converts them from NTSC to PAL format. They've got their own Guided Setup and their own guide for channels and show times put together by volunteers.

TiVo's legal team might look at this entire world of covert TiVo operations and  think "infringement!" but I can't help but look at all these hacks and the length people go to make a TiVo work where it wasn't designed and appreciate the output of these resourceful bastards. That's some impressive TiVo hacking, HoboTech and OzTiVo, keep on innovating.

by Matt Haughey July 25, 2006 in TiVo

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