[IP] TiVo Hackers Tweak Together

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Date: October 25, 2004 3:32:45 PM EDT
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Subject: TiVo Hackers Tweak Together

TiVo Hackers Tweak Together

By Crayton Harrison
Dallas Morning News
10/24/04 5:00 AM PT

The hard-drive technique is simple. TiVo enthusiasts have developed
computer programs that can initialize a hard drive so it will be
recognized by the device. Hook the drive up to your computer, run the
program, connect the hard drive to the TiVo and you're basically done.

Brad Nelson has seven TiVo recorders connected to the only TV in
his house.

Each TiVo can record two programs simultaneously. That means that
during hockey season, Nelson can set the TiVos to record practically
every game on TV.

The Allen, Texas, resident, a software engineer, designed a program
at home that examines the National Hockey League box scores of the
night, compiling statistics such as ejections for fights, hat tricks
and high scores to determine which of his recorded games he should
watch.

Then he and his wife, a big hockey fan, have immediate access to the
night's best games.

...

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/37512.html

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