Welcome.
I don't believe there is any issue with IQ using satellite, most probably the reason is the way your building distrubuted it.
It will not effect the TiVo either way, as it just controls your existing cable box which we assume works fine.
The TiVo doesn't need to be connected 24/7, making contact once a week is usually enough. But you will not get any changes that may be made to the schedules in the interim.
The only issue with setting up the way you describe is that to force a call to get the EPG data your TiVo needs to be connected to a computer, and have access to the internet at the same time. Your suggestion will only have the TiVo connected to the internet, but not the computer.
There are a few ways around this, one would be to set a fixed time each week to make a call and you could manually connect just before this time.
I have never heard of TiVoZ and they have not approached or supported our group.
Also note the link they give to the oztivo software is 9 months out of date. We have much newer software since then.
I suggest you visit www.oztivo.net.
But A$480 is a lot to pay for a standard TiVo with an old original hard drive.
There is one currently for sale on this forum which is only up to $200 at the moment (but as it has a big harddrive and network card needs more than that). One also just sold on Australian eBay (#130066444529) with a larger hard drive than the tivoz units for only $203.50.
Also I bought one for a friend from US eBay last week for US$30 + US$80 express shipping (less than a week).
Peter.
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