I think if you looked in the right places (google anyone?) you'd have found the information you sought and lots of it. Alex had some really good Tivo hacking sites, but that site is now history since his ISP now charges for websites where they were free before.Originally Posted by timmy
Both Alex and myself used to hang out a lot at the AVS Forum, then Deal Database when Tivo starting gettting heavy over extraction and service theft (aka no-nags).
Basically until about 2 years to 18 months ago if you mentioned Tivo, DVR or anything like that you got blank stares from everyone not living in the US - followed usually by "why would I want one of those?"
So, its been visionaries/early adopters all the way.
It wouldn't surprise me that there were pockets of Tivo users out there scraping data and sharing it locally with no interest in going public.Originally Posted by timmy
Well, Oztivo mailling list was always the best place to start for downunder Tivo advice since NZ and Aus have so much in common TV system wise.
then UK Tivos forums as a "distant second" but relevant for PAL systems.
Getting consistent local guide data has always been tricky up until now. In the early days there was no online (web) sources of TV listings as most TV networks did not "get" the internet either.
Re: Jafas Turbonet plans, well it was his idea so I have no problems with him making money from his hard work.
Of course if we had Series 2 Tivos working we wouldn't need any Jafa hardware as we could then use one of the supported USB Ethernet adapters.
Remember going public is a two-way street - you get more members but you get to be a higher profile target and in the early days "under the radar" was the key.
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