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    Question which ethernet card? turbonet or cachecard?

    im getting my first tivo this week and in browsing the net i found two ethernet cards that look the business..

    the cachecard looks better but everyone here talks about the turbonet card. so has anyone used this cachecard?

    opinions?

    http://www.9thtee.com/tivocachecard.htm ( link to cachecard )

    thanks in advance!
    its not that im lazy, its that i just dont care

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    Hi elarbee,

    Turbonet. Been around longer. More stable. 10/100 MBit.

    CacheCard. More recent. My own experience, as well as observing the forums at ...

    http://www.silicondust.com/forum/

    ... indicates it continues to have a kind-of experimental/beta feel to it. That said, the most recent drivers have been around for about 6 weeks (ie. since 22 May) which is a good sign that it's become more stable.

    You can (and I do) run the CacheCard without the cache memory which is designed to speed up the TiVo menus. It then works as just a network card and while also being 10/100 MBit, is apparently slightly faster (~10% I understand) than the Turbonet.

    I decided to buy a CacheCard because if/when the menus on myTiVo start going really slow I can do something about it.

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers, Dave.
    Last edited by DavidSymons; 10-08-2004 at 12:53 PM. Reason: Typos
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    thanks dave. it sure does.
    its not that im lazy, its that i just dont care

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