About to buy a TiVo

[DavidSymons]

Hi Kerry,

I was looking for the quick approach, ie the courier delivers it, and I have the manual read and the system up and running within a hour :-)

Ahh. Addicted already I see .

Another read of the TiVo FAQs reveals that I have to install the new hard disk in a PC anyway to install the TiVo software, so installing the Cachecard drivers at the same time is a relative no-brainer - so, ignore problem 3.

Actually, whenever I re-image (the "Play" TiVo I might add) I do it once the disk is back in the TiVo using a ZModem via a serial cable. I've described the procedure here in this thread (and I must get around to putting it up in the OzTiVo Twiki):

http://forums.oztivo.net/showthread.php?t=237

I see from your .sig that you have a Cachecard (to speed up the menu access, I gather). So, I guess I should get one anyway, so that I don't find myself in two months time wishing I had got one.

Yes I've got CacheCards but, as yet, haven't needed to put any memory in them (just modified my sig). The menus on our main TiVo are a little slow at times but not annoyingly so. I understand that it's a function of the amount of hard disk (120Gb in its case). Hence if I ever decide to add more disk ...

Cheers, Dave.

[KerryC]

Thanks everyone, especially Dave.

I'll order the diskless series 1 US TiVo with 2nd hard disk bracket, 2nd remote (as a spare to save shipping costs if I need another one in two years time) and Cachecard, and get a friend to make me up a serial cable.

So now I'll download the image files and start looking around for hard disk drives.

Thanks all

Kerry