GigLan and Tivo?

[petestrash]

I think you are trying to over complicate things.

Go with Darren's suggestion, I use an external HDD caddy on a TiVo I use for testing. $20-30 for a pair of caddies and cradles, one for TiVo, one for the PC. It ain't pretty, but works a treat.

I know of people who use a pile of caddies for archiving shows, they just stick in the drive with the show/series they need when they want to watch it.

I can't believe you have found that much to archive off TV

Peter

[mnorman]

Thanks a lot for the info, I don't really know what I want yet, but I'll try a TiVo to get started and see how I go. I'm just thinking ahead trying to anticipate needs and potential solutions.

[mnorman]

Pete, It's entirely possible I'm a compulsive horder ;p

tks for your tips too

[petestrash]

I agree with Darren, If your aim is for archiving a lot of shows then TiVo is probably not the best choice for you.

A PC runnning either one of the linux based media centres or Microsoft MCE2005 would be a better option.

Peter.