We've got a TiVoHD unit which is our primary TiVo these days but I'm somewhat attached to the old girl and just like keeping it going. There wasn't anything catastrophically lost but I did learn a lot in the reimaging process since five years have passed since I last did it. The good news was I kept the Thomson install image around, and an old PIII PC that can boot it because my current Phenom won't. With that on hand, I was able to hook up the HD to this old PC and get the image back on but then I had to go through all the usual pain of getting the timezone issue fixed since this image pre-dates the new DST settings, and found various forum posts from me back in the day when I had trouble with ntpdate and the DST settings not being picked up here: http://forums.oztivo.net/showthread....1481#post11481
I had already got the Auckland.zip updated TimeZone file but that didn't work with the new ntpdate file installed, and using dbsetx as in that forum post. Now the dates are fine, the guide data is all looking correct and it seems to be as happy now as it was back when I got it going in 2007. I really need to put all this info on a disc and put it away somewhere. I do feel like the old girl is on her last legs and there may well not be enough interest in maintaining the guide data service and since I'm a programmer I would be interested in looking at working on keeping that going if there is a need for support.
A lot of support for the old S1 TiVos is disappearing. There was a time when TyStudio was a good tool for pulling files off and getting them to play wasn't difficult. I'm less interested in that these days but it is a shame for the knowledge to fade away and I wonder just how much longer that knowledge will be available here on this site and on the web in general. I'm often surprised that the old S1 TiVo still produces a decent looking picture on a big TV. Sure, it isn't HD but it isn't terrible, especially when it is set to run at best quality and DVD resolution.
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