Hi Zach and welcome
Doubtful. The firmware in any of these boxes is locked down tight to avoid "playing" and because it is programmed for Australia that would 99.999% mean PAL onlyOriginally Posted by 1downunder
No. One A/V only. Just like a stock series 1 without the 2nd A/V input mod.2. I take it the series 2 box's already have 2 av inputs available?
Doubtful. As in answer #2 there is only one A/V input anyway. Whether or not a hardware hack like Series 1 is possible to expand A/V inputs is possible has not been explored yet as it is a pointless exercise at present until more pressing issues are sorted (if they ever are, that is)3. Is it possible to utilize schedualed recording if I have these two sources (stb and fox) in via the av inputs. As in, will the ir blaster be able to change channels for both the stb and fox?
No. There is only one set of encoder and decoder chips. One recording and one playback stream at a time only.4. (a general question here) If I am recording from one av input source, can I watch the other av input source?
Yes. Lots. Given stating your reasons for wanting a TiVo the question has to be asked why you are considering a Series 2 when they are nothing more than a very experimental box at this point in time? If the answer is "for when PAL is worked out" then you are most likely going to be waiting a very long time, if it ever is worked out. My advice would be to get a Series 1 and be done with it.5. are there any limitations I should be aware of before buying a series two besides the ntsc problem (I won't be using the internal tuner either). The main reason I want a tivo is for schedualed recordings - trying to avoid having to get foxtel IQ
You can network TiVo's (be it a S1 or S2), but Series 1 is not capable of MP3 or DiVx, and there is very little development work on this for S2 at present. S2 does have something called HMO but this requires software that is not easily hackable and therefore useless for use here with a non subscribed box. If you want to play MP3 or DiVx then get an Xbox and install XBMC.Finally, is it possible to network the series two tivo's and watch videos from my pc on it (e.g. divx, mp3's)
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