Living la Vida TiVo

Posted by christopher on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 12:51 in

My parents had an old TiVo that had lifetime programming updates but were not using it so I've long wanted to use it... but Michelle and I do not have a phone line. Without a phone line, the TiVo cannot stay updated.

So I finally put a network card into it and spent the weekend trying to get it working. Last night, we finally finished it! So we now have a TiVo - which is awesome for the programs we currently watch on the laptop - like the Daily Show. And I can record football!

But most importantly, I can set it up to record Almanac - and other local programming that I never remember to watch. I hope to be better tuned to local politics now. We'll see how that goes.

Thanks Mom and Dad for the TiVo!

What model?

We have external network adapters for most models, in case others without phone lines read this and need some help:

http://www.weaknees.com/tivo-networking-parts.php

Posted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 14:00