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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2006-12-15 10:56 pm
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Geek Sorrow

The Tivo seems to have died. Not sure when - it was working yesterday, and today it is turning on, but there is no hard drive noise. I'll have to get some torx screwdrivers, open it up, and see if giving things a clean and prod sorts it. If not then it's time to upgrade to a TVDrive - something I'd been considering anyway, because using Telewest's Video On Demand didn't work well with the Tivo, because it expected to be able to change channel whenever it felt like it.

Tis a shame, because the Tivo interface is so nice, but it's not worth paying a load of money out again for second-hand Tivo, when I can get something reasonable for much less.
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[identity profile] poisonduk.livejournal.com 2006-12-18 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
Can the Tivo be easily fixed? My second Sky+ box died last week - was working as a normal satellite receiver but refused to allow me access to any of the PVR facilities. A quick open up and swap of HDD sorted the problem. Left me feeling extremely righteous as the Sky 'helpline' had wanted to charge me £65 for an engineer visit and a further £50 to replace the HDD - I had an old 60Gb drive lying in a box so the net cost was nil to DIY and K now has an extra 20G space to record her cartoon and kiddie crap onto!
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2006-12-18 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
Borrowed some Torx screwdrivers off of Roddy yesterday - I'll try to get time to open it tonight!
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