Well, we’re TiVo people again.
Thanks to Circuit City going out of business here, we were able to score an HD TiVo box for $80. We had been thinking about ditching cable, but with the addition of more HD channels and now a brand new TiVo, we’ll be holding on to cable for a while.
Having the cable cards installed this afternoon was a bit trying, but the machine seems to be working as it should. It’s currently downloading information during the setup, so I’ll know in a few minutes.
I also picked up a Western Digital DVR Expander. I suspect that any external eSATA hard drive would have been capable of doing the trick, but the 500-gig external drive was only $150. So far, the TiVo has not recognized it. I think this is pretty typical of my experiences with WD products. Hopefully, I won’t have to take it back.
Anyway, I’m happy to have TiVo again. I just can’t wait until next month when I can watch Netflix from the TiVo!
Yay! I never got over switching from TiVO – nothing else compares, and I'm glad it's back in our life!
I am excited about the NetFlix thing…with the new Wii & all this other fun techie stuff I don't think I'll have time to leave the house. 
Yeah, happy birthday…
You know, I forgot to mention the best part about our new TiVo: we finally got rid of that stoopid DRV. It would frequently give record errors and get only seconds of a show; the interface was designed by monkeys; and it woudl record the same show overandoverandover again. Good riddance.