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<div><span style="line-height: 1.5">Thanks for the knowledgeable insights, Rick.</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Yes I was actually assessing it with a view to possibly keeping it, and had just found on the TiVo site where they have the table of supported DTA boxes, and antenna infos:</div><div><a href="https://support.tivo.com/articles/Features_Use/Digital-Converter-Boxes-for-Antenna-Series2-DVRs/p" target="_blank">https://support.tivo.com/articles/Features_Use/Digital-Converter-Boxes-for-Antenna-Series2-DVRs/p</a></div><div><a href="https://support.tivo.com/articles/Features_Use/Digital-Antenna-Support" target="_blank">https://support.tivo.com/articles/Features_Use/Digital-Antenna-Support</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I might actually have the RCA DTV box somewhere actually-- had snatched it for $4 at SPCA I think.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll heed the advice on crossposting, btw-- thanks for the tip. I'm pretty sure I forgot to subscribe to Lug Nuts, come to think of it, so I think that went to /dev/null! Davisites get first dibs, I guess.</div><div><br /></div><br />2. Aug 2016 09:13 by <a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com" target="_blank">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;">Quoting T. Mark (<a href="mailto:techmark@tutanota.de" target="_blank">techmark@tutanota.de</a>):<br /><blockquote>Searching around, I find that this thing is pretty versatile. While<br />dated, it could nonetheless provide a youngster/newbie with<br />interesting projects to pursue..I found this TiVo Hacks book online &<br />wish I had time to<br />try:<a href="https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/tivo-hacks/0596005539/ch04s14.html" target="_blank">https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/tivo-hacks/0596005539/ch04s14.html</a><br /><br />TiVo Series 2 DVRmodel TCD540040 Seen at $120 on Amazon.<br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/TiVo-TCD540040-Series2-40-Hour-Recorder/dp/B00029ZE2S" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/TiVo-TCD540040-Series2-40-Hour-Recorder/dp/B00029ZE2S</a><br />$60? Need the money to make rent. -- Mark</blockquote><br />It should be noted that the Series 2 (which I love and have one of) is<br />pre-digital TV and pre-HDTV. Pre-HDTV is not a big concern, but since<br />all the airwaves have gone digital, you'd also need an outboard<br />converter box and go to quite a bit of trouble to get the TiVo to work<br />with it.<br /><br />The Series 2 was the last TiVo to have the ability to burn content to<br />DVD-R, which was really nice, but Our Lords in Hollywood didn't like<br />that, and have pressured companies like TiVo, Inc. to omit it _and_ enforce<br />truly nasty Digital Restrictions Management in all HDTV-capable units.<br /><br />(I am not continuing your crosspost across multiple LUG mailing lists,<br />because in my experience that is a bad idea.)<br />_______________________________________________<br />vox mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:vox@lists.lugod.org" target="_blank">vox@lists.lugod.org</a><br /><a href="http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox" target="_blank">http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox</a></blockquote> </body>
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