![]() I realize that the DRM codec is licensed and therefore cost someone money, but I’m not sure who in this case. It does work, but again, not worth the money. About the only unique feature is an “auto-transfer” feature which allows you to flag a particular show for download. Roxio’s included a “TiVo Transfer” program and a “Toast Video Player” application for playing the DRM protected files (which appears to be a stripped down version of ElGato’s EyeTV software). It’s an odd move, especially considering that after 2 years of promising TiVoToGo for the Mac, they’ve kinda-sorta-delivered it in a $99 package offered by a third-party. Sure, the interface could use work, but it does work… (And if you do, this seems to be the cheapest option for upgrades.) We’ve come a long way since that first 30GB Series 1, baby.ĭon’t waste your money for the TiVo integration unless you use Toast all the time. Some additional nice-to-haves, and ever more attention paid to that TiVoCast feature that no one uses nor really cares about.) (And no, today’s service upgrade didn’t deliver that. ![]() Something to tide you over until they enable that damn TiVoToGo. Oh, and because you want a fan on anything that runs as hot as Seagate’s 750 and gets constantly poked by your Series 3. I went for this Apricorn EZ-Bus DTS dealie, but only because the name was just so damn sexy. My TiVo decided to do a service upgrade during the whole thing, but it worked anyway. Something to keep in mind if you plan to start off small. The one kicker seems to be divorcing your new drive results in destroying anything since the two were married. Sweet Jesus, this not-so-secret secret works! I pumped up my T3 by another 750GB today, yielding 131 HD and 1244 SD hours (up from ~32 HD hours, which was pretty weak.) Bring it on Planet Earth, you 11-part series of HD goodness! The run quite a bit more silent (good in the living room), but also produce less heat, and seek slower, which doesn’t thrash the head in 24/7 DVR use. The Seagate DB35 or Hitachi CinemaStar series. Oh, and now that TiVo Series 3 and TiVo HD officially support eSATA drive expansions, I have one sage piece of advice that will save you a ton of money: if you build your own, absolutely purchase a drive rated for DVR use. 950 GB of free space, 50% availability! Rock on. I’m a little annoyed that most manufactures now offer “Enterprise” class drives, supposedly giving you 24/7 reliability, which makes me wonder what the non-Enterprise drives lack. These drives tend to run hot, and pressing them into any kind of major labor seems to wilt these precious little flowers. I’ve had similar odd behavior from a Seagate Barracuda 750 GB. I’ve RMA’d the drive, which had given me some issues before, but the lesson here is RAID mirrors are your friend. It took all of 1 day for problems to appear. I swapped out my boot drives on my Quad Power Mac with two 1TB Hitachis, and put ’em in a RAID mirror to save myself the pain of doing backups. These “perpendicular” drives out today, basically the Seagate and Hitachi’s >= 750 GB, seem to be less than reliable. Yeah, a couple bonus episodes, and will likely add more. Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish.One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish.Homer the Great (the Stonecutters episode).Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (S1E1!).(Too lazy to put them in particular order.) Set your DVRs for these 25 - whether seeing them for the first time or revisiting, they embody what The Simpsons did best: snark, humor, commentary, and cultural criticism. Let’s say you’re a happenin’ person with a life and will only have time for 25 episodes. Today, it’s a cultural cornerstone to a whole generation (X?) and the episodes have not only aged well but somehow remain eerily relevant. Conservatives hated it (of course, because they hate everything) and it was considered crude trash by the cultured gentry of yesteryear. The Simpsons might be the greatest thing ever put on TV. Burns?” episode jumped the shark but it continued to be great for many years, and even today, an occasional episode does good and doesn’t make you pine for the good ol’ days. ![]() Many near the tail end are barely worth watching, but who cares, the first 10 seasons or so were golden. Hibert, Sideshow Bob, Krusty, Milhouse, Nelson’s “Ha-Has!” and even Cletus and Brandine. A metric fuckton of Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, Selma, Patti, Flanders, Kang, Kodos, Dr. FXX starts their Simpsons marathon this Thursday, 8/21 at 10am.
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