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TiVo Introduces Series2
KMFMS writes "Yesterday, TiVo introduced their Series2 line of TiVo DVRs. The TiVo web page for the Series2 states that it will have "2 USB expansion ports to connect to peripheral devices like... network adaptors..." " Presumably
this will mean Tivo will have Broadband support to compete with the new ReplayTV 4000's.
It also claims to support music and stuff too.
"2 USB expansion ports to connect to peripheral devices like digital cameras, network adaptors, MP3 and CD players, etc."
Etc. could be a USB CD burner, perhaps? That popping sound was the MPAA's aneurism.
Oh my god, the CIA and the Illuminati are gonna find out I have a season's pass for Politically Incorrect, and watched an episode of the X FIles once! I'm on their list of the first people to be gathered up and executed when the aliens come to take over the world!
But seriously folks, what's the big deal with this? I would much rather have them know what I watch, find out the patterns of my viewing habits, and then make more targeted advertising so they make more money, enabling them to create better shows and programmimg.
There's a word for people that think everybody is out to get them. No, not perceptive: paranoid.
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Yup have both, and hardware hacking is my hobby. I could say you dont have a life bacause you dont have a digital logic analyzer in your basement next to a 1ghz o-scope and a surface mount rework station. but I dont because I dont judge people's hobbies. AS for the data, it takes me 3.7 seconds to get my local listings for any date up to about 15 days out to be accurate. it's called yahoo or tvguide.com and a little knowl language called perl. hell the modules for that are already written and part of a perl program called misterhouse. all I need to do is monitor for about a month what is being sent and recieved by the TiVo (simple to capture and analyze modem communications.. you can find schematics from many hacker sites.. silicontoad used to have a bunch of this stuff) and i dont doubt that it's cool for you and you will forever pay your 9.95 a month. me? I'm that 3.517% that doesnt want to be relying on their information and their forced software updates. and unless they use pgp encryption for all communications to keep people like me from figuring it out (then I hack the software directly) it will take only a month or so to figure it out. (some people rather figure out a rock face, or build a boat in a bottle, me I like to crack corperate IP)
as for a poor student or starting out... nope I'm an old dude that has a decent paying job, lots of expierience, and a hobby that is pretty darned cool. how about you?
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