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Tivo Quadcard Promises Thousand-Hour PVR

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-1200-hours-seems-much-better dept.

edrock200 writes "The folks over at 9thtee are developing a quad card for Tivo series 1 and Tivo/DirecTV combo units...it will allow you to add 4 hard drives to your Tivo and also break the 133gb limit for each drive....this will effectively give you a 1200-hour unit with 4 320GB drives. Theres also a fairly detailed thread of the development process over at the AVS forums." Gonna need the space since scifi has decided to air 4 episodes of SG1 a day!

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  1. 1200 hours? why? by realmolo · · Score: -1, Troll

    There aren't *5* hours of TV worth watching in any given week. I'm sorry, but the whole PVR thing escapes me. Who is watching that much TV? And shouldn't they be doing something better? Oh, wait, I forgot about all the lardass geeks who have to record every showing of every cartoon or science fiction show for "archival purposes".

  2. CmdrTaco molests little Mexican boys by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Have you no shame Rob???

  3. Cheaper better solution... by bmooney28 · · Score: 2, Troll
    Step 1. Buy All In Wonder Radeon 7500 for $150 retail...

    Step 2. Record TV shows using point and click interface in VCD format...

    Step 3. Use software that came with CD-R drive to burn VCD's of your favorite movies and TV shows... (74 min per CD and playable in nearly any DVD player!

    This is a cheap and effective alternative to TIVO of any sort considering that you probably already have a CD-R drive, and the AIW card is relatively inexpensive... Also, you can store 1000 hours of programming for far less than a single 320 GB drive will cost *when* it becomes availiable. As an added bonus, the VCD's that you burn are very portable and can easily be taken to friends' houses as well as stored for years to come...