Getting Programming Guide Data into TiVo Series 2 Units?

An Anonymous Coward asks: "The new (Series2) TiVos have been substantially hardened from prior versions, but, it looks like it might be easier to get foreign program schedules into the TiVo than ever before. The newest units support APG, Advanced Program Guide (tm). This is a program guide being sent via the satellite broadcasts to DirectTV receivers. I'm trying to determine if this is a standard (by a different name) and the precise interactions necessary to submit this data to the TiVo. Basically, I want to emulate a satellite receiver sufficiently enough to submit new programming guide data to the TiVo. What I need to do this are sample data streams from a DirecTV satellite receiver to a TiVo, or similar device. Once this is done and working it will be possible to supply any Series 2 TiVo with program guide data for any region in the world (if such a schedule can be obtained). Note that this should not require breaking TiVo's subscription model."

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Re:if you have the programming information

[zitsky]

I'll preface this by saying I have a lifetime subscription ($250) for my Tivo. Tivo ROCKS!

However, he didn't force the Tivo corporation to choose the business model they did. You can legally buy a Tivo and never activate it. Sure you don't get all the features, but there's nothing wrong about it.

I'll all for reasonable hacking. I think anyone should be able to hack their system to expand features or learn more about it. I've learned many of the things about my Tivo because other people published the results of their hacking.

If Tivo is worried about recovering their cost of production, then they should change to the Replay model and include the cost of the program guide in the cost of the recorder. As long as they stay with the current model then it's an open season for hacking, as far as I'm concerned.