Comments on: Following up this morning’s post on eSATA, et al http://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/10/24/following-up-this-mornings-post-on-esata-et-al/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Ticked Offhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/10/24/following-up-this-mornings-post-on-esata-et-al/comment-page-1/#comment-21078 Ticked Off Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:30:02 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/10/24/following-up-this-mornings-post-on-esata-et-al/#comment-21078 OK... I've joined Tivo Nation a little late in the game. I bought a Tivo HD so that the better half could use the supposedly superior interface of the Tivo and watch her DVR'ed shows without having to be shown how to work my more complex setups. I'm really failing to see what the perks of Tivo are that I'm paying a monthly fee for in addition to the expensive hardware. And this latest news concerning locking down the Tivo HD's eSATA port is just one more thing that is leaving a very sour taste in my mouth concerning all things Tivo.Tivo adds a couple interesting features, but is incredibly annoying in a couple areas. I take full blame for not doing enough online research before making my Tivo HD purchase. But now that I have, I'm left with a big cluster of issues. Had I known this is how things would have played out, I would have returned my Tivo unit and canceled the service before the 30 day window was up.You can't pay me enough to buy a WD hard drive. Years of network administration and PC support has taught me that WD drives in the past 6 years are total junk. We've got 100% failure rate on the MyBook WD drives in less than a year (~50% don't last 3 months). 120 drives up in smoke in a matter of months. I've finally convinced the CIO to abandon the WD drives for Seagate Free Agents. At least they work and don't die so easily. Before I finally gave up on WD drives in my own personal systems (8 networked PCs and several NAS devices and servers in my house), I went through 50 drives that failed without warning or hope of data recovery. Not one single drive lasted longer than 1 year. I've got a dozen Seagate drives that are now >6 years old, used 24/7 and have yet to develop so much as a bad sector... interesting the difference. But in order to expand the capability of my Tivo HD officially, I have to buy a WD drive that I know is going to fail far sooner than a competing product? Not happy am I! (especially since I've had a 750GB Seagate Free Agent external eSATA drive sitting new in the box since I bought the Tivo HD a few months ago thinking the eSATA port actually worked)......I can't believe I'm being penalized because I didn't overspend for a prettier remote (which I never use anyway), prettier case, and slightly larger useless WD hard drive... I think a Tivo HD might show up for sale very soon...... OK… I’ve joined Tivo Nation a little late in the game. I bought a Tivo HD so that the better half could use the supposedly superior interface of the Tivo and watch her DVR’ed shows without having to be shown how to work my more complex setups. I’m really failing to see what the perks of Tivo are that I’m paying a monthly fee for in addition to the expensive hardware. And this latest news concerning locking down the Tivo HD’s eSATA port is just one more thing that is leaving a very sour taste in my mouth concerning all things Tivo.

Tivo adds a couple interesting features, but is incredibly annoying in a couple areas. I take full blame for not doing enough online research before making my Tivo HD purchase. But now that I have, I’m left with a big cluster of issues. Had I known this is how things would have played out, I would have returned my Tivo unit and canceled the service before the 30 day window was up.

You can’t pay me enough to buy a WD hard drive. Years of network administration and PC support has taught me that WD drives in the past 6 years are total junk. We’ve got 100% failure rate on the MyBook WD drives in less than a year (~50% don’t last 3 months). 120 drives up in smoke in a matter of months. I’ve finally convinced the CIO to abandon the WD drives for Seagate Free Agents. At least they work and don’t die so easily. Before I finally gave up on WD drives in my own personal systems (8 networked PCs and several NAS devices and servers in my house), I went through 50 drives that failed without warning or hope of data recovery. Not one single drive lasted longer than 1 year. I’ve got a dozen Seagate drives that are now >6 years old, used 24/7 and have yet to develop so much as a bad sector… interesting the difference. But in order to expand the capability of my Tivo HD officially, I have to buy a WD drive that I know is going to fail far sooner than a competing product? Not happy am I! (especially since I’ve had a 750GB Seagate Free Agent external eSATA drive sitting new in the box since I bought the Tivo HD a few months ago thinking the eSATA port actually worked)……

I can’t believe I’m being penalized because I didn’t overspend for a prettier remote (which I never use anyway), prettier case, and slightly larger useless WD hard drive… I think a Tivo HD might show up for sale very soon……

]]> By: megazonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/10/24/following-up-this-mornings-post-on-esata-et-al/comment-page-1/#comment-20809 megazone Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:05:36 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/10/24/following-up-this-mornings-post-on-esata-et-al/#comment-20809 Interesting on 9.1 - I suspected the code was in there but just not enabled since 9.1 had the warning about how it wouldn't MRV with older software. I suspect 9.2 is only needed for eSATA and Progressive Downloads. Interesting on 9.1 – I suspected the code was in there but just not enabled since 9.1 had the warning about how it wouldn’t MRV with older software. I suspect 9.2 is only needed for eSATA and Progressive Downloads.

]]> By: Tylerhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/10/24/following-up-this-mornings-post-on-esata-et-al/comment-page-1/#comment-20804 Tyler Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:39:43 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/10/24/following-up-this-mornings-post-on-esata-et-al/#comment-20804 FYI TiVoDecode Manager (tivotogo) is working on the TiVo HD and S3 for the Mac (the official TiVo sanctioned SW is toast 8 which isnt working) FYI TiVoDecode Manager (tivotogo) is working on the TiVo HD and S3 for the Mac (the official TiVo sanctioned SW is toast 8 which isnt working)

]]> By: James Weberhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/10/24/following-up-this-mornings-post-on-esata-et-al/comment-page-1/#comment-20779 James Weber Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:01:26 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/10/24/following-up-this-mornings-post-on-esata-et-al/#comment-20779 You do not need 9.2 to have TTG or MRV. My Tivo's are all working fine with 9.1 however my Tivo S2DT's hooked up to the Tivo Desktop and showed up on MRV automatically my Tivo S3 had to be restarted before it would show up on my other Tivo's for MRV or before it would show the connection to my computer in the "Now Playing List"Have not seen this metioned yet, My free codec (Hate the thought of paying for one)that I used to play my Tivo files on my PC would not work for any of my HD content I transfered to my PC with TTG. I did find a new one that is FREEWARE and does indeed work with the transfered HD content at Cnet.com, It is free from Spyware and Adware at the link below. I used the standard version.http://www.cnet.com/4244-5_1-0.html?query=cole+2k&tag=srch&target=nwI can't believe I finally have my MRV and TTG Woohoo!!! Been waiting a long time to be able to have a place to store Tivo files without having to crack open the case to replace the Hard Drive You do not need 9.2 to have TTG or MRV. My Tivo’s are all working fine with 9.1 however my Tivo S2DT’s hooked up to the Tivo Desktop and showed up on MRV automatically my Tivo S3 had to be restarted before it would show up on my other Tivo’s for MRV or before it would show the connection to my computer in the “Now Playing List”

Have not seen this metioned yet, My free codec (Hate the thought of paying for one)that I used to play my Tivo files on my PC would not work for any of my HD content I transfered to my PC with TTG. I did find a new one that is FREEWARE and does indeed work with the transfered HD content at Cnet.com, It is free from Spyware and Adware at the link below. I used the standard version.

http://www.cnet.com/4244-5_1-0.html?query=cole+2k&tag=srch&target=nw

I can’t believe I finally have my MRV and TTG Woohoo!!!
Been waiting a long time to be able to have a place to store Tivo files without having to crack open the case to replace the Hard Drive

]]> By: Tomhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/10/24/following-up-this-mornings-post-on-esata-et-al/comment-page-1/#comment-20774 Tom Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:00:20 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/10/24/following-up-this-mornings-post-on-esata-et-al/#comment-20774 It was nice of TiVo to "grandfather" the S3 like that. So many companies (Cough, Apple) have angered their fan base by "bricking" (cough iPhone) the hardware with a software upgrade. At least being an earlier adopter has had some benefit.BTW, my S3 now has MRV and TTG enabled, but my software version is still 9.1. I'm kinda confused on that. It was nice of TiVo to “grandfather” the S3 like that. So many companies (Cough, Apple) have angered their fan base by “bricking” (cough iPhone) the hardware with a software upgrade. At least being an earlier adopter has had some benefit.

BTW, my S3 now has MRV and TTG enabled, but my software version is still 9.1. I’m kinda confused on that.

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