Our series 1 Tivo has exhibited a potentially fatal flaw. Since the weekend, the tivo has stopped responding to commands from the remote control. Reboots don’t help. Resetting the remote control according to the instructions in the Tivo forums doesn’t help. The remote still sends commands, as it is still able to control the television. The most likely cuplrit seems to be the infrared receiver in the Tivo. <\/p>\n
The question now becomes, spend valuable time and effort opening the Tivo, figuring out how to replace the IR sensor, ordering it, and trying it out, when I’m not even 100% sure that’s the problem, or should I just be glad I got exactly four years of service out of a relatively inexpensive peice of consumer electronics, and buy a new one? <\/p>\n
DirectTV is running a rebate on their receiver with 80-hour Tivo; it comes out to $50 for the unit itself, with the monthly charge at about $45 including the Tivo fee. That’s less than I’m paying today for extended Comcast cable plus the Tivo service. Andrea and I have been dissatisfied with the quality of many of the channels on Comcast, especially the Sci-Fi channel and the WB. DirectTV also has a few additional channels we’d be interested in having, BBC America, Oxygen, and when Elizabeth gets a little older, the Disney channel. <\/p>\n
Seems like a decent idea to me!<\/p>\n
Anyone know how I can extract some video from my series 1 Tivo? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our series 1 Tivo has exhibited a potentially fatal flaw. Since the weekend, the tivo has stopped responding to commands from the remote control. Reboots don’t help. Resetting the remote control according to the instructions in the Tivo forums doesn’t … Continue reading