[ale] [OT] so what can I do with an old TIVO?

JD jdp at algoloma.com
Mon Aug 26 12:15:51 EDT 2013


The short answer is "nothing."
The TiVo s2 is a purpose-built device.

I've used mine as a VCR tape-to mpeg converter, but that's about as far off the
intended purpose anyone has found.

You could grab the old IDE HDD and reuse that.

On 08/26/2013 09:02 AM, Jim Lynch wrote:
> A while back I upgraded my TIVO to the a newer model.  The old one is a series 2
> or some such.  Is there anything I can do with it?  I think it's running Linux
> and has a small disk of some kind.  Might it be configured to run Myth TV or
> something like that?
> 


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