WeaKnees now offering upgraded TiVo HD units

by Darren Murph, posted Aug 8th 2007 at 2:45AM

While cramming a larger hard drive into a vanilla Series 3 unit is all fine and dandy, WeaKnees is getting with the program and offering up upgraded TiVo HD boxes to those who just can't ever find enough space. Reportedly, the firm will be selling modified TiVo HD boxes "with up to 144 hours of HD capacity," and these beefed up iterations promise to record programming from traditional broadcast antennas, digital and analog cable, as well as the HD over-the-air broadcasts exactly like the factory-equipped counterparts. More specifically, interested customers have the option of getting 32, 43, 70, 107,or 144 hours of HD capacity depending on their budget, so be sure and hit the read link if you're ready to take the plunge.

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Tags: hack, series 3, Series3, tivo, tivo hd, TivoHd, upgrade, weaknees

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MegaZone @ Aug 8th 2007 4:00AM

DVRupgrade.com is also selling upgraded TiVo HD units - and right now they're including a free 'Glo' (S3 style) remote with each upgraded TiVo HD, and they're prices at a little better on the larger units: http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/08/07/updates-from-weaknees-and-dvrupgrade/

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Eric M @ Aug 8th 2007 5:09AM

Why not just buy and plug in an external e-Sata drive?

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JeffDM @ Aug 8th 2007 9:12AM

In that it doesn't require an irritating side-saddle box?

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MegaZone @ Aug 8th 2007 8:41PM

The eSATA port on the TiVo HD is not enabled yet.

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JeffDM @ Aug 8th 2007 9:51AM

Wow, that is expensive. Normally, I'd say that an external drive is a stupid and ugly kluge but this is worse, being that it's stupid expensive. The cost difference between the 20 and 144 hour upgrades cannot possibly be $750. I don't see how the labor is any different, and the cost difference in the drives is probably less than $200.

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MegaZone @ Aug 8th 2007 8:42PM

You're paying for convenience - you can always do it yourself. The tools are available from MFSLive.org. Buy your own drive and do your own work.

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Chris @ Aug 9th 2007 1:01PM

Has anyone tried the Series 3 workaround to enable the eSATA port?

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