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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
I have an Ultimate TV (no longer sold, but still supported by M$oft), and I immediately removed the original 40GB drive and installed a 120GB one, giving me about 120 hours of high quality recording time, instead of the stock 40. Also put a laptop cooling fan under the unit to help cool it. I imagine it's just as easy on a Tivo, which is more popular, and probably been hacked even more. Not sure if you can just add a second drive (you can't on the UTV), or just use a bigger disk drive. I would think that keeping it all on a big drive is preferable, less to go wrong. Let me know if it works...someday I will be forced to switch to Tivo.
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We did the same thing to our Tivo. I could not tell you anything about the installation process, but it works quite well now. And we have more memory than we could ever use. 120 hours sounds about right. All on one big drive. Now we are awaiting the Tivo HDTV model trade-up, along with satellite HDTV upgrade. I have been told this will all be fully operational in time for NFL season this year.
PS. for the spinster couple-haters, I use "we" as a clarification in this context in that it really wasn't me yet I have some knowledge of what "we" have done. and I hope to reap the benefits.
