TiVo.com, if you are reading this post please pay attention. A good friend of mine recently had a problem with his TiVo. After getting his most recent service update, his 802.11b network adapter stopped working. He tried the usual debugging steps (unplugged card, plugged back in, reset box etc..) however; nothing seemed to work. He sacrificed his pride and called TiVo tech support. To my surprise, the tech was of no help to him. Essentially the tech told him that the adapter must have “gone bad” over night. At one point the tech even tried to suggest that the network adapter was no longer supported however; it is still on the list of supported adapters. IMO, I highly doubt that the adapter just “went bad” overnight. More then likely the service update screwed things up.

Since he knows how big of a TiVo geek I am, he immediately told me about the problem he was having. Right now, he is left with a TiVo box that is no longer getting updates. I told him to call tech support again and see if he can get somebody else on the line who is a little bit more helpful. He is a little reluctant to do call back because of the bad experience he already had.

I know that a rotten apple doesn’t make a bad batch however; my buddies experience has truly altered his opinion of TiVo. If anybody has a suggestion please let me know.

I was just wondering if anybody knows when TiVo HME is expected to go “live”? Right now HME is still mainly for developers and people who are interested in playing around with their TiVo. There have already been a bunch of sweet apps released for HME however; I’d like to seem them polished up and put into a install package so that Gradma Jones could install it.

I just upgraded to the latest version of WordPress (the blogging software I use) however; I haven’t finished converting over the old look and feel. I hope to get to this in the near future.

Like I said in a previous post, TiVoBlog.com has been slow because my wife and I are proud parents of a two-week-old boy. As you can imagine, I haven’t had much time to blog about TiVo and my addiction. That being said, I haven’t forgotten about my TiVo :). As a matter of fact, I think that I enjoy TiVo even more now that I have less free time. For example, today I was able to watch Syracuse vs. UConn three hours after the game was officially over with. I tried to watch it live however; my son decided that he didn’t want me to. If he needs to be changed then I need to change him. If he decides that he wants to go in his swing then I need to put him in the swing. My son’s schedule pretty much dictates what I do and when I do it.

If you’re about to be a Dad and you don’t have a TiVo then I suggest you get one! A TiVo will allow you to feel as though you have some control over your life ;). Well, I better get going; I need to change my son’s diaper.

Here’s a funny comic that I found over at TiVoLovers.

I received TiVoToGo a couple of days ago however; I haven’t had that much time to play with it. I plan on doing a review of it over the weekend. Stay tuned for updates..

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Looks like somebody over at Sigmund, Carl and Alfred had nothing better to do then to bash TiVoBlog.com. Apparently the author of this site doesn’t own a TiVo :).

I would like to wish everybody a Happy Holiday! I hope your holiday season is filled with joy!

Two days ago I received my 140 TiVo from the rewards program. Needless to say, I set it up as soon as I arrived home from work. In fact, my wife called me during the day and told me she had some good news for me. Being the big geek that I am, she knew that I would be excited about my new DVR. At first I thought she was going to say that we hit the lottery however; she let me know that my new TiVo had arrived :).

If you’ve been following my previous posts (post 1, post 2) about my TiVo rewards TiVo you’ll know that I’ve been planning on giving my parents my old TiVo (60 hr series2). Being a man of my word, I setup my old TiVo at my parent’s house last night. I showed my Mom how to setup several season passes and within a couple of minutes she was doing it herself. My parents are kind of tech savvy (hey what do you expect, there son has a TiVo website) so I kind of expected them to be able to pickup on it. I think that my Mom finally realized the true benefit of a TiVo. She was able to go and take a shower without having to miss her Jeopardy. She setup about 13 season passes so I’m sure she’ll have more shows then she can ever watch. It�s but I just got an email saying that the following comment has been posted:

Alex, I’ve only had the TiVo for one night and I am already happy. Last night I was tired and saw that “THE GODFATHER” was going to be on, so I TiVoed it! Thanks, now all I have to do is explain it to Dad and we’re good to go. Love Mom

Little does she know that you aren�t suppose to use TiVo as a verb. I guess I�ll give Mom a pass on this one ;)!