Upgrading My Series 3 TiVo's Hard Drive (Using MFSLive and WinMFS)

If you follow me on Twitter you probably already know that a couple of weeks I went ahead and upgraded the hard drive in my Series 3 TiVo.  In the past, I’ve upgraded several TiVo hard drives using a number of different solutions including, an upgrade drive from WeaKnees and DVRupgrade as well as the [...]

WeaKnees Announces Flat-Fee TiVo Repair Service

The folks over at WeaKnees.com recently announced that they’re now offering a flat-fee TiVo repair service on most non-DirecTV TiVo DVRs (S3 and TiVo HD DVRs are currently NOT supported).  Starting at $149, WeaKnees will diagnose and repair your TiVo DVR no matter what needs to be repaired.

At WeaKnees, we have been reviving TiVo DVRs [...]

Diagnosing A TiVo Hard Drive Failure

My Series 3 TiVo has been acting up as of late.  The other night I was watching Mad Men (isn’t it a great show?) and my TiVo froze and rebooted twice!  I’ve had it freeze on me a couple of times over the past month so, when it rebooted twice within one show I decided [...]

weaKnees Is Now Shipping TiVo HD XLs With 2TB Internal Drive

weaKnees has been shipping 2 Terabyte TiVo DVRs for quite a while now however, earlier today they announced that they’re now shipping TiVo HD XLs with one internal 2TB drive.

OK – we’ve been selling some 2 TB TiVos for a while, but not like this one. This one has ALL of the storage inside the [...]

WeaKnees RAID 1 Expander Drive Giveaway

Update (4/25): The winner is… Trevor.  Thanks to WeaKnees for making this giveaway possible and thanks to all those who participated.

Update (4/19): This device will not work in the default RAID mode for Series 3 DVRs since the Series 3 is unable to boot from the eSATA port.  That being said, you can still use [...]

WeaKnees RAID 1 Extender Drive Review and Hands On

Features and Highlights

The WeaKnees RAID 1 Extender Drive is an eSATA drive enclosure which comes preconfigured with two hard drives in a RAID 1 configuration.  Since it uses RAID 1 technology, the device is capable of storing a secure backup of your DVR’s recordings.  If one of the hard drives fail, the device is able [...]

Attaching A WeaKnees RAID 1 External Drive To My TiVo HD

Here’s a video showing how to install a WeaKnees RAID 1 external drive.  I plan on posting a complete review in the near future however, I thought I would get this video out since I’ve been using the drive for a couple of months now.  Thus far, I’ve been extremely impressed with the product.  As [...]

Unboxing The WeakNees RAID1 External Storage Enclosure (Review To Follow)

The kind folks over at WeaKnees.com, recently sent me one of their RAID 1 external storage drives for review.  Thus far, I’ve only had the chance to unbox the device however, I plan on setting it up and posting a review sometime in the near future.

Let me know if you have this device connected to [...]

Backup Your TiVo’s Recordings Using WeaKnees’ DVR Backup System

WeaKnees recently announced that they now offer a backup system for TiVo HD and TiVo HD XL DVRs.  According to their blog post, WeaKnees is able to backup your TiVo’s data through the use of two hard drives in a RAID 1 configuration.  The hard drives are bundled together inside an enclosure  which connects to [...]

DirecTV HD TiVo To Support TiVo KidZone & Universal Swivel Search

WeaKnees has uncovered new information about the upcoming DirecTV HD TiVo.  According to WeaKnees, the new DVR will provide several features which are exclusive to TiVo DVRs including, TiVo KidZone and Universal Swivel Search.  Along with these features, the new DVR will also support networking.  No information has been released as to whether or not [...]