- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: QUE; 1 edition (7 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0789731959
- ISBN-13: 978-0789731951
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.8 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,360,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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You probably bought your TiVo so that you would never have to miss another baseball game, soap opera or Thursday night sitcom again. It's great at what it does and is much friendlier than your VCR. But did you know that your TiVo is capable of so much more than recording your favorite programs? That is why Leo Laporte, a top voice in consumer technology, and Gareth Branwyn, of Wired magazine, got together to bring you Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo, a fun, light-hearted and in-depth look at TiVo and all that it is capable of. In this easy-to-follow guide, you will learn remote control trickery, how to upgrade your TiVo hardware, how to add a CallerID display to your television and how to add web capabilities. Take control of your television destiny with Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo.
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You probably bought your TiVo so that you would never have to miss another baseball game, soap opera or Thursday night sitcom again. It's great at what it does and is much friendlier than your VCR. But did you know that your TiVo is capable of so much more than recording your favorite programs? That is why Leo Laporte, a top voice in consumer technology, and Gareth Branwyn, of Wired magazine, got together to bring you Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo, a fun, light-hearted and in-depth look at TiVo and all that it is capable of. In this easy-to-follow guide, you will learn remote control trickery, how to upgrade your TiVo hardware, how to add a CallerID display to your television and how to add web capabilities. Take control of your television destiny with Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo.
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41 of 46 people found the following review helpful
Not much use with the latest TiVo hardware
25 Oct 2004
Format:Paperback
Even though Amazon recommends this for people who've bought a "TiVo TCD540040 Series2 DVR", this book is unlikely to be of much use since the hardware has changed in such a way as to make many of the Series1 & Series2 hacks unusable. The new TiVos are considered to be Series2.5 and at best the book is only good for telling how to add an extra hard drive into the new TiVos or use the remote control tricks.
Giving only one star as Amazon's suggestion that this is a useful book for owners of TCD540040 is clearly misleading.
Giving only one star as Amazon's suggestion that this is a useful book for owners of TCD540040 is clearly misleading.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
This book saved me time and grief in my upgrade.
24 Nov 2004
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I had a spare 120 gig drive left over from another project and found
out that I could use it to upgrade my series 1 Tivo machine. That was January 2004. I read various websites on the subject. I thought about it; read some more; thought about it some more; and never got anywhere. Finally, I read the section on InstantCake in Leo's book and realized that this was best solution for my situation. Lucky me. I ran the program and initialized the drive for TIVO before I opened the box. My Tivo had been reconditioned and I discovered that the drive(s) configuration didn't match what I had expected from my serial number. No matter. I just pulled out the old drives and installed the new drive. It worked right away although I had to figure out how to get both LNB's working,
change the daily call phone number, and TURN OFF TIVO SUGGESTIONS (my TIVO started recording everything until I remembered that I had to turn it off when I first got the machine.) This book saved me time and trouble.
The only downside is what I call "sidebar-itis." This problem is not unique to this book, but it gets harder and harder to read these books with all these sidebars disrupting and distracting you like a guy sitting behind you in a movie blabbering away. Otherwise, very useful.
I wrote the above in November 2004. A year and a half later, I find this book to be much more than I did then. I've found myself going back to it periodically and finding valuable help. My four stars now look to me a little on the stingy side, I would give it five now if I could.
out that I could use it to upgrade my series 1 Tivo machine. That was January 2004. I read various websites on the subject. I thought about it; read some more; thought about it some more; and never got anywhere. Finally, I read the section on InstantCake in Leo's book and realized that this was best solution for my situation. Lucky me. I ran the program and initialized the drive for TIVO before I opened the box. My Tivo had been reconditioned and I discovered that the drive(s) configuration didn't match what I had expected from my serial number. No matter. I just pulled out the old drives and installed the new drive. It worked right away although I had to figure out how to get both LNB's working,
change the daily call phone number, and TURN OFF TIVO SUGGESTIONS (my TIVO started recording everything until I remembered that I had to turn it off when I first got the machine.) This book saved me time and trouble.
The only downside is what I call "sidebar-itis." This problem is not unique to this book, but it gets harder and harder to read these books with all these sidebars disrupting and distracting you like a guy sitting behind you in a movie blabbering away. Otherwise, very useful.
I wrote the above in November 2004. A year and a half later, I find this book to be much more than I did then. I've found myself going back to it periodically and finding valuable help. My four stars now look to me a little on the stingy side, I would give it five now if I could.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
OK, but NOT FOR HACKING
22 Jan 2005
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This seems like a nice book for beginners to TiVo. There are occasionally intersting nuggets inside, so I don't totally hate it. For my purposes, though, it was awful. Leo LaPorte is technically savvy, but this book's description is DEFINITELY MISLEADING. It will NOT teach you how to get your Series 2 DirecTivo on the web. For that you will need "Hacking the Tivo" and a lot of time on dealdatabase.com's forums.
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