Comments on: TiVo Series3 & HD External Storage Arrives!

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:03:14 +0000

I haven’t noticed pixelization issues on the Series3 I’ve had for over a year. (Using Motorola CableCARDs via Comcast.)

By: steve heller

steve heller — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:57:32 +0000

Reid, you’re still having pixelation issues? what s/w version r u running? i’ve read on TCF that this has been resolved.

By: JDawg

JDawg — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:11:42 +0000

I’m waiting for the TiVo2Go feature to be added to the Series3HD! I gots to have my portability.

By: Reid

Reid — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:31:41 +0000

I don’t suppose this new update will fix any of the pixelization problems people on the message boards still seem to be having? I’m very keen on the new Series3/HD Tivos but am holding out until I’m sure they’ve fixed the problem.

By: CuriousJ

CuriousJ — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:36:49 +0000

Excellent! Now I can fill up my HD knowing that they will be saved longer!

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:34:16 +0000

Tivo updates happen automatically during the daily service call/connection. Tivo rolls out updates slowly, so if there are any problems the can be corrected before too many people are affected. Plus it probably smooths spikes in bandwidth usage.

Most of the time all you can do is wait. I don’t know if they are still doing this, but in the past there have occasionally been sign ups to receive updates early.

By: owen

owen — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:36:28 +0000

I’m a new Tivo owner and I was wondering if someone could explain how this software upgrade process works, it seems like my Tivo doesn’t upgrade even though I force it to connect to the service.

Is there some sort of randomness involved where you just have to wait to be lucky to get the update? Right now i have version 8.1 something, just driving me a bit crazy that I can’t update!

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:02:31 +0000

Dave,

I think Western Digital is a good guess. If you think back to the initial Tivo announcement of the Series3 at CES in 2006 — actually, just look back to your own post based on megazone’s “quizzing Tivo about the Series3″ (http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-01/tivos-series-3-lives/) — the eSATA drive shown was very clearly a Western Digital MyBook series (looks like a modern MyBook Premium, but with one blue circle, not concentric circles).

Personally, I hope they get this info out ASAP. I can’t be sure, but I’m pretty suspicious that my use of an eSATA drive via the kickstart method lead to a corrupted OS and completely bricked S3 a few months back (Tivo kindly replaced the unit). I’d love to add an approved storage solution so I can get back to enjoying all that capacity.