The Official AVS TiVo "Series4" Premiere topic - Page 53

Doesn't have to be purchased from TiVo but MUST be the Western Digital My Book AV DVR Expander 1TB. It is the only one that the TiVo will allow to be connected.

Good luck finding one...
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digita...dp/B003MVZ60S/

The Western Digital My Book 1TB AV DVR Expander is easy to find. It's just hard to find one at a decent price.

Cool, thanks for the info and the link

For my part, I never said that. My point was merely that it is reasonable to expect hardware vendors to remove features that the majority of their customers do not demand in an effort to reduce manufacturing costs.

I prefer the word "better".

How about "better for now"?

I can see you point of view. In fact I have seen the results of trying to keep costs down by removing unpopular features. But, lucky for a few people, there is a market for TV, Blu-ray and AVRs at the high end for consumers like me that want the features supplied once you cross the $300 line.

One side of the "market coin" is consumer demand for low prices. The other side is looking for features and competition. Pick a company that has a product line that is not associated with a retail outlet like Sony, Panasonic or Sanyo. See if Walmart carries all their products or just the low-end. It's natural to want to save money, but choice is still alive and thriving.

Here on FiOS, OTA is identical to what is broadcast on FiOS. I can record programs from OTA and FiOS and they look the same and also take up the same amount of hard drive space.

Interesingly enough, my Comcast does the same thing. My HD recordings of the Super Bowl from Comcast and OTA use the exact same bit-rates and the recorded files are essentially the same size. I recorded one on my PC and one on my Tivo, then transferred the Tivo recording to my PC so I could compare. I edited the files so they start and stop on the same frame.

That's a ridiculous price-gouge trying to take advantage of the post-flood HDD shortage. The list price on the WD web site is $160 but it is out of stock. I love the joker trying to sell one for $10,000. That must be a misprint on the website.

No telling when the supply will right itself. Initial estimates last year were shortages through Q1/12. I haven't seen any updates. The drives I track for A/V use are still running 1.5X pre-flood prices and have been holding steady there for weeks.

I came home today to find that my TiVo had rebooted. I'm not sure if it received an update. The current software version is 20.2-01-2-748.

I also received my email for completing the survey. I'll take time tonight to complete it.

I show 20.2.01-2-746 so maybe something changed.

746 is the regular Premiere
748 is the XL Premiere
758 is the Elite Premiere.

Hi, I have very much enjoyed my Premiere since I received it a few weeks ago. Now I am thinking of using the Tivo Desktop application on my PC. I read somewhere that the TivoToGo value in the System Information section should be "a,a,a". However, it shows "i,i,a". Does anyone know how to change it to the right value? Thanks in advance.

Is Video sharing & Enable video downloads enabled (checked) in your account on TiVo.com
https://www3.tivo.com/tivo-mma/dvrpref.do

Have you entered Your media access key into the software?
https://www3.tivo.com/tivo-mma/showmakey.do

You will need to force a Network Connection and it may take 24 hours before enabled.

Thanks for the quick response Bryan.

I did enable Video sharing & Enable video downloads yesterday evening. At the time the TivoToGo was showing "i,i,i". Now it is showing "i,i,a", I guess it's going in the right direction . It has not been 24 hours yet, I'll check again later.
Now how do you force a Network Connection

Now how do you force a Network Connection?

TiVo Central > Settings & Messages > Settings > Network & Phone > Connect to the TiVo Service now

If it needs a reboot after, the Last Status will say "Restart Pending" otherwise it will say " Succeeded"

One unresponsive unit I can ignore, but I have now had it happen twice with the same problem. I turn the unit on (from Standby). After the first screen displays I hit the button to give me a full screen of TV. The result is a blank screen without audio. I'm on cable and have a cable card. The unit shows a yellow circle in response to any remote button. I have waited 30 minutes in case it was just thinking. Finally, I pulled the power for a few seconds and reapplied power. Everything was then back to normal with no loss of data or configuration. This is only the second time in two or more months. No other problems. The unit is on a UPS and there have been no power failures. It records 2.5 to 3.5 hours daily with no problems, and only one show at a time while in Standby.

I'm only doing this post in case some other Premier owner has seen this.

Any particular reason you put it in standby?
Do you need to reset the parental controls?

I hate the red circle. My Tivo is located under my TV by six inches. In standby the red recording circles are off also. I guess I could just block the front. Next time.

Joe-
Just guessing.. this could be something with the way your CableCo handles CableCards? Maybe it's losing CableCard communication somehow when it's in standby?

Also, there is a setting in the configuration that you can turn off the indicator lights, but I think it turns them ALL off.

You can also turn off the front lights from the settings menu.

Yeah - I really like that fact and I'm surprised it's available. I wish all manufacturers (receivers, blu-ray players, etc) would offer such.

Perfect. No more lights.

If the unit is in standby, the TiVo button brings up TiVo Central and the video in a small box with audio. Plus I have never lost a recording. The blank screen happens when I hit the "Live TV" button. There is always a slight pause when switching modes. But it's fine now since no LED to bother me.

I agree. However my Sony S570 Blu-ray is totally dark when off. I have an old Toshiba RX-50 DVR that has an "eco" option that kills the front panel when off. My Yamaha AVR is dark when off also.

I don't care (to a large degree) if they light up like a christmas tree when turned off. It's when I'm using them I want darkness. Either in the den when they are in my line of sight or my dedicated room where they might reflect onto the screen.

Cardboard, painted flat black, is wonderful. If you really want to be distracted, get a PViX DVR. It scrolls the channel and time remaining when it is recording. I guess that made sense for somebody.

Possibly my router and modem qualify as a Christmas tree. More cardboard.

For those of you noticing software updates etc, especially Comcast customers in the San Francisco area, it may be preparing for xfinity VOD:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/10/t...unch-bay-area/

Check your zip code at http://www3.tivo.com/products/source...ast/index.html

Feature works fine by the way. Read this thread over at TCF starting around the bottom of page 7 for first hand reports, screen shots etc:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...=469328&page=7

These work rather nicely... along with electrical tape (my personal favorite).

http://lightdims.com/

Sweet!! Thanks!!