I bought my first Tivo in 1999. It ran Linux and a Tivo hacking community quickly appeared.
Added a second hard drive (just put it in your Linux PC first and run a command to format it)
Bought an ethernet adapter and ran a command to install the driver. It had an FTP server so I could just type "get Friends-10-21-1999.mpg" and have the unencrypted file on my computer. It also had a web server to schedule recordings or act as a remote control.
Added a second hard drive (just put it in your Linux PC first and run a command to format it)
Bought an ethernet adapter and ran a command to install the driver. It had an FTP server so I could just type "get Friends-10-21-1999.mpg" and have the unencrypted file on my computer. It also had a web server to schedule recordings or act as a remote control.
Never had an issue with it.