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- Hacking the Tivo
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A popular project for somewhat technically savy Tivo owners is to
modify or "hack" their Tivo. Tivo hacking is not about getting
something for free, rather it is about modifying their Tivo and
customizing it to their needs. A Tivo hard drive upgrade is just
one example of tivo hacking.
There are a great abundance of hacking tools and
utilities that you can use to add new functionality to your Tivo,
including allowing it to download programming information via
your high speed Internet connection instead of tying up your
phone line and much more.
Setting aside all of its bells and whistles, a Tivo is
essentially a computer running a modified Linux operating system.
All programs and user options are stored on a standard computer
hard drive. Some Tivo hacks can be done with just a
little knowledge of the Linux operating system. some other
modifications however require a better understanding.
Some of the more popular utilities are outlined as
follows;
2.5Xtreme Hack
2.5Xtreme is one of the more popular hacks for the Directv with Tivo.
It is a modified version of the original Directv with Tivo 2.5 software
revision. 2.5Xtreme was developed by an individual known as
Surgeon in 2001. It adds a number of features including enabling
Directv with Tivo dual tuner support, upgrading the size of your
Directv with Tivo hard drives, installation of bash utilities and more.
Installation of 2.5Xtreme is fairly straight forward, it comes in
an ISO image format which you burn to a CD as an image and then
boot your computer from the CD and follow the prompts. You can
use 2.5Xtreme on your existing hard drives or write it to a new
larger hard drive with additional storage capacity. 2.5Xtreme
will also allow you to add a second hard drive to your Directv with Tivo
without the need to use seperate utilities.
Superzaps 2.5.2/3.1 Tivo Hack
One of the drawbacks of the original 2.5Xtreme software
revision is that it no longer allows local channels to be viewed
on the Directv with Tivo. However once you have 2.5Xtreme installed on
your Directv with Tivo and have it working, you can then proceed to
upgrade it to 2.5.2 or 3.1 which will enable your local channels
in addition to installing an additional number of utilities to
help you get the most out of your Directv with Tivo. Superzaps 2.5.2/3.1
upgrade is also an ISO image that is burned to a CD and then
booted to. Unlike 2.5Xtreme, Superzaps upgrade is not a complete
operating system, so you need to have Tivo version 2.0, 2.5 or
2.5Xtreme already installed before you can proceed to upgrade to
either 2.5.2 or 3.1. The Superzap utility package built into the
2.5.2/3.1 upgrade is called XPlusz. It installs many of the more
popular add-ons and utilities and allows your to turn the
individual utilities on/off using your Directv with Tivo remote
control.
Kraven 2.5 Upgrade/3.1 Tivolater Hack
The Kraven upgrade is another modified Directv with Tivo software
revision with added utilities. It is similar to the Superzap
upgrade, but it incorporates different utilities and uses a
different method to activate them. There are two seperate
releases, one will upgrade your 2.5Xtreme with the added Kraven
utilities and the other will upgrade you to software revision
3.1.
Turbonet Hack
Turbonet is a special add-on Tivo Ethernet card that allows
your Tivo to utilize a high speed Internet connection instead of
a tying up your phone line for the calls to Tivo. Driver for the
Turbonet card are included in Superzaps 2.5.2/3.1 upgrade or 3.1
Tivolater
Tivoweb Hack
Tivoweb is an add-on module for your Tivo that allows you to
communicate with the via a Internet browser. With Tivoweb you can
program and operate your Tivo remotely over the Internet and
more.
Tytool & Tystudio Hack
Tytool and Tystudio are utilities designed to extract programs
from your Tivo and save them to your computer.
Bash Prompt Hack
Bash Utilities are installed with 2.5Xtreme. A bash prompt
allows you to communicate with your Tivo, it is a Linux prompt
similar to a Windows DOS prompt. A bash prompt will allow you to
transfer files and make internal changes to your Tivo.
TivoFTP Hack
The Tivo FTP utilities will allow you to easily transfer files
to and from your Tivo. This is very handy when installing add-ons
and various modules.
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
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Fear Itself
NBC 10:00 pm ET
You get the feeling he didn't get his nickname because he watches a lot of Food Network? In this new tale, a rookie police officer (Elisabeth Moss) gets a scary assignment on her first night at the station: baby-sitting a serial killer known as The Eater. As if that weren't enough to make her shudder, her fellow officers start exhibiting bizarre behavior. Russell Hornsby and Stephen R. Hart also star in "Eater."
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Soundstage
PBS 10:00 pm ET
Have you kept on loving REO Speedwagon? Don't fight the feeling. More than three decades after releasing its first record, the band is still rocking. In this new installment of the concert series, Speedwagon takes the stage to perform a crowd-friendly assortment of its hits, including "Keep on Loving You," "Take It on the Run," "Can't Fight This Feeling" and more.
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Swingtown
CBS 10:00 pm ET
Does the name Harry Reems mean anything to you? If you remember the 1970s, you'll recognize his name; he was the biggest male porn star of the era. He appears in this new episode, played by an actor (Rick D. Wasserman, "24"), in which the Deckers (Grant Show, Lana Parrilla) host a fundraiser for an actor in legal trouble. Yes, the real Reems did get in trouble over "Deep Throat."
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PGA Tour Golf
GOLF 3:00 pm ET
By all accounts, the inaugural AT&T National was a rousing success -- but what else is expected when Tiger Woods is the host? The only disappointing part for the world's top golfer is that he finished tied for sixth, seven shots behind K.J. Choi, who posted his sixth career PGA Tour win, the most ever by an Asian-born player. Like 2007, when 139,000 fans enjoyed the holiday weekend golf, another huge gallery will roam Maryland's Congressional Country Club.
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Good Times
TCM 6:15 pm ET
Bang-bang, someone should've shot this idea down. One of many misguided attempts by pop stars to grab a piece of the Beatles' success with "A Hard Day's Night," this 1967 musical stars a very young Sonny and Cher, back when they were still making literal and figurative beautiful music together. A producer (George Sanders) wants to put them in a movie, which leads to a bunch of fantasy sequences spoofing various film genres. Cher proved years later that she's a terrific actress, but you'd never know it from this.
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Last Dance
SHO 6:30 pm ET
The mid-1990s gave us a great movie about death row. It was called "Dead Man Walking." Even if this 1996 drama hadn't been released the year after "Dead Man," it would still pale in comparison. Its only bright spot is Sharon Stone, who can look hot even as a 12-year resident of death row. But the character doesn't give us any reason to root for her, being guilty of a double murder and all. And Rob Morrow brings little to the role of the rookie lawyer who makes it his mission to get her life spared. Did we mention "Dead Man Walking" is a great movie? Watch that instead.
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Smallville
CW 8:00 pm ET
If you've seen the movie "My Super Ex-Girlfriend," you know the dangers of messing with a girl who has superpowers. In this episode, Lana (Kristin Kreuk) absorbs Clark's (Tom Welling) powers and breaks into Lex's (Michael Rosenbaum) safe. She picks up some incriminating information and takes it to Lois and Grant (Erica Durance, Michael Cassidy), demanding an expose. Grant refuses, so Lana takes on Lex herself. This is gonna get ugly.
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Ugly Betty
ABC 8:00 pm ET
She's bending it like Beckham -- the spotlight, that is. Wilhelmina (Vanessa Williams) has cause to regret asking Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham to be in her wedding when the bridesmaid steals all her thunder. She hasn't seen anything yet, though; Bradford (Alan Dale), her groom, is about to commit the mother of all thunder stealers. America Ferrera, Tony Plana and Eric Mabius also star in "Nice Day for a Posh Wedding."
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The Ten
SHO 8:15 pm ET
An intriguing ensemble cast puts surprising spins on the Ten Commandments in this comedy, which the truly religious may have some trouble finding the humor in. Think of any canon of the tablets that can be broken, and it pretty much is here. Co-stars Paul Rudd and Ken Marino also co-produced the film, and the other actors on hand include Winona Ryder, Liev Schreiber, Jessica Alba, Ron Silver, Gretchen Mol, Oliver Platt and Bobby Cannavale.
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CBS 9:00 pm ET
You may need tissues for this one, as the victim of the week is a 3-year-old girl whose body is discovered in a packing box outside a comedy club. One clue leads the CSI team to a registered sex offender and his girlfriend, but the man denies any involvement in the child's death. But Catherine's (Marg Helgenberger) emotional investment in the case is pegging her skepticism meter in "A Thousand Days on Earth."
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Grey's Anatomy
ABC 9:00 pm ET
For those who watch for the soap, not the medicine, this episode is a veritable Suds-O-Rama. Callie (Sara Ramirez) confronts Izzie (Katherine Heigl) about her tryst with George (T.R. Knight). Richard's (James Pickens Jr.) 18-year-old niece refuses further treatment for her cancer. And Norm (Edward Herrmann) botches a "you're dying" speech -- but that's OK; he gave it to the wrong patient. Oops.
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Supernatural
CW 9:00 pm ET
Who knew vampires had their own version of a date-rape drug? Sam and Dean (Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles) meet a female vampire (Mercedes McNab, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") who has no idea how she got that way. Turns out there's a vampire dude (Matthew Humphreys) who's hitting the bars and giving women blood cocktails. He also works his magic on Gordon (Sterling K. Brown), making him a more powerful adversary, in "Fresh Blood."
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