What is it with me and hard drive crashes lately? First the drive in my Linux server dies, then this past Sunday the stock 250gb drive in my TiVo Series3 went bad. The crash first manifested when the TiVo froze with a pinkish tinted picture on the TV. This has happened occasionally in the past, …
After a few evenings’ work, I’ve recovered from The Crash and have my server back up and running! The problem started last week on Thursday when I found the server was not responding to pings, none of the services were available, and the fans were cranking at 100%. The server is headless, so I hooked up a monitor to see if …
The hard drive in my server crashed! I’ve been having problems over the past few days where Ubuntu was just locked up and the server was unpingable. I’m trying to make a backup image of the drive before it completely dies, but for now I’ve got some of the site back up and running with …
Who needs to buy a brand new TiVo HD XL to get 1TB of recording capacity? After adding the Western Digital eSATA 1TB MyDVR Expander to my Series3 my recording capacity jumped from 32 HD hours (303 SD hours) to 179 HD hours (or 1,561 SD hours) … 1.3 terrabytes! Just like the 500gb Expander …
Shortly after the new year began, I started converting all of my DVDs (and even some old VHS tapes!) into MP4 format with the goal being immediate access to my entire video library on any TiVo in the house using tools like pyTivo or streambaby. About two weeks into the project it became readily apparent …
So last night my RMA replacement for my failed WD Expander arrived. I opened the box and found … an internal 500gb SATA drive, just the bare drive. So I called up Western Digital and spoke with a support rep. I explained that I had opened an RMA for my external MyDVR Expander and received …
Last night I found my TiVo HD just showing a black screen and it was unresponsive to the remote. No big deal, I rebooted it and it came back up fine. Then I tried to play an HD recording and it spontaneously rebooted. This time it got stuck in a reboot loop. So I let …
150 hours of HD-recording goodness … today TiVo unveiled its new TiVo HD XL. From the outside it looks just like the TiVo HD, but this baby sports a 1TB (that’s 1 terrabyte, or 1,000 gigabytes) “green” hard drive, THX certification (like my now-discontinued Series3 box), and comes with the backlit Glo remote … all …
I got my hands on the TiVo-verified Western Digital My DVR Expander. It’s an external 500gb drive that connects to my THD’s eSATA port. Setting it up was as easy as turning off the TiVo, connecting the drive with the supplied eSATA cable, and then powering up the TiVo again. The box recognized the external …
I was browsing the hard drive aisle at Best Buy when I came across the Buffalo LinkStation Storage Center on sale at a price too good to pass up. This network-attached storage device connects to your home network and sets up in a snap through the built-in web interface. Within minutes I had a 250gb …