TiVo Endorses External Storage

Enterprising TiVo Series3 owners have been hacking their boxes to enable the use of their locked eSATA port for some time now. But those of us who are too scared to screw with our TiVo boxes have been doing the watch/delete/organize dance for some time now as we try to avoid hitting our storage ceilings.

Well TiVo has now given us the blessing to go ahead and add external storage. With the 9.2 system software update, TiVo is finally endorsing the use of that port on both the Series3 machine and the TiVo HD box. Customers will need to plug in a "verified" drive, though it's not yet clear what TiVo means by that, whether there will be a list of approved devices or TiVo will sell its own.

Also, if you're an Amazon Unbox user, the 9.2 update brings another bit of good news: You can now start watching movies as they download, rather than having to wait 20 years for the download to finish. TiVo, you are rockin' my world today--even more than you already do.

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