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![]() From the article, Rovi is buying, but will keep the TiVo name. TiVo products are still damn good. Interface is awesome, and I hope that doesn't change (seems Rovi owns "TV program guides").
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They're expecting to save $100 million/year from this acquisition. Say we estimate $200K per employee (including overheads), that's 500 employees ... out of only 1700 combined in the two companies. These aren't competing companies, so it's not as if there's a ton of duplication below the top management levels. If they really cut that many, the TiVo product and customers will be seriously hurting. But this acquisition will enable the top executives to enlarge their bonuses based on the proclaimed savings that don't ultimately materialize, or which materialize but are outweighed by a larger magnitude of lost revenue.
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![]() Bump, for TiVo issue.
Been looking online, but I trust some of you will know which solutions are more valid. On Monday, the Power Company turned off the power for 8 hours. Everything was fine on Monday with the TiVo. But, yesterday during the day, the TiVo was restarting every six minutes or so. I recorded a soccer game, and there were 22 snippets of the game recorded. Six minutes on, then 4 minutes off to reset. Wife also had some recording do the same. Last night, I fiddled a bit with it, I reconnected with TiVo, and it turned out fine for the rest of the evening. Today, it started acting up again. So, naturally, the wife is upset about this. After the research I narrowed it down: 1. "Bad" electricity from power company. Surges or droppages are causing TiVo to reboot. Can be fixed by yelling at the Power Company or getting an Uninterruptible Power Supply like this: https://www.amazon.com/APC-BE425M-Un...3&sr=1-12&th=1 Everything was fine after I reconnected with TiVo. 2. Bad TiVo hard drive, possibly due to whatever the power company did on Monday. This sucks, as it is only 27 months old. 3. Bad Cable Card, possibly due to whatever the power company did on Monday. Can call for a new card or call them to "refresh"(?) it. 4. Bad Power Supply. Involves popping TiVo box open. Doesn't seem too difficult, but I can make it so with my ten electrically-charged thumbs. Wife says everything is fine now, but I'll post again for advice if it acts up for a third consecutive day.
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#195
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![]() Site called "weaknees" has this:
http://www.weaknees.com/repair.php Quote:
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![]() You still have time to salvage the recordings onto another hard drive before the bad drive becomes unreadable. But you don't know how long that will be, so don't procrastinate or hesitate.
Probably the simplest way is to clone it byte-for-byte to another identically sized hard drive, using one of those dual-SATA USB docks which has built-in cloning functionality. But if you want to do something else like copy the recordings to a bigger hard drive, you'll need to roll up your sleeves and learn the technical steps for how to do it, or send it to weaknees and pay them to do it.
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![]() Thanks for the advice.
Worked well the rest of the week. So, will hold off buying a new drive or power supply or uninterruptable power source. Just wondering if power company caused this, what ever this is.
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DTNF's Basic Philosophy Regarding Posting: There's no emoticon for what I'm feeling! -- Jeff Albertson (CBG) DTNF's Trademarked Standard Career Advice: "pass some exams and get back to us." DTNF's Major advice: "Doesn't matter. Choose major that helps you with goal of Career Advice." DTNF's Résumé Advice: Have a good and interesting answer to every item on it for the interviews. DTNF's Law of Job Offers: You not only have to qualify for the position, but you also have to be the best candidate available for the offer. DTNF's Work Philosophy: I am actuary. Please insert data. -- Actuary Actuarying Rodriguez. Twitches' Advice to Crazy Women: Please just go buy your 30 cats already. |
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![]() Bump ....
... for twig. I don't think TiVo works with DISH, so dump DISH. Recent issues: there are none. Everything is awesome! I've added the TiVo app to my phone and can quickly set a recording anytime I want!
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DTNF's Basic Philosophy Regarding Posting: There's no emoticon for what I'm feeling! -- Jeff Albertson (CBG) DTNF's Trademarked Standard Career Advice: "pass some exams and get back to us." DTNF's Major advice: "Doesn't matter. Choose major that helps you with goal of Career Advice." DTNF's Résumé Advice: Have a good and interesting answer to every item on it for the interviews. DTNF's Law of Job Offers: You not only have to qualify for the position, but you also have to be the best candidate available for the offer. DTNF's Work Philosophy: I am actuary. Please insert data. -- Actuary Actuarying Rodriguez. Twitches' Advice to Crazy Women: Please just go buy your 30 cats already. |
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X1 is still gets really laggy, but they've added Netflix and Youtube in the last year or so, which is nice. |
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![]() Feeling for you bro.
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DTNF's Basic Philosophy Regarding Posting: There's no emoticon for what I'm feeling! -- Jeff Albertson (CBG) DTNF's Trademarked Standard Career Advice: "pass some exams and get back to us." DTNF's Major advice: "Doesn't matter. Choose major that helps you with goal of Career Advice." DTNF's Résumé Advice: Have a good and interesting answer to every item on it for the interviews. DTNF's Law of Job Offers: You not only have to qualify for the position, but you also have to be the best candidate available for the offer. DTNF's Work Philosophy: I am actuary. Please insert data. -- Actuary Actuarying Rodriguez. Twitches' Advice to Crazy Women: Please just go buy your 30 cats already. |
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