Well, for the DSL problem, and now the TiVo. The strong winds of late moved the dish out of alignment, and we realigned that last night. As the TiVo was collecting guide data, I was messing with our recordings, and then it locked up and rebooted. From there, it never recovered.
I popped it open and put the drive in a PC, and it pretty much said the drive was hosed. I called DirecTV up, and they said that because it’s out of warranty, they couldn’t just repair it, but since they wanted to keep me as a customer, they’d do a free replacement if I signed a two year contract. In addition to the two year contract, I would be switching to a lease, so while I own my TiVo now, I would not own the new one, and in fact, I’d have to pay a leasing fee. Forget that.
So I went online and downloaded a new drive image, and I’ll go pick up a new hard drive tonight and perform the transplant. Hopefully all will go well.
In the meantime, we missed the Sopranos, Big Love, 24, and Prison Break. Luckily HBO replays their shows a kazillion times, and for 24 and Prison Break, there’s always Bittorrent.
