Written by Leo Laporte - one of the most widely recognized voices in consumer technology today - along with Gareth Branwyn, a veteran Wired magazine writer, editor book author and certified "TiVo-holic." Sure, there are other TiVo books out there, but none, and we mean none, are written with real users in mind.
All of the competitor books assume that the reader is a Linux programming, certifiable geek. We assume two things and two things only - one, you have a TiVo, and two, you love your TiVo. That's it. We arm you with the information you need to grab your tools, pop the hood on your series 1
or series 2 TiVo, and get to work: adding more storage space, networking your TiVo, adding more cache memory, and more.
Not only for the hardcore hardware hacker, we cover everything from doing it all yourself, to using a prepared upgrade kit (no computer required!), to even sending it to a service center and having them do all the heavy lifting. Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo is as user-friendly as TiVo itself, a book you can start utilizing right away, but that grows in sophistication and detail as your mastery of TiVo grows.
We cover basic advice on buying, setting up, and using
your TiVo, to more in-depth coverage of advanced software features and the most popular hardware hacks (such as adding more storage space and networking your TiVo).
Part I TiVo Tweaking (Warranty-Friendly Fun)
1 Which TiVo Is Right for You?
2 Getting the Most Out of Your TiVo
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Part II Hardware Hacking (Machine-Monkeying Madness)
6 Touring Your TiVo: The Hardware
7 TiVo Hacker's Toolbox
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Part III Software Bashing (Playing with Your Penquin)
13 Touring Your TiVo: The Software
14 Accessing Your TiVo's Linux Bash Prompt
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Part IV Appendixes
A Resources
B Common Linux Commands
C About the CD-ROM