Digital TV and Tivo?

> The S1 and S2 cannot, so you're screwed. Unless TiVo adds
> support for the external converted boxes, which they have yet to
> indicated they will do. (Maybe next week at CES - but they'd probably
> rather you buy a S3/HD.)

It would seem phenomenally unwise to take an existing base of paying
customers and leave them in the lurch.

They're already supporting a boatload of different cable TV systems and
boxes, so it's not like it'd be all that much work.

But there is the downside of dealing with reception issues. Right now if
there's a picture problem the customer has to call the cable company. With
OTA there's no cable company involved, and the calls would end up at Tivo.
That's certainly a cost Tivo would (rightly) prefer to avoid.

It would be interesting to get an idea of how many of Tivo's existing
subscribers don't use a cable or satellite provider. The number may indeed
be so low as to make it a bit of a waste to bother. It'd probably be a lot
cheaper to just offer them a sweet deal on a TivoHD instead.

-Bill Kearney

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:15:33 +0000, Gordon Burditt wrote:

> How difficult would it be for someone to add the codes themselves? I
> seem to recall some kind of Linux driver that could receive IR codes and
> tell you what they were. So you get one person with a Linux setup and a
> remote control for the converter box and a little time, and you've got
> the codes (or maybe the manufacturer will publish them anyway). Someone
> said there's a file with all the IR codes on the Tivos, and there are
> known (but not necessarily really easy) methods for modifying files.
> Now, how hard is it to add some codes to the IR code file in the right
> format, if you've got the codes?
>
I never needed an IR blaster so I never looked where they store the codes,
but creating the codes is pretty simple. I've done several for different
remotes using Linux Infrared Remote Control (LIRC), lirc.org. If they are
using lirc and I don't know if they are, you may be able to do it from tty
if they have the whole package installed. If not, it's a simple matter to
create a file with the codes. Here's part of one I did;

# lircd.conf.ofa
# Please make this file available to others
# by sending it to <lirc.TakeThisOut@bartelmus.de>
#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.8.0pre4-pvr150(all) on Sat Sep 23 12:37:15 2006
#
# contributed by W.Newell
#
# brand: One For All with serial IR rec. (lirc_serial)
# model no. of remote control: URC-8810 (default cable device)
# devices being controlled by this remote: MythTV, whatever
#

begin remote

name URC8810_Cable_Mode
flags RAW_CODES|CONST_LENGTH
eps 30
aeps 100

ptrail 510
repeat 0 0
gap 100206

begin raw_codes

name menu
9077 4498 506 4487 518 2213
509 2238 533 4453 527 4434
576 2182 550 2189 584 2166
570 2180 569 2186 562 2162
605 2150 597 2138 593 4401
590 4412 616 2105 608

name guide
9075 4498 481 2276 484 2253
493 2252 525 2221 503 4465
539 4447 571 2170 588 2173
553 2217 540 2180 560 2203
567 2174 571 4403 575 2168
587 4432 566 4402 612

name power
9099 4466 469 2289 477 4499
523 2240 490 4481 544 2196
527 2222 537 2198 576 2174
548 2192 603 2134 607 2148
544 2205 575 2173 559 4439
573 4405 639 2121 580

Left out the rest

end raw_codes

end remote


If I get a remote, it's not a problem to generate a code file. Here's
remote codes for many devices.

http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/

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