There are shows that I tend to record on both TiVos since I don't know where I'll watch them. Perhaps I'll start recording more in the TiVo and use TiVo To Go (which I've not used in ages) to get the show to the PC in the background, then do a wired transfer from the PC to the TiVo. Or maybe I shouldn't be so cheap and buy a replacement USB200M, and not be so lazy and run another Ethernet cable!!! (One of the runs is on an external wall though, and the roof line doesn't give me much working room. Ugh.) Thanks guys.
----- Original Message ---- From: Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 8, 2008 11:57:13 AM Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Linksys USB200M wired adapter On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Jeremy Sullivan wrote: > As for how wired vs. wireless speeds, MegaZone summed it up best: > "Also, WiFi to WiFi transfers will ALWAYS take longer than WiFi to > Wired, and usually Wired to Wired. Exactly. I have two S2 Tivos, one wireless and one wired. I can pull programming from the wired one at about 750kbyte/sec but the wireless tops out around 350kib/sec but is usually closer to 250kib/sec. Wired is going to be faster the vast majority of the time. The hardware is faster (sure 802.11n claims over 100mbit/s but that's under perfect conditions and you never see those in the real world) and there's almost infinitely less interference on a wire than over the air. Add in distance degradation and wired wins every time. Of course wireless is far more convenient. -Jason ----- --- There are no absolute statements. I'm very probably wrong. --- "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
