And is this used for extra storage if you're hard drive is getting full, or used like battery backup, or better reception? I'm thinking in terms of an external hard drive on a computer but don't know if there is any comparison. I guess I am asking in what situation I would need/want to have one.
Thanks, Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "m_jessing" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 10:35 AM Subject: [TiVo Central] Re: Is my HD starting to go...? To clarify - it's not USB - it's an eSATA connection. --- In [email protected], Jeremy Sullivan <jersu...@...> wrote: > > It is an external USB hard drive designed specifically to be plugged into a TiVo. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: S a n r <s...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 8:53:15 AM > Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Is my HD starting to go...? > > > Its been happening to mine too for a couple weeks now. Both my machines > [S3HD and Sony DVR] are less than two years old and so it seems unfeasible > that the hard drive would be going on either. > Also, the CC is sometimes minutes behind, and only by hitting FF does it > catch up but it only helps for a short time. This was on a DVD that it > happened, but the CC is almost always behind on live TV. > > I don't know what a DVR expander is. Is it something that you added yourself > or something built in to the unit ? > > Best, > Sandra > > I started having occasional problems like that and after a couple of > months it turned out to be the hard drive. For me, the issue was the > hard drive in a my DVR expander but because of the way they format > the drives, I couldn't tell that without erasing the program > information on both drives and running the Tivo HD without the DVR > attached for a few days. > > With our Tivo, the problems occurred once every few weeks to start > off but then later it started happening a few times a week requiring > a reboot of the Tivo to have it start working again. Finally it was > happening a few times an hour and we decided to make an effort to > troubleshoot and fix the problem. > > Regards, > > Jay > On Feb 3, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Dave in Boston wrote: > > > I noticed during a few programs.... when playing back a program, the > > picture > > freezes for 3-4 seconds...and then continues. > > > > It appears that these were recorded this way, cuz when I play back > > that > > section, it does the same thing again. > > > > The other night I recorded the Colbert Report (the one with Paul > > McCartney > > as guest). The program got to about 15 minutes in....and the > > picture froze. > > When I fast-forwarded the show...or rewind...the picture stays > > frozen from > > that point...to the end of the show. > > > > Anyone have any idea? Is this my HD starting to go? > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------ --------- --------- ------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
