Hi Glen, Thanks for the response - all three series 3 are wireless... and so far all the programs we have transfered are NOT HD....
I will look into the DropBos - if I decide it is something for me - I will drop you a note so you can get the referal. Roberta --- In [email protected], "Glen Farney" <glen.far...@...> wrote: > > Is one of the units wired and the other wireless ? I've heard that the > wireless connections are limited in terms of file transfer, perhaps the > wired aren't limited in the same way. Signal strength may have something to > do with it. > > My experience with a S3HD box is that files transfer to the PC in near real > time, which is to say very slow. > > Also, the record quality will effect the size of the file, HD are about 4x > the size of a SD program of the same length, even more so if you use the > higher quality levels. Digital shows record at the native quality, and > don't get reduced in size based on the preferences like analog shows do. > > I've never tried to move a show from Tivo 1 to PC to Tivo 2, so I'm not sure > how that works given they each have a different Media Access Key. There are > programs like DirectShowDump that allow you to convert them to basic .mpeg > file format to watch on any PC. > > And my favorite method to move something as large as a TV show between > computers over the internet is DropBox. You get 2 gig of space for free, > and additional space if someone you refer signs up and installs the program. > It works very easily, it's simply a folder on your PC that synchronizes to > match the folders installed on other computers that also had it installed. > It operates mostly in the background, and there's also a web interface to > use. > > *** PLEASE***, if you are considering using DropBox, let me know, I will > send you a referral and I'll get an extra 250 mb of storage space for the > referral, it costs you nothing to help me gain some capacity, just a little > time while I refer you. I have not gotten any spam from DropBox and have > nothing but good luck with it. CNET recently did a little How To on moving > large files, and DropBox was the favorite choice of the editor doing the > show. > > Glen >
