HR10-250 - Activating Manual DVR

Hey all,

I just picked up a used HR 10-250 TiVo unit for cheap. My hope was to
replace my existing ATSC tuner with this one and be able to record the
OTA HD broadcasts. Is there a way to activate the DVR. Please
understand, I have no desire to steal TiVo, nor anything else. I
don't watch enough TV to justify it. I just want to be about to use
the DVR as a VCR.

If I can't, I'll just dump this thing and look for something else.

Thanks in advance,

Greg Wilkerson

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:12:29 -0600, Greg Wilkerson wrote:

I just picked up a used HR 10-250 TiVo unit for cheap. My hope was to
replace my existing ATSC tuner with this one and be able to record the
OTA HD broadcasts. Is there a way to activate the DVR.

Get DirecTv. It's pretty much a boat anchor without a directv
subscription. If you're looking for a way to record ATSC HD broadcast, use
your PC. You can pickup an ATSC tuner card for under $20 off ebay. See
links in sigline for other options.

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My Tivo Experience http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/tivo.htm
Tivo HD/S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:45:07 GMT, Wes Newell
wrote:

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:12:29 -0600, Greg Wilkerson wrote:

I just picked up a used HR 10-250 TiVo unit for cheap. My hope was to
replace my existing ATSC tuner with this one and be able to record the
OTA HD broadcasts. Is there a way to activate the DVR.

Get DirecTv. It's pretty much a boat anchor without a directv
subscription. If you're looking for a way to record ATSC HD broadcast, use
your PC. You can pickup an ATSC tuner card for under $20 off ebay. See
links in sigline for other options.

Hey Wes,

The DirecTv thing isn't going to happen; just don't watch, nor do I
want to watch that much TV. If they ever went to an ala-carte
service, I probably would. Right now, it does pick up OTA and the
replay/pause live TV stuff works. So, that part is cool.

Thanks.

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:12:29 -0600, Greg Wilkerson
wrote:

Hey all,

I just picked up a used HR 10-250 TiVo unit for cheap. My hope was to
replace my existing ATSC tuner with this one and be able to record the
OTA HD broadcasts. Is there a way to activate the DVR. Please
understand, I have no desire to steal TiVo, nor anything else. I
don't watch enough TV to justify it. I just want to be about to use
the DVR as a VCR.

If I can't, I'll just dump this thing and look for something else.

Thanks in advance,

Greg Wilkerson

Hey. Something else that came to mind. I've been reading about the
hacks for the hr 10-250. If I perform those, specifically the USB and
web hacks, will the web interface open up the DVR for manual
operation?

Hmm.

Greg

No.

"Greg Wilkerson" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:12:29 -0600, Greg Wilkerson
wrote:

Hey all,

I just picked up a used HR 10-250 TiVo unit for cheap. My hope was to
replace my existing ATSC tuner with this one and be able to record the
OTA HD broadcasts. Is there a way to activate the DVR. Please
understand, I have no desire to steal TiVo, nor anything else. I
don't watch enough TV to justify it. I just want to be about to use
the DVR as a VCR.

If I can't, I'll just dump this thing and look for something else.

Thanks in advance,

Greg Wilkerson

Hey. Something else that came to mind. I've been reading about the
hacks for the hr 10-250. If I perform those, specifically the USB and
web hacks, will the web interface open up the DVR for manual
operation?

Hmm.

Greg

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:20:46 -0600, Greg Wilkerson wrote:

The DirecTv thing isn't going to happen; just don't watch, nor do I want
to watch that much TV. If they ever went to an ala-carte service, I
probably would. Right now, it does pick up OTA and the replay/pause
live TV stuff works. So, that part is cool.

I don't know what you paid for it, but you might be able to sell it for
enough to get something that would actually record also. It can be done
for about $200.

--
Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org
My Tivo Experience http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/tivo.htm
Tivo HD/S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm
AMD cpu help http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php

Greg Wilkerson wrote:
Is there a way to activate the DVR?

Without a DirecTV subscription? No.