Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo

Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo
by Gareth Branwyn, Leo Laporte

Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo
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Author: Gareth Branwyn, Leo Laporte
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-10-17
ISBN: 0789731959
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Que

Book Reviews of Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo

Book Review: This book saved me time and grief in my upgrade.
Summary: 4 Stars

I had a spare 120 gig drive left over from another project and found
out that I could use it to upgrade my series 1 Tivo machine. That was January 2004. I read various websites on the subject. I thought about it; read some more; thought about it some more; and never got anywhere. Finally, I read the section on InstantCake in Leo's book and realized that this was best solution for my situation. Lucky me. I ran the program and initialized the drive for TIVO before I opened the box. My Tivo had been reconditioned and I discovered that the drive(s) configuration didn't match what I had expected from my serial number. No matter. I just pulled out the old drives and installed the new drive. It worked right away although I had to figure out how to get both LNB's working,
change the daily call phone number, and TURN OFF TIVO SUGGESTIONS (my TIVO started recording everything until I remembered that I had to turn it off when I first got the machine.) This book saved me time and trouble.

The only downside is what I call "sidebar-itis." This problem is not unique to this book, but it gets harder and harder to read these books with all these sidebars disrupting and distracting you like a guy sitting behind you in a movie blabbering away. Otherwise, very useful.

I wrote the above in November 2004. A year and a half later, I find this book to be much more than I did then. I've found myself going back to it periodically and finding valuable help. My four stars now look to me a little on the stingy side, I would give it five now if I could.

Summary of Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo

You probably bought your TiVo so that you would never have to miss another baseball game, soap opera or Thursday night sitcom again. It's great at what it does and is much friendlier than your VCR. But did you know that your TiVo is capable of so much more than recording your favorite programs? That is why Leo Laporte, a top voice in consumer technology, and Gareth Branwyn, of Wired magazine, got together to bring you Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo, a fun, light-hearted and in-depth look at TiVo and all that it is capable of. In this easy-to-follow guide, you will learn remote control trickery, how to upgrade your TiVo hardware, how to add a CallerID display to your television and how to add web capabilities. Take control of your television destiny with Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo.

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