It really should have lasted longer, but this morning while trying to turn on some Elmo action for The Boy, TiVo was non-responsive. My first indication was a blank, dark screen staring me in the face.
I had a bad feeling over the last month or so. TiVo would occasionally freeze for a moment and would lock me out of control. It has sort of taken a beating here, especially with the kids bouncing around whatever program they felt like. Or pausing it just because. It might not actually be dead. It could have shut down and I can try restarted it.
It's a regular kind of hard drive in there too. They're not meant for that kind of 24/7/365 operation. But it still should have lasted more than a year. Stupid quality control; it's probably made in America. :P
But there is hope. There's a decent sized community and there are tons of help on upgrading and changing over to a new hard drive. My only hope is TiVo isn't dead. That the drive is still functioning, because then I can remove it and image the disc over to a new hard drive. Not to mention the half of a season of The Dead Zone and three unwatched Stargates.
The worst part is, it's sort of like being buried alive here. I mean, I have to actually watch TV or I'll miss something. If I can't hear it, or someone speaks, it's gone! No rewinding, no pausing. No quick recording to see it again later. It's barbaric, I tell you. Not to mention The Boy expect to be able to watch Elmo or Blue whenever the hell he wants.
My God, what have we done?!?
posted by Evil Wayne @ 10:44 PM
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