Thread: TiVo TIVO as a 'standalone' recorder?
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Old 21-01-2013, 12:11   #4
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Re: TIVO as a 'standalone' recorder?
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Originally Posted by Itshim View Post
Silly question - but is it a "Virgin" TiVo or an older version & if so would it not work ?
Even if it's one of the original Series 1 Tivos, the servers they download the EPG data from were switched off shortly after VM launched the VM tivo so while they might function as a DVR without the guide data, they might not as they would be unable to verify that you have a good Tivo account for encryption purposes.
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