I should begin with a brief introduction: I have been a DirecTV + TiVo user for well over a year.After a few months of only using a “stock” DirecTiVo, I decided to move to the“dark side” and add a few “hacks.” The easiest way for me at the time was touse PTVupgrade’s PTVnet to add networking capability to my Samsung SIR-S4080R. I have since added four DirecTiVos to my network, and they also usedPTVnet for networking. Due to my obvious interest in TiVo modification, I wasasked by Lou Jacob to be a Moderator for the new community that contained hissupport forum – DVRplayground (also part of Capable Networks). Since that time, I’ve had more than one chat(and Halo 2 gaming session) with Matt Whitlock, and he has had me check outand post at SlingCommunity (and TechLore). I hadn’t really paid much attention to theSlingbox until last week when I was asked to read some of Matt’s articles onthe new Slingboxes. After doing so, I had the uncontrollable urge to go buy one(the A/V) for myself, especially since I seem to be spending more and more time in hotels(for work) and less time at home (another trip is coming up shortly). Now forthe purpose of this article....

Viewing and RecordingTiVo Programs
Not much to be said here, as this is probably the mostobvious use of the Slingbox + TiVo combination. It is nice to be able to schedule recordingswhile I’m away using the “normal” method of doing so (the remote control). Ofcourse, with a hacked TiVo, there are other options for setting programs torecord, such as TiVoWebPlus.

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