Just arrived – already half eaten.

We previously wrote back in November about our first, long-awaited shipment of Seagate DB35 750GB SATA drives for the Series3 TiVo. WeaKnees continues to be the only reseller in the world with these super-quiet, high-capacity DVR hard drives.

This morning we received our first shipment of 500GB DB35 SATA drives, and again, these drives are unavailable anywhere else.

You can find the bare drives here. Drives for Series3 units, preconfigured for plug-and-play installation, are here.

Well, it finally happened – and hackers did it before TiVo. Mac users can download shows from their TiVo and play them on their Macs. It takes a little more effort, but it’s really not too bad. And, judging by the work already done to make it easier, it’ll only get easier still.

To start, you need the TiVo decode software. This links to your TiVo (you’ll need your media access key) and pulls down the files, and decodes them. It’s one-at-a-time, but in my experience, it was pretty fast.

Then, you need a way to play the file. QuickTime and iTunes won’t do it. VLC will. And it works pretty well also.

We’re definitely wondering if this will last – so if you want these apps, get them while you (easily) can.

As we transition from our almost-depleted stock of new DirecTV R10 TiVo DVRs, we’re starting in on our stock of refurbished units. Largely, these are old customer returns for non-defective reasons (meaning customers didn’t want them). They’ve been tested, and our internal testing is showing them to be rock-solid.

So these units present us a bunch of challenges. Do people want them bare, or with drives? Are they replacing old units that already have a card, or do the customers need access cards? Does the customer have a remote from an older unit?

To make these units work for everyone, we’ve redesigned our DirecTV TiVo page. Now you can choose what you want exactly, and only pay for what you need. So far, customers seem to be extremely happy with the flexibility.

One final note: as our R10 stock depletes, so does our HR10 stock. If you’re looking for an HR10, get one soon! We won’t have them much longer.