WeaKnees Blog

We recently picked up a supply of Humax TiVo DVRs with built-in DVD recorders. We are pricing them at an insanely aggressive price: $49 after a $150 rebate from TiVo. For $100 more, you can get 350-hours.
The boxes are all eligible for product lifetime service $299, so for $348, you could get a TiVo [...]

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I have had TiVo for over 7 years. Quite a few TiVo DVRs have been connected to my TVs over the years, including my HR10-250, which is our family’s TV workhorse.
Yesterday, for the first time in my own personal DVR history, I connected a non-TiVo DVR to a television in my home. With the [...]

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Here’s how you uniquely address two HR20 remotes, or use one remote to control two units. This works for both the HR20-100 and HR20-700 units - one of each or two of either.
On unit #1 you leave setup normal, you might need to cover the IR front panel or unplug the unit so you’re only [...]

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Rather than published a full-fledged “men of WeaKnees” calendar, we thought we’d put up a few pictures of some of the people here who you’re most likely to talk to if you call. Last night, the whole group went out to Izayoi in downtown LA.
OK, first up is Nicky “Turbo” Boost working on some shrimp [...]

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You may have not noticed, but our site inaccessible for a few hours last night. We moved our DNS servers and domain name registration to Network Solutions and the downtime was during the DNS propagation.
We moved our DNS and registration due to a DDoS at our previous host, Register.com, last week. That DDoS (distributed denial [...]

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