Archive for October 29th, 2008

weaKnees TiVo Power Supply Inventory Grows

Posted on October 29th, 2008, by Jeff

For years, we have had the largest inventory of replacement TiVo power supplies around. We can now add another notch to the bedpost (and believe me, we TiVo geeks do notch our bedposts over this stuff).

After years of searching, we finally have power supplies for the Toshiba SD-H400 TiVo DVR with DVD player. This short-lived TiVo seems to be prized among TiVo owners, since it has TiVo Basic service and consolidates a DVR and DVD player into a nice compact box. Although the cost of the power supply is unfortunately nothing to sneeze at ($149), they are brand new authorized parts.

With this addition, we now have replacement power supplies for every TiVo made, with the exception of the latest TiVoHD models. Those power supplies should be coming soon.

As TiVos age, repair has become increasingly important to TiVo owners. Whether it’s a TiVo hard drive, TiVo power supply or TiVo motherboard, we can repair most problems. TiVo repairs will preserve lifetime service and in many situations (failed power supplies, motherboards and some drive problems), we can also preserve recordings! As always, help is just an email away.

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TiVo and the Feb. 2009 Digital Transition

Posted on October 29th, 2008, by Michael

We’ve covered TiVos and the February 2009 digital conversion before, but TiVo just wants to be sure the word reaches all of their customers. So if you have any questions about the changes coming in a few months, be sure to visit their site for the latest information.

There, you can enter your TiVo service number for specific information on how the changes will affect you.

For example, I entered the number of a TiVo we just use with basic cable – RF in, and no cable box, but no antenna. TiVo knew what my programming input source was, so they displayed this message for me:

So if you have any questions or concerns, go check it out!