The remote is like a shorter, fatter version of the standard TiVo peanut. It’s even shorter than the original Series1 remotes – yet it contains all of the buttons of the newest remotes – and, of course, more.

Slide open the top like a cell phone to reveal the full keyboard, and type away!

More great features of the TiVo Slide Remote:

• Backlit, like the TiVo Glo remotes
• Learning, so it can work with many more TVs and receivers
• Uses BlueTooth – no line of sight needed!

The TiVo Slide remote works with any TiVo Series3 or TiVo Series4 DVR including the TiVo HD and TiVo Premiere lines. This remote will NOT work with Series2 or earlier DVRs, or with DirecTV TiVos.

Order a TiVo Slide Remote today!

Since TiVo has stopped producing these units, we’ve got some special pricing deals on them, while supplies last.

The base unit is down from $499 to $349 and, if you get the special on our homepage before it’s gone, you can get the 2 Terabyte unit that holds over 300 hours of HD for $599!

Enter the promo code of “GET3FREE” when you click to activate your TiVo!

Offer expires 8/31/10.

Most of our customers just want their Multi Room Viewing. And we’re here to help.

DirecTV’s DECA components are the key to making this work seamlessly. But, as a new product, we’ve been getting tons of questions about what parts to get for each room/receiver in the house.

So we’ve build a configuration utility on our site to make finding the products as easy as using them. Give it a try!

Weaknees DirecTV DECA Configuration Utility.

Includes Ethernet Cable (not shown)

The idea is that, with a DECA adapter, you are now able to attach your DVR to your other DVRs, creating a network. And, if you put a DECA adapter on your router (you’ll need the power supply for  that) then you’ve just connected your DirecTV DVR network to the internet! So you can do Multi-room Viewing ($3/month DirecTV charge) and use the internet apps, on-demand, etc.

Further, the latest HD equipment from DirecTV, the HR24 and H24, have DECA built-in. You just plug in a SWM cable, and you’re on the network.

See our entire list of DIRECTV DECA networking equipment.

DirecTV HD DVR HR24

The newest DirecTV HD DVR is in stock and shipping! It’s the HR24, and it’s smaller, faster, and has built-in support for networking over SWM cables.

To begin with, this unit is smaller than previous DirecTV HD DVRs in its physical dimensions, and comes in smaller, more environmentally-friendly packaging. But the capacity is still 500 GB, and, at WeaKnees, we offer the HR24 in upgraded capacities to 2 TB – four times the size of the stock unit.

Next, reports are that this unit is faster due to new motherboard upgrades. In the short period of time we’ve been using these here, we’ve noticed. Speed is good! Even boot time has been improved.

The remote that ships with these units, the RC65RX, is two-way, meaning that the DVR can send info to the remote. That’s the first remote like that that we’ve seen from DirecTV, and it means that you can use the new UEI QuickSet to program your remote on-screen, without entering codes directly into the remote. It’s also an RF remote, and responsiveness is reported to be improved over previous versions. This remote also ships with the H24. (We’ll have the H24 up on our DirecTV receiver page soon.)

Networking really deserves its own blog post, and that will come. But this unit has DirecTV DECA adapters built-in, so if you have a DECA adapter connected to your internet router, and if you’re running a SWM system (green label) then you just need to plug one SWM cable into this unit to support both tuners AND networking – all through that one cable. It’s pretty amazing, and this will support multi-room viewing, some video-on-demand, the DirecTV App Store, and tons of other network and internet features.

Please note: This unit is NOT the DirecTV TiVo that both DirecTV and TiVo have been promising for almost two years now. We do still expect that to come, but not until the end of this year.

So if you want this platform of TiVo for any reason, get one before they’re gone!

http://www.weaknees.com/series-3-hd-tivo.php

Now, get the 2 TB (yup, that’s 2 TERABYTE!) HR23 for $599.99 – a drop of $200! This unit holds up to 480 hours of HD recording – depending on the compression that DirecTV uses for the programming. So if you record a lot of sports, you need more space – DirecTV compresses sports less so you can slo-mo through the scenes at better quality.

Get ready for Multi Room Viewing (MRV) with a new HR23 DirecTV HD DVR! Click below:

DirecTV HD DVR HR23 – Upgraded

TiVo Networking Parts

TiVo Wireless N Adapter

This adapter is fundamentally different from the TiVo Wireless G adapter (which will continue to be sold). Besides the extra speed (and extra $30 in cost), this unit acts more as an ethernet-wireless bridge. So it plugs into the ethernet port, rather than a USB port.

Using the ethernet port is different for a few reasons, but presumably TiVo designed the adapter this way to be able to get more throughput than they could over USB. But it also means the unit needs its own power outlet. Additionally, this change limits the compatible units for this device to any unit that has an ethernet port on-board – so the dual tuner TiVo (units with service numbers starting in 649) or any HD TiVo for cable (original Series3, TiVo HD and HD XL, and TiVo Premiere, and Premiere XL).

If you don’t currently have WiFi, or if you want N WiFi for your TiVo and you currently have a slower variety (B or G), you can get two of these units and configure them in bridge mode. This allows you to put one adapter on your TiVo and one directly on an unused ethernet port on your router and create an N wireless link.

Final note: this adapter will step down to B or G speeds if that’s the fastest protocol supported in your router.

Well, they’re here now!

TiVo Upgrade Kits for TiVo Premiere

TiVo Upgrade Kits for TiVo Premiere XL

One of the great features of these new kits is that you can now get a single 2TB internal drive for either unit. With the previous TiVo DVRs (the TiVo HD series) the 2TB internal was only available for the TiVo HD XL. But now you can order a 2TB single internal drive for either Premiere, so you can get more internal storage for a pretty good price!

As always, our kits are easy to install, they’re plug-and-play, and they ship with instructions and tools.

The one configuration we don’t have yet on the site is our backup solutions. We’re working on those, and we hope to have them available before too long. Just a little more testing there . . . we want to be sure they perform perfectly.