Another tivo updated

I was really bored on Sunday, so I decided to upgrade one of the Tivo units to make it that much easier to record ALL of the Olympics.

Added a 320GB drive to the existing 120GB. Now rolling with approx 512 estimated hours of recording capacity.

I had done this once before with mixed results. I now think that my new bracket system is going to be better, as it offsets the placement of the second hard drive above the first, so that they are not completely flush, hopefully providing some additional room for air to get between them for cooling.

The last time I did this I had problems with stability when both drives were really spinning. Way too much heat. We'll see how the new setup proceeds.

MFSTools is an awesome package, and so easy to use.

Dare we go for a 500GB Tivo Series 2? I think we may

Was looking at this very cheap 500GB IDE hard drive from WD on Newegg

I already have a 120GB drive in my series 2 tivo, but I think I might go bigger. I used to have two 200GB drives in my series 2, but the heat from both drives made the tivo a bit unstable. This would give me increased capacity, and still keep me in a single drive!