Are 40GB DirecTivo's upgradeable? (1 Viewer)

[Tim Holyoke]

I don't know anything about upgrading Tivos, but I remember reading about people putting bigger HDs in standalone Tivos. Can you do this with the 40gb DirecTivos, be it an RCA, Philips, or whatever else? Thanks a lot.

Tim

 

[Neil_S]

Yup, and very easy to do (though the first one makes you pretty nervous).

I've got a 120gig drive (~110 hours recording time) in my DirecTiVo. If you want home help/tips feel free to PM me.

Neil

 

[Robert_J]

They are all made at the same factory using the same internal parts. The process with be the same for any model.

The older models came standard with a empty drive bay for a second hard drive. The newer models don't have this bay but companies like Weaknees and 9th Tee offer a bracket. The max size of a DirecTivo is dual 137GB drives. Since no one makes a 137GB drive, you have to use dual 160s and waste some space. Most people use the dual 120GB drives which provides a little over 200 hours of recording space.

-Robert

 

[Tim Holyoke]

Cool, thanks. So are they essentially as easy to upgrade as adding a HD to a computer? Thanks.

 

[Robert_J]

It depends. The companies I listed above can also supply a fully functioning upgrade drive but you pay for a plug-n-play upgrade. You can get a blank drive and copy the Tivo OS from the original drive to the new drive with some widely available tools.

-Robert

 

[Alf S]

Check out Weak Knees for pricing and info on upgrading to various sized HD's.

Alfer

 

[StephenL]

Do-it-yourself instructions:
http://www.newreleasesvideo.com/hins...to/index9.html