Written by Leo Laporte - one of the most widely recognized voices in consumer technology today - along with Gareth Branwyn, a veteran Wired magazine writer, editor book author and certified "TiVo-holic." Sure, there are other TiVo books out there, but none, and we mean none, are written with real users in mind.

    All of the competitor books assume that the reader is a Linux programming, certifiable geek. We assume two things and two things only - one, you have a TiVo, and two, you love your TiVo. That's it. We arm you with the information you need to grab your tools, pop the hood on your series 1
or series 2 TiVo, and get to work: adding more storage space, networking your TiVo, adding more cache memory, and more.

    Not only for the hardcore hardware hacker, we cover everything from doing it all yourself, to using a prepared upgrade kit (no computer required!), to even sending it to a service center and having them do all the heavy lifting. Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo is as user-friendly as TiVo itself, a book you can start utilizing right away, but that grows in sophistication and detail as your mastery of TiVo grows.

    We cover basic advice on buying, setting up, and using
your TiVo, to more in-depth coverage of advanced software features and the most popular hardware hacks (such as adding more storage space and networking your TiVo).

Part I TiVo Tweaking (Warranty-Friendly Fun)
1 Which TiVo Is Right for You?
2 Getting the Most Out of Your TiVo
...
Part II Hardware Hacking (Machine-Monkeying Madness)
6 Touring Your TiVo: The Hardware
7 TiVo Hacker's Toolbox
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Part III Software Bashing (Playing with Your Penquin)
13 Touring Your TiVo: The Software
14 Accessing Your TiVo's Linux Bash Prompt
...
Part IV Appendixes
A Resources
B Common Linux Commands
C About the CD-ROM

Author Description

Leo Laporte

Leo Laporte is the former host of two shows on TechTV – The Screen Savers and Call for Help. Leo is a weekend radio host on Los Angeles Radio KFI AM 640. He also appears regularly on many other television and radio programs including ABC’s World News Now and Live with Regis and Kelly as “The Gadget Guy.” He is the author of leo laporte’s 2003 Computer Almanac and Leo Laporte’s 2004 Screensavers Technology Almanac, both of which have been bestsellers.

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a well-known technology journalist and self-proclaimed “reluctant geek.” He is writer and editor for wired, ID, and Esquire magazines, and has written many books on technology topics including Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Building Robots and Mosaic Quick Tour
(the first World Wide Web book ever published).