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Thanks for the replies.  I kinda thought that would be the case but felt I had to check.  I love my TiVos - hate the fees (and I just got a new car so their particularly painful right now) but I refuse to hack it so I get the TiVo interface w/ a free web guide.

So - I guess I'm gonna try LMCE out!  This brings me to my backup question - with all this power there's gonna be a bit of heat and my entertainment center is already toasty.  Plus, I'm a bit of a tree-hugger and want to keep power consumption as low as possible - especially when NOT in use (I wish there was a way to tell the TiVo NOT to always record...spin the drive down, take a nap...that sort of thing).

What do people do to expell the heat?  Is there a USB powered external fan (that isn't too noisy) I could mount to exhaust it?  Or are there better solutions?

Thanks.

   Jon-Mikel

Despite the generic title I'm not asking about what hardware I should ues for LMCE.

What I'm wondering is if there would be a way to install it on a TiVo box.  OK -realisticly I expect there isn't as I belive TiVo has low powered generic hardware with a few custom chips to handle stuff so Ubuntu probably wouldn't run on TiVo hardware, let alone Myth.  But I figure, hey - TiVo is Linux based...LMCE is Linux based...and I see $30-$80 TiVo hardware on eBay all the time.

While I do love my TiVo, I'd also love to pick up some old hardware, wipe the drive, and try some open source (OK - free) stuff out too (plus, then I could afford to give such things as gifts 'cause the recipient wouldn't face monthly fees).

Does such a thing exist yet?  Is it even possible?

Thanks!

   Jon-Mikel