HOT Tivo Turbonet Network card $40.99 shipped

[Mehdi]

Originally posted by: Xtremetivo
I would like to offer AnandTech Users the sale on turbonet boards. The price is 35.99 +$5 S/H. The boards are shipped USPS priority mail. (2 days most of the time)

Ok, I ordered one. After I confirmed the transaction, I was transfered to Xtremetive.com site. Do I need to do anything else on the XtremeTivo site to complete the order?

Thanks for making this offer available to us at reduced prices.

 

[jedidrw]

Thanks Xtremetivo, I will sign your resellerratings when the card arrives. Thanks!

 

[Xtremetivo]

Originally posted by: Delbert
Ordered one (from a member with 1 post .
See more about them here. I'm assuming they are the same.

Thats a tivonet board the first network adapter for tivo.

It's the same as this
http://www.9thtee.com/turbonet.htm

 

[Delbert]

Oops, I jst saw that and came to fix my link. The Tivonet was from a link I had in my favorites long ago. Thanks again for the deal. I hope the anandtech effect does you well.

 

[Marauder-]

Yeah - Xtreme, you rock! Get my order out tomorrow!

I'm placing my order via paypal right now.

 

[Kwad Guy]

OK, I checked out the links...You connect an ethernet cable to this card. BUT the connection is inside the box. So you need to run the wire to the outside of the Tivo box...How do you do this? Drill a hole in the Tivo box? Or is there a more elegant solution?

Outside of being able to get your updates via ethernet instead of the phone line, what other advantage is there to making this upgrade? (I am not about to pay Tivo $99 or whatever to get sharing priviledges).

Kwad

 

[Marauder-]

You can extract your saved videos provided that you are using Xtreme 2.5 and higher. You can also get updates via the web and you can schedule recordings over the web.

 

[Marauder-]

jedidrw: you should probably edit the deal to it's now $41/Turbonet as that's a hotter deal.

Oh yeah, the way you get it working is that once you have it installed, you run a small patch cord inside, route it through one of those holes on the bottom, and then stick a RJ45-RJ45 plug on the bottom of that. Hey - Xtreme - do you have any spare RJ45 adapters?

 

[Xtremetivo]

Originally posted by: Marauder-
jedidrw: you should probably edit the deal to it's now $41/Turbonet as that's a hotter deal.

Oh yeah, the way you get it working is that once you have it installed, you run a small patch cord inside, route it through one of those holes on the bottom, and then stick a RJ45-RJ45 plug on the bottom of that. Hey - Xtreme - do you have any spare RJ45 adapters?

I have a order coming from china, but going to be 2 weeks at least.

 

[Runciter]

Excellent! Just ordered another TurboNet. Man sure beats the $70 I paid 9th tee!

Originally posted by: Xtremetivo
The price on the Airnets is going to be around $42-49ea. The lead time is about 2 1/2 weeks till the first shipment is here.

Cool. What .11b pccards do you recommend with Airnet?

 

[Marauder-]

I would use Orinoco if it works w/ it. Orinoco has the best reception.

 

[Xtremetivo]

>Cool. What .11b pccards do you recommend with Airnet?[/quote]

We are testing with a D-link, but any card with a prism2/2.5 chipset should work fine.

 

[lupohki]

How do you set it up so it fetches programming information via the NIC? Is it still through TiVo? AVS forums are down.

 

[Marauder-]

There's a tivo website for it. I think you can find it in the tivo community forums. I'll post it up once I refind it / which should be in a day or two when i need it after I install the card.

 

[nnnyyy]

great price. i just put an order in for 1! Thanks.

 

[salfter]

Originally posted by: Kwad Guy
To use this with the series 1 tivo, do you have to Dremel a hole in the back, or what?

I have a TivoNet (the older version that adapts an NE2000 clone to work with a TiVo) in a Philips HDR112. There's a tab on the back of the cover that can be snipped off to expose a squarish hole on the back of the case through which you can feed a network cable. I'd recommend getting a cable with rubber snag-free boots on the ends...you can jam that into the hole and tie a loose knot on the inside so that if you tug on the cable from the outside, it won't get yanked out. You end up with a short length of cable sticking out the back with a plug on it. You can plug this directly into a hub or switch or you can use a Cat5 coupler to join it to a longer cable.

 

[hevnsnt]

awesome thanks!

+1 to send out!

 

[Fritoz]

I'm just glad to finally see some price competition here. 9th tee provides great service, but their virtual monopoly has allowed them to charge what I consider to be too much... Hopefully they'll start dropping the price to match.

 

[Boen]

I ordered one of these from Xtremetivo on Thursday (5/8) received on Saturday (5/10). Great deal compared to the 9thtee one. Thanks Xtremetivo!

Edit: Went to resellerratings and added them... Have to wait to rate though.

 

[FiLeZz]

Im very interested But I have a tivo one a direct TV TIVO
the sony t60.. what do I need to do to get this to work on this box..
Or will it work with this box.. and would I be able to pull movies off of the TIVO to the PC.. Also does this have a static or DHCP address once it works..
Please feed me information, I can never have to much information..
Thanks
Filezz

 

[FiLeZz]

oohh yea Pics are always a plus.. would like to see where it goes in the BOX

 

[Toddlizzle]

FiLeZz, I usually don't do this, but read the thread, man! All the answers you seek are already here or linked.

 

[Toddlizzle]

Extraction looks like a bitch, and that's the only reason I'd get one of these cards. Is anyone here doing extraction?

I'm thinking I'll just get the Toshiba TiVo/DVD-RW combo unit coming out in August.

 

[BigPlastic]

You need a DHCP server on your network. You can follow these instructions to get telnet going: Text
Then you can get FTP running, extraction, schedule recordings over the web, etc. Tivocommunity.com will not have anything related to extraction, you'll need to google that stuff.

 

[FiLeZz]

I never saw where it said in the post that it would work on a t60 Tivo unit.. Maybe someone can point that out to me..
also what program is needed.. extraction program.. FTP I know something eles I do not..
This is a thread about nics and tivos maybe someone eles will acually give me info rather then point in vauge directions.. I can start google and find what I need just thought I would ask thanks for all your great input..