TiVo : General TiVo Discussion Part 2

[nstokes]

can the cable BB modem instead tivo be upgraded from 10mb to a higher speed, just like a norm VM cable BB modem?

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by nstokes

can the cable BB modem instead tivo be upgraded from 10mb to a higher speed, just like a norm VM cable BB modem?

Tivo's internal modem could be increased to 20meg.

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Tivo's internal modem could be increased to 20meg.

thats ggod then so at least its not hardware limited and fimeware can increase it, thats something else that makes the box far better than sky+hd, even if sky made a box simular to tivo they wouldbe tne able to increase internal modem's speed

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last night i wanted to record a program but it had already started and it also nearly ended so thought darn but then i saw it was buffered in the turner so hit record with only about 3 mins of the prog left and started watching it later on, i forgot about that feature and so far is in my fav top 5 features for the box

[Doz007]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Tivo's internal modem could be increased to 20meg.

Wow, where did you hear about that? It's a good thing to have available to VM if they ever need a speed bump.

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by Doz007

Wow, where did you hear about that? It's a good thing to have available to VM if they ever need a speed bump.

hopefully one of the VM staff can confirm if this is defo 100% correct

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by nstokes

hopefully one of the VM staff can confirm if this is defo 100% correct

I'm not staff but I believe passingbat is 100% correct I remember that being confirmed on here.

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I'm not staff but I believe passingbat is 100% correct I remember that being confirmed on here.

thats good then so thats another thing tivo willl ahve over sky box if they make a new one

[jb66]

I can confirm it can handle 20meg

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by jb66

I can confirm it can handle 20meg

do you reckon it would be able to handle 50meg or even 100meg?

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by nstokes

do you reckon it would be able to handle 50meg or even 100meg?

Why would it need to ? HD video even at 1080p streamed from a service such as Netflix doesn't require that sort of Bandwith.

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Why would it need to ? HD video even at 1080p streamed from a service such as Netflix doesn't require that sort of Bandwith.

im not saying it would need to but just wondering if it could handle it, you never thou, technology these days moves od so quick and so does streaming

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by nstokes

technology these days moves od so quick and so does streaming

but so does video compression, so you need less bandwidth not more. A few years ago it wouldn't have been possible to get decent HD on a 10meg connection.

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

but so does video compression, so you need less bandwidth not more. A few years ago it wouldn't have been possible to get decent HD on a 10meg connection.

true point buts its just good that the tivis modem can be updated

[zantarous]

The modem does not need to be upgraded, it can do 20 meg it's the config file that it uses it that limits to 10. But as has been stated 10 on a managed network will be more then ample.

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by zantarous

The modem does not need to be upgraded, it can do 20 meg it's the config file that it uses it that limits to 10. But as has been stated 10 on a managed network will be more then ample.

i not saying it does im saying its good that it can be if it is needed