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Series 1 DTiVo with Turbonet or Series 2 with USB networking?
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Posted by: cmontyburns

I'm finally ready to drop Turbonet cards in my old Series 1 DTiVo hardware, but I've gotten to thinking. The TurboNet cards are $70 (new), and with new Series 2 DTiVo's going for $99 these days, would I be better off actually buying new Series 2 hardware and enabling the USB ports on it instead of hacking my old boxes? Are there any pros and/or cons to either configuration versus the other that I should think about, given that the costs to me of both setups are pretty similar?

Posted by: Gomer Pyle

Well, you will not get future software upgrades for the S1 units, but you will for S2...

I love the looks of my Philips DSR704 units (S2)...

There is higher potential that S2 units will get locked out again (virtually impossible for S1).