Networking my TiVo
 

So I have an 80-hour Humax TiVo, a NetGear WGR614 wireless 802.11g router, an Athlon 1300 (motherboard: A7V133), and a 768/128 DSL connection.

Does the following:
1) Buy <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144392">this</a> 320GB WD IDE hard drive from NewEgg.
2) Buy one of the TiVo-recommended <a href="http://www.tivo.com/2.7.asp">wireless adapters</a>, or possibly a wireless ethernet bridge like the one I have on my iMac now.
3) Install the HD and put Windows XP on it as the new master drive.
4) Install the wireless adapter on the TiVo and connect it to the network.
5) Install TiVo Desktop on my PC.
6) Enjoy newfound storage space for archiving TiVo programming, TiVo-recorded programs on my PC, and such via TiVoToGo.

seem like a plausible course of action?

Alternate ending:
7) Add a DVD burner to my system as well.
8) Hello, easy archiving and video DVDs.

What DRM does TiVo use?

TiVo exports files in a proprietary .tivo format, which SonicDVD and (some versions of) Nero can burn.

There have been noises made about a Broadcast Flag-esque trigger that a handful of programs have had, cutting off the ability to digitally transfer specific programs or even to keep them on the TiVo itself beyond a specific date. The TiVo community, in a word, went apeshit, while TiVo themselves blamed it on a bug (claiming that such DRM was only supposed to apply in future to pay-per-view and similar programming).

Time will tell.

I have heard that transporting large video files over wireless doesn't work very well.

I could do it wired, but it'd involve cutting a hole in the wall.

Be not afraid of cutting holes in the wall!! The wall exists only to serve you, and when it makes more sense for you to take a bloody long drill bit and pop through that sucker, that is what you must do!

Just avoid where an electrician would logically run a line voltage wire...

If you want to plug it up with caulk afterwards, that's up to you, frankly I don't give a damn except for on external walls. You could also, in theory, put together proper wall outlets and make it look all nice and stuff. Phooey, you'll just have to cut through the wall for the next wire they want.

I always find it liberating to show the wall who's boss.

After you make it through, you can use the same drill bit to pull wire through the hole. Just tape the wire on the drill bit and yer good ta go.

Well, it's not my wall, as I live in an apartment.

Patch it when you leave!

Colgate: the spackle of the poor college student. It actually works pretty damn well. I got my security deposit back a few times due soley to the magic of Colgate.

Same here. 'Course, this was back in the day when most walls were white and my toothpaste was white. I doubt I could I could find matching colors now...

We have a fair number of inexplicable holes-in-the-walls at our place. Basement -> Garage -> Livingroom, Basement -> closet -> loft... Between the cat5 and the speaker wires, you gotta drill a lot of holes. We finally got around to patching them last year.
- Pie