In an attempt to save energy nationally, Congress has extended the period of Daylight Savings Time here in the US. So we’ll be springing ahead a few weeks early this year. I’ve received several news alerts in the last week regarding TiVo and DST, a few of which caught my attention…
WTVM9:
And even V-C-Rs and Tivo which don’t have built-in updating devices
Mercury News:
But be prepared to reset your computer clock, too — and the clocks on your TiVo, BlackBerry and anything else electronic that depends on time.
TiVo units do have the ability to receive updates via dial-up or broadband and I don’t recall ever setting the time on my DVRs, so I did a little digging around. From some posts on the TiVo Community Forum (here, here, and here) it seems like:
- TiVo Series3 units are completely updated to accommodate the new DST schedule.
- TiVo Series2 units are mostly updated to accommodate the new DST schedule. Recordings will happen at the appropriate times, though the Guide and the external clock (on DVD models) and will be one hour ahead for a period of hours. A future software update will resolve this before the next time change.
- TiVo Series1 units haven’t received software updates for some time and none are scheduled now. Initial testing indicates shows will record properly, though the displayed times (Guide, To Do, etc) and manual recordings will be out of sync for several weeks.
- DirecTV TiVo units have DST-compliant software available, though it’s not clear if the rollout has occurred yet.
Update: Great minds think alike? I just noticed TiVo Lovers also has a roundup of similar info.
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I wonder how many subbed Series1 units are out there... I also wonder if all those owners will call support at the same time?
One quick update to the DirecTV TiVo section. The same thing applies to Series 1 vintage units, they have not been and don't appear to be getting an update. The Series 2 (including HR10-250) DTV units have the update available to all users. If it is attached to a phone line it should have it now.
@Dave Zatz
I have three TiVos. One series2 w/lifetime and two Series1 both w/lifetime service. The oldest one is nearly seven years old. It's burnt out the modem and gone through two HDD upgrades and still churning along. As long as the main board doesn't get fried and TiVo doesn't back out of the lifetime service I should be able to keep it going forever. I think it may be immortal.
So, from my personal experience 66.6% of all TiVos are series 1 units :), although YMMV.