I recall the fun of hacking the cheap TiVos (the Sony branded ones especially for some reason) to get a shell, upgrading the disks and so on. This was long bef

I recall the fun of hacking the cheap TiVos (the Sony branded ones especially for some reason) to get a shell, upgrading the disks and so on. This was long before they had Canadian guide support, so that was the only way to hack in guide data. But, once HD TV became the norm, the writing was on the wall for them. Frankly I'm amazed it lasted as long as it did.