USB to ethernet adapter?

[onedash]

Is there an adapter to get from USB to Ethernet?
I need to upgrade my TIVO and sounds like TIVO can not support 802.11G speeds. I was thinking then I could get a Game adapter but those have ethernet connectors and TIVO only has USB.
so if I get an 802.11G bridge can I get USB into ethernet?

[Jeffrey Schronce]

Yes, this is very common, particularly for older laptops.

Staples $27

Our friends at Amazon = $10 - $25 depending upon vendor and specs.

When you say TIVO can not support G speeds, you mean it does not support wireless right?

I don't get your bridge question.

[Wood_workur]

A network/computer is only as fast as the slowest component, so If you router will run at 100 mb/s, but the Tivo is only 30 mb/s, then you could do that, becausae the network would only run at the 30 mb/s.

adaptors run about $30 with shipping on www.newegg.com

[Otter]

Is there an adapter to get from USB to Ethernet?
I need to upgrade my TIVO and sounds like TIVO can not support 802.11G speeds. I was thinking then I could get a Game adapter but those have ethernet connectors and TIVO only has USB.
so if I get an 802.11G bridge can I get USB into ethernet?

Here is where you should start,

http://www.tivo.com/4.9.4.1.asp

Then get one of these, it worked with out a hitch and love it.

http://customersupport.tivo.com/know...lic/tv2006.htm

[parnelli]

I need to upgrade my TIVO and sounds like TIVO can not support 802.11G speeds.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=172282

[Jeffrey Schronce]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=172282

Wow, that;s pretty awesome. I don;t have TIVO, rather I have the HD recorder that came with my HDTV box from the cable company. I want to check and see if they have something like that. I am suprised the TV and Movie industry has not made a stink about this.

[JoeyGee]

I second that...

I wish I had an easy way to transfer recordings off my cable company's DVR like that. My wife is after me to get all my NYW epsisodes off. I assume that device is only compatible with TIVO?

[Jeffrey Schronce]

I wish I had an easy way to transfer recordings off my cable company's DVR like that. My wife is after me to get all my NYW epsisodes off. I assume that device is only compatible with TIVO?

Most cable companies seem to use Scientific Atlanta DVRs. I just checked and could find nothing for their more advanced model, 8300HD. I don't see anyway to record, other than outputting to VCR, DVDR or analoge capture card in PC.

[Otter]

I wish I had an easy way to transfer recordings off my cable company's DVR like that. My wife is after me to get all my NYW epsisodes off. I assume that device is only compatible with TIVO?

Not that is on the up and up, but the CC's are comming around and starting to see the light. One option that I am doing now is WMC (Windows Media Center). It ties to your box and records from it, very soon the cable card will be ready for WMC and that is a national standard removing all the issues.

edit - soom to soon

[sacherjj]

Make sure you get the exact version that TiVo supports. I have a Linksys WUSB11 adaptor sitting above my computer that is worthless for TiVo. Linksys likes to swap out chipsets with every revision of their product, but they still name it the same. Follow the TiVo recommendations from the above links and you should be OK. Some of the add-ons to TiVo with the network make it worthwhile to get connected.

[onedash]

well I currently have a linksys 802.11b card and it works fine with tivo but transfers take forever. From what I gather though tivo has such a slow processor and little ram that there is no power for networking and even with a 802.11G you wont get the full 54MB transfer speeds.
So I was thinking about using a wireless bridge (takes the work load off the tivo) but thats 100 dollars plus the $30 or so for the USB ethernet adapter.
What I might to do is go wired to transfer shows to the laptop and stay 802.11B for updating the TIVO schedule and what not.
But the gaming bridge sure would be cool because I could hook into the stereo too (I think).
I think anything that has USB or ethernet can use the wireless bridge. I see them specifically for music, games (XBOX, Playstation) printers.

[Tom Miller]

FWIW, regarding wireless transfer speed between Tivo and computer.

We have a Linksys 802.11b router, and just got the Tivo-branded 11g wireless adapter for our Tivo (series 2, dual tuner).

We get transfer rates of ~2GB (that's bytes)/hr, which is ~10-20% faster than real-time for the 2nd best recording quality.

So it's generally fine for serving content back to the Tivo that you've off-loaded to the computer -- meaning you can start watching right away. But the off-loading process itself is something that you'll want to queue up before you go to bed or to work.

Regards,
Tom

[gerti]

As others said TiVo's are pretty slow when it comes to networking. Upgrading to G will probably not make much of a difference speed-wise.