Tivo Hacks. 100 Industrial-strength Tips Tools 2003

5.1 Hacks #63-80

It always happens when you're already halfway across town for that dinner date or soaring toward a week's vacation in some faraway place: you plumb forgot to set TiVo to record that awards show or season finale.

Sure, in all likelihood , TiVo knows you'd probably want to record the show in question, but it would put your mind at ease to know it's on the To Do List . It sure would be useful to call up your TiVo and check.

Two solutions provide access to, and manipulation, of your TiVo over the Web: the official TiVo Home Media Option (HMO) and the open source TiVoWeb project. Schedule recordings, prune your Now Playing List , or add season passes ; about anything you can do while standing in front of your TV set can be done from any web browser anywhere in the world.