Good thing it’s free… though waiting 5 hours to copy a 1 hour program on your network hardly justifies the service. I’ll be interested in reading more when more people connect and we get some public feedback with how well wired ethernet works.
In short, TivoToGo isn’t really usable for me unless I seriously plan ahead or until Tivo adds support for 802.11g adapters. This is disappointing to say the least as I had been waiting for this feature for some time. I’m surprised Tivo didn’t make sure to support at least one faster adapter in anticipation of TivoToGo. [Obvious Diversion]
I’d love to see cable companies offer a way to copy programs. They already have the flagging technology and the DRM enabled, why not extend their reach a bit through the set-top. Quite a few boxes have USB or Firewire which would allow an adapter (for ethernet, wired or wireless) or a direct connection. I realize this is a huge can of worms… but people seem to want this, so why not smack Tivo down another notch with a better ToGo feature.