01-02-2008, 06:28 PM
The primary reason they're popular is they're Tivo's. DirecTV stopped selling Tivo's 2 years ago, and substituted their own inferior designed DVR's.
Note the R10 is NOT easily hackable because of the PROM chip soldered to the logic board. In order to hack the R10, you'll need to unsolder the SMT PROM chip and resolder a regrogrammed PROM chip.
Most of the series 2 DirecTivo's ARE easily hacked by installing the hard drive in a PC - no soldering required.
Note the R10 is NOT easily hackable because of the PROM chip soldered to the logic board. In order to hack the R10, you'll need to unsolder the SMT PROM chip and resolder a regrogrammed PROM chip.
Most of the series 2 DirecTivo's ARE easily hacked by installing the hard drive in a PC - no soldering required.