[cowtown]

I'm jealous of you guys. I've been thinking about getting a TIVO, just to avoid the commercials. I'd like to keep my basic cable ($10/month) and just use a standalone TIVO box. But I'm confused about a few things:

1) So only the new Series2 hardware can use a LAN connection instead of a phone line? I've got a LAN available for it, but no phone connection anywhere near our TV.

2) Can it work with wireless 802.11g? Or at least can I plug it in to a wired 100mbps switch? Does the switch need to have special capabilities to support TIVO, or is it just like any other IP device?

3)Does the lifetime subscription follow the hardware or the user? The TIVO site says hardware, but the TIVO forum people (including a few TIVO employees) are swearing up and down that it applies to the account, not the box...?

4)I understand the standalone (not DirectTV) TIVOs have only one tuner built in. But I could still record one thing on the TIVO while I watch something else through the TV tuner, right? It's just that I'd be watching the commercials if I were doing this.