The entire history of TV is lost with HDTV

Not that I've had need to do it yet, I read somewhere that when you replace the HD in a TIVO or similar device, it needs a Linux/Unix file system form at. However the software is not on there as far as I can glean, it is in EP ROM or something. Also the micro could just have the code on board. I woud say just the program but with alot of the extensions/settings in an externa l EPROM. Flashing it is like a Windows update, it doesn't change everything .

So how long before virises indfect TVs ya think ? They already got to cellp hones.

Anyway, now that I think of Linux, I remember a demo on youtube of Linux MC E. Pop in a DVD and on comes the TV with the correct source selected. Go to the kitchen for a drink and the TV in there pops on playing that source, e ven the bathroom I presume. It follows your cellphone around. Not sure how it deals with multiple people but I guess it wouyld just follow the signal fro theior cellphone around as wel as long as they were in the room when th e DVD started. I found it interesting. A quick search would probably find i t.

All the Freeview PVRs I've seen so far have had the format util in the ROM firmware.

Whether you can actually find it in the menu system is another matter.