benefits of series 2/media box functionality...?

[smokeman]

Has someone compiled a list of :
A)
what benefits there are to series 2 tivo's/directivo's.

B) what hacks are available for series 2 so far? impornant ones to me being networkable...nophonecall....video extraction.

C) has anyone started to concider an xtreme image installation cd for series 2?

d) series 2 has the media box addon....
so has this been hacked yet, since in theory, it is only a software upgrade to a series 2?

[mrblack51]

a) usb is the only main thing. theoretically the s2 units will be supported longer. of course, that doesnt matter if dtv refuses to sign off on upgrades. hmo is s2 only, and s2 sa only for the time being.

b) check the s2 faq

c) yes, it has been considered by some people. will it happen? who knows. i can guarantee that if people beg/whine that it will never be released.

d) no, not yet hacked. only s2 sa