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TiVo's new Buy on TV for Amazon Unbox

A litle while ago, TiVo introduced Amazon Unbox movie downloads. but you still had to log on to Amazon.com to order your moves for playback on your trusty TiVo.. Fortunately, some coders came up with a home-grown solution that allowed... Full Story

Posted on July 10, 2007 11:09 PM

TiVo cuts off American Idol Finale

American Idol fans that didn't watch the finale live are shocked to learn their TIVos didn't record the last 6 minutes of last night's American Idol finale. The finale ran a bit long - 10 minutes according to my calculation,... Full Story

Posted on May 24, 2007 9:42 AM

3rd Gen TiVo Goes HD

Don't count TiVo down and out just yet. The new high-end TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder is the first stand-alone TiVo product that is HD-compatible. It's also the world's first THX-certified digital video recorder (that means awesome audio). Dual tuners allow subscribers... Full Story

Posted on September 12, 2006 12:07 PM

DigitalLife Is On Its Way!

Love this show! DigitalLife, "the leading consumer electronics and video gaming event," will take place at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City, next month! October 12-15, to be exact,. This year’s show will feature more than 200 leading consumer electronics and... Full Story

Posted on September 1, 2006 11:31 AM

The Hard Drive Hits 50

Not too many gadgets hit the age of 50, especially in the world of computers, but the hard drive is still going strong at 50 years of age! (I never would have guessed!) (An age that many may feel depressed about while looking... Full Story

Posted on August 22, 2006 10:08 AM

SightSpeed 5.0 VoIP and remote TV (Slingbox) functionality impresses

Recently, I wrote an article titled "The Perfect VoiP Softphone and IM client", where I listed my top requirements for the perfect softphone. Indeed, my perfect softphone client was much more than your typical softphone so I offered an alternative... Full Story

Posted on July 24, 2006 11:53 PM

Is Free TiVO On the Horizon?

In days of old (actually not that long ago), everybody who had TiVO loved to tell anybody who didn’t have TiVO how great the system was – record TV show, watch them when you want (and skip the commercials!). Ah,... Full Story

Posted on February 28, 2006 8:39 PM

What's Up with TiVo?

I remember not so long ago when anyone who had TiVo couldn't wait to tell anyone who didn't have TiVo how great the system was -- watch TV when you want to, skip over commercials, record shows easily, blah, blah,... Full Story

Posted on November 30, 2005 5:53 PM

Terayon inserts ads into MPEG-4 IPTV streams

Terayon Communication Systems, Inc. a provider of digital video networking applications and home access solutions, today announced what they claim is the industry's first 'telco-optimized' solution that allows telecommunication service providers to create new advertising revenue streams to support their... Full Story

Posted on November 9, 2005 4:04 PM

CE Brand Loyalty? Dead or Just Slowly Dieing?

In what must come as no surprise to most consumers and manufacturers, brand loyalty isn't what it used to be.  With the CE marketplace supersaturated with ever-cheaper products from unknown manufacturers, consumers face an overwhelming number of choices.  Product life spans... Full Story

Posted on November 8, 2005 3:59 PM

TiVo Says Yahoo! Is Anybody Watching?

In the latest attempt to merge the two great entertainment spheres -- TV and the Internet --TiVo and Yahoo announced earlier today a new service that enables TiVo users to remotely program their digital video recorders using Yahoo's TV information web... Full Story

Posted on November 7, 2005 5:33 PM

Early Audience for Mobile TV Small But Enthusiastic

Just thought I'd share this interesting Park Associates report below, which claims that although their is a small early audience for Mobile TV that it is very enthusiastic. I couldn't agree more. With popular gadgets such as the Slingbox Personal... Full Story

Posted on September 1, 2005 2:15 PM

TV Commercials Rule!

Hey, did you know that TV commercials rule? I mean c'mon who doesn't love TV commercials? Wait a second, are you telling me you don't like commericals? Well, did you know that according to Parks Associates, "Consumers Warming to Emerging... Full Story

Posted on July 28, 2005 2:37 PM

CallerID on TiVo

I have a Windows MCE 2005 PC at home and I hooked up CallerID on my MCE 2005 PC. It's pretty cool, as can be seen by this screenshot of someone using this app on their MCE PC hooked up... Full Story

Posted on April 25, 2005 4:05 PM

TiVo vs. Media Center Edition

TiVo may get all the headlines and they certainly have a rabid following, including geeks who modify their units, add additional hard drives, and perform other tweaks. But I'll tell you, I would not trade my Microsoft Windows Media... Full Story

Posted on February 11, 2005 11:47 AM

Linux Embedded DVR

George Tang Industrial Corporation GDV-08 DVR George Tang Industrial Corporation introduced the GDV-08, its latest 8-channel DVR with built-in LAN and CD-RW. The Linux-embedded unit is bundled with Software Watchdog and realtime MPEG-4 compression. 8 channels? Now this is... Full Story

Posted on January 5, 2005 2:23 PM

FCC lets TiVo share digital TV shows equals empty football stadiums

Well, the Federal Communications Commission gave the OK to let TiVo allow users to share and send digital broadcast shows over the Internet, but limited to just 9 TiVo"friends" or users. It uses a key to limit access to the... Full Story

Posted on August 4, 2004 6:27 PM