Rumors that Tivo and Netflix might partner together to deliver DVD’s over broadband have me intrigued. The idea of getting movies delivered via broadband appeals to the lazy slob in me but the technophile who invested in an HD capable projector and progressive-scan DVD player wouldn’t want to watch any movie coming out of the […]
With TiVo offering huge rebates on new TiVo2 recorders, why put up with the aggravation of a second-rate box that is useless? Mark Frauenfelder described his recent experiences with the Scientific Atlanta DVR that his cable company provides, including the claim that it was a real TiVo device: Five days later a service technician came
A flurry of activity around TiVO this week: TiVO announces that their home media option will now be a standard part of the service (theirs $100 well-spent *sigh*), lower prices after rebates ($129), future TiVO boxes will let you view content from the Net, later this year you’ll be able to move content from TiVO
Charles Cooper, a cnet editor, is apparently surprised that his Tivo collects data on his viewing habits. Holy Peeping Tom, Batman. Was it that Orwellian? Maybe I need to become more of a fussbudget, but the fact is that TiVo-philes knew–or should have known–what they were getting into when they first unwrapped their digital video
Guilty as charged, Staci and I rewound the infamous incident and played it on slow a couple times to make sure we saw what we really saw. We then fell asleep for most of the second half. The close of Timberlake and Jackson’s half time duet drew the biggest spike in audience reaction TiVo has
Explore tivo hmo and Java Home Media Option for Tivo, setup tivo on home network…
TiVo, the digital hub, powered by Strangeberry? Something like this might spur more people to set up a wireless network at home. So what are they really building? My best guess is that Strangeberry crew, all former Sun folks, developed a piece of software that actually makes finding devices on the home networks as easy
Om Malik’s Analysis of Tivo’s Strangeberry acquisition. Read More »
Tivo has set off quite a debate on Slashdot with the news that it is suing EchoStar for patent infringement. The suit, filed in federal district court in Texas, alleges that EchoStar’s DVR infringes TiVo’s “Time Warp” patent, which includes the method used to allow viewers to record one program while watching another and the
I’m thinking it’ll be time to upgrade to a newer Tivo soon. Luckily, they just announced $50 rebates on new Tivos through the holiday season. If you’re wondering why you need a Tivo, check out Heather Newman’s column.. Also read how tivo changed Ernie the Attorney’s life, and get a list of ten reasons to
One year ago I got a TiVo Digital Video Recorder. Not coincidentally during the World Cup so that it would get all the matches since most were on between 2am and 7am. Ever since then, how I watch TV has totally changed. TiVo makes your TV viewing efficient. In a sense, its the first intelligent