Monthly Archives: February 2004

TiVo Plushies

Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 by MegaZone

Yesterday the 18″ TiVo plushie that I ordered came in – it joins the 6″ doll I picked up a while back, and the 3″ ornament that I picked up from TiVo’s booth at CES. (I have a fee of … Continue reading →

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Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8000 can’t cope with leap year

Posted on Friday, February 27, 2004 by MegaZone

I first spotted this in PVRBlog, which pointed me at this Slashdot entry. Apparently the SA8000 has a firmware bug and it can’t handle leap year. On 2/23, when the 7 days of guide data hit 2/29, the units all … Continue reading →

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40 hour unit $149 with rebate – and new news

Posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by MegaZone

I picked this up on alt.video.ptv.tivo – an article from C|Net – TiVo to offer rebate on recorders Basically on Friday TiVo will be offering another $50 rebate on their standalone boxes. The article doesn’t mention the Toshiba or Pioneer … Continue reading →

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TiVo *really* To Go?

Posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by MegaZone

So I was reading the latest issue of Popular Science and on page 15, in “What’s New” there is a one page article on a forthcoming product, the Tight Systems‘ Taz 1. A portable video player with a removable/swappable 60GB … Continue reading →

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HD DirecTiVo up for pre-order

Posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 by MegaZone

According to PVRBlog the HDTV DirecTiVo is up for pre-order.

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