TiVo News, Vol. 64: Award-winning TiVo tips for OSCAR NIGHT(R)

Letter from the Editor

Sadly, there’ll be no pitter-patter of little Hobbit
feet on the red carpet this year, but somebody is going to fly away with
a few golden guys—or thirteen. Lucky you, with your trusty TiVo remote,
have a ringside seat to jazz up Academy Awards® night as you see fit.

Please accept this newsletter as our love letter to all things Oscar®,
including a link to an e-vite
created especially for TiVo types to round the troops (as well as clever
tips on how to party
like a film star from a very creative TiVo subscriber), a ready-to-print
ballot to get your party guests in a red-carpet mood, and enough TiVo
Scheduling Links to make any Now Playing list pop with plenty o’ Hollywood
hype and hoopla, both before and after the ceremony.

(Chris) Rock & Paper (Envelope, please),
Shanan

P.S. Ready to vote? Take our quickie
poll on the biggies and we’ll share what the entertainment elite thought
(that would be us as TiVo subscribers, natch) in the next newsletter.

TiVo Hotlinks

color="#ff9900"> TiVo® Tip: Record Oscar®
(and don’t miss a minute!)
size="2">It’s amazing what
an ego or two (not to mention the mere mention of said ego’s parents and
spouses, of whom they "couldn’t have done it without") can do
to a live television broadcast. So despite all the Tinseltown talk about
how this year’s ceremony just won’t pack the usually anticipated punch,
wise men and women will still pad the recording by at least one and a half
hours. Here’s how to do it:

• Go to Search by Title and type in "77" (to find "77th
  Annual
  Academy Awards", then press SELECT
• With the highlight on “Record this episode”, press RIGHT
  to highlight
  "Options", then press SELECT
• Change “Stop Recording” to "1 and 1/2 hour longer,"
  then press SELECT twice

Do you have a favorite TiVo tip of your own? Please share
it with us.

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color="#ff9900">Wish for Award-Winning Entertainment
size="2">‘Tis the season for Best Actor/Actress nominees to shamelessly work the
talk show circuit promoting their picture. Add your favorite contenders
as an actor WishList
search to catch their best-unscripted dialogue.

Check out more top TiVo® Oscar WishList
searches Actor, Actress, Director and Picture (Title) and schedule
recordings for past Oscar winners.

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Search your TV listings for more Best
Picture titles from Oscar’s past.

color="#ff9900">Subscriber Savvy: Best Picture, Literally
Matt R. from Washington, D.C. wrote to share how he used the TiVo Digital
Photos feature to add a little pizzazz to his Oscar party, which included
a contest to award the party-goer with the most correct predictions.

Tallying votes from his ballots pre-party, Matt used Photoshop to create
graphics featuring his guests’ best guess in selected categories. Before
the telecast began, and as guests arrived, Matt played them as a slide
show, throwing beautiful black-and-white photographs from Academy Awards
ceremonies past into the mix. "It was a hit!" said Matt.

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The TiVo Top 25 Season Pass™ rankings
are based on anonymous, aggregated data, for the week ending 2/13/05.

1. Desperate
Housewives
2. The
Apprentice
3. Lost

4. CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation
5. American
Idol

See the TiVo Top 25 in its entirety
here.

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Don’t see your question here?

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size="2">If you need help with any aspect of using your TiVo box or service, visit
our online Customer
Support. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions regarding this
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