Daily Archives: Tuesday, July 1, 2008

iTWire Gets Hands-On With Australian TiVo, And Likes It

Posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 by MegaZone

While TiVo may not be available to Australian consumers until July 29th, Australian tech site iTWire got some hands-on time with one today and liked what they saw. The author saying “it lives up to my high expectations.” As he … Continue reading →

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Onkyo To Re-Enter HD Disc Market With Blu-ray

Posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 by MegaZone

Consumer electronics vendor Onkyo announced that they will release their first Blu-ray player later this year, according to Pocket-lint. Onkyo had been one of the few CE vendors to support HD DVD, but they dropped their HD DVD support in … Continue reading →

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TiVo Announces Stop||Watch Results For May 2008

Posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 by MegaZone

TiVo today issued a press release announcing the commercial and program rankings from their Stop||Watch service for May 2008. And, as has been the norm, we see that the top viewed commercials don’t necessarily air during the top ranked programs, … Continue reading →

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Time Warner Moving Channels To SDV In Kansas City

Posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 by MegaZone

The TV Barn blog has posted a letter Time Warner Cable sent out to customers in Kansas City, MO. It announces that they intend to begin migrating “lesser-viewed channels” to SDV beginning August 20, 2008. They’ve done a fairly decent … Continue reading →

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TiVo Launches In Australia For AUD$699

Posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 by MegaZone

I was checking for this repeatedly yesterday, since Australia is across the date line, but the news hadn’t popped before I crashed for the night. Well, it hit while I was asleep and we finally have product, pricing, and availability … Continue reading →

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