Author Archives: MegaZone

About MegaZone

MegaZone is the Editor of Gizmo Lovers and the chief contributor. He's been online since 1989 and active in several generations of 'social media' - mailing lists, USENet groups, web forums, and since 2003, blogging.    MegaZone has a presence on several social platforms: Google+ / Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / LiveJournal / Web.    You can also follow Gizmo Lovers on other sites: Blog / Google+ / Facebook / Twitter.

The Huffington Post On “The TiVo Imperative”

Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 by MegaZone

The Huffington Post is running a column by Jack Myers entitled The TiVo Imperative: Educate and Entice Viewers to “Want to Watch” Commercials and New TV Series. It is about the erosion of ad viewing as DVR use increases, and … Continue reading →

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Amazon Buy Two, Get One Free Blu-ray Sale

Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 by MegaZone

Amazon is running a huge Blu-ray sale – Buy Two, Get One Free with 247 titles to select from! That’s one of their largest sales in a while, so if you we lucky enough to get a Blu-ray player for … Continue reading →

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SuperSync 3.03 Released, Improves TiVo Support

Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 by MegaZone

I reported on the release of SuperSync 2.3 back in April, but now version 3.03 is being announced in conjunction with MacWorld. SuperSync is an iTunes library manager for PC, Mac, and iPod. SuperSync makes it easy to create a … Continue reading →

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Tuning Adapters Finally Rolling Out

Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 by MegaZone

Back in October Comcast started rolling out Tuning Adapters, and Time Warner was offering pre-orders, but it looks like it is spreading. Yesterday Hank, a reader from Spencer, MA, contacted me to let me know that he’d received a notice … Continue reading →

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Roku Adds Amazon VOD To Netflix Box

Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 by MegaZone

The $100 Roku video player, often referred to as the Roku Netflix Player, or just the Netflix STB, will have to change its reputation. No longer just a client for Netflix streaming, Roku is adding Amazon Video On Demand to … Continue reading →

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