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 Badoop Badoop Show, The Best of Video Downloads, And Try This All Hit TiVoCast

Posted on Thursday, October 9, 2008 by MegaZone

TiVo’s just added three more channels to TiVoCast, and they all appear to be a bit self-referential. Not surprising as all three are grouped under TiVo Channels on the website. First up, I mentioned The Badoop Badoop Show when it … Continue reading →

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Comcast Actively Marketing TiVo Software

Posted on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 by MegaZone

Comcast subscriberOops, correction, he’s not a subscriber he just lives in their territory. Peter Ting of Dover, MA recently received a flier from Comcast in the mail promoting the TiVo DVR software. He was kind enough to scan it and … Continue reading →

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Samsung BD-P1500 Now BD-Live Enabled

Posted on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 by MegaZone

Samsung has released a firmware update for the BD-P1500 which enables BD-Live support. I think this may be the least expensive full Profile 2.0 player available now, it is only $228.22 at Amazon. That’s a pretty good price for a … Continue reading →

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Comcast Begins Deploying SDV Tuning Adapters

Posted on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 by MegaZone

Last Friday TiVoCommunity member jtmal0723 received a letter from Comcast informing him that they’d begin offering the Tuning Adapter for Switched Digital Video channels this Monday, October 6th. And he ran right out and picked one up yesterday. In his … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Declines To Hear DISH’s Appeal

Posted on Monday, October 6, 2008 by MegaZone

The US Supreme Court today declined to hear DISH Network’s appeal of TiVo’s patent victory, effectively upholding the ruling. DISH Network will now pay TiVo $104 million, the amount awarded by the jury in 2006 plus interest, which has been … Continue reading →

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