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.

A Preview Of PS3 Firmware 2.30 – DTS-HD MA Is In There

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 by MegaZone

Just last night (or this morning) I posted about word that DTS-HD MA (and the lesser DTS-HD HR) support would be coming to the PlayStation3 in a future release. Well, now comes word that that ‘future release’ will be the … Continue reading →

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G4′s Attack of the Show’s The Loop Talks To TiVo’s Jim Denney

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 by MegaZone

G4′s ‘Attack of the Show‘ has a segment called ‘The Loop‘, which recently interviewed TiVo’s Jim Denney about TiVo’s new Web Video feature in TiVo Desktop 2.6, as well as the general future direction for TiVo with broadband content, YouTube, … Continue reading →

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Blockbuster Ramps Up Their Blu-ray Efforts

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 by MegaZone

Blockbuster is rolling out Blu-ray to all of the corporate stores in the US and Canada, as well as select franchise locations. They’ll be installing Blu-ray kiosks in over 5,000 stores. The kiosks feature a 42″ HDTV and a PS3 … Continue reading →

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TiVo Desktop 2.6.1 Released

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 by MegaZone

TiVo Desktop 2.6.1 has been released – and anyone running 2.6 will want to grab it. TiVoPony announced the release on TiVoCommunity: It has improved recovery from interrupted transfers between the PC and DVR, but it also provides an updated … Continue reading →

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PC Magazine’s Dan Costa’s Advice To TiVo

Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 by MegaZone

PC Magazine’s Dan Costa has written an article entitled ‘TiVo Is Not Dead Yet’, in which he expresses his opinion that despite ‘conventional wisdom’ that has seem a lot of people chime in with doom and gloom predictions for TiVo’s … Continue reading →

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