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.

Black Friday High-Def Player Deals

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 by MegaZone

Format War Central has compiled a list of the known pending Black Friday deals on High-Def Players – Blu-ray and HD DVD. So far deals are in from Best Buy, Circuit City, and Sears.

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Happy Birthday PlayStation3

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 by MegaZone

Today is the one year anniversary of the North American release of the PS3, and Sony is celebrating. With the launch of the $399 40GB PS3, and the price cut on the 80GB model to $499, PS3 sales jumped 192%. … Continue reading →

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Warner abandons TotalHD

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 by MegaZone

TotalHD was announced in January, postponed to 2008 in June, confirmed to be on the back-burner in September, and now, in November, High-Def Digest is reporting that TotalHD is dead. (Via EngadgetHD)

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TiVoCommunity and DVRupgrade offer incentives to join TC Club

Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 by MegaZone

TC Club is basically a special club for users of TiVoCommunity.com who donate to support the site. Members of TC Club get some added features and privileges: Elimination of all advertisements running on the site Full access to the TC … Continue reading →

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TiVo tidbits from down under

Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 by MegaZone

TradingMarkets has an article on Australia’s Seven Network which includes a couple of TiVo mentions. After discussing Seven’s acquisition of WiMax provider Unwired Ltd, and the possibility of Seven acquiring WiMax provider Austar, the article goes on to say: Seven … Continue reading →

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