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 answer to the $198 question

Posted on Friday, October 26, 2007 by MegaZone

Last week I posed the question “Will Wal*Mart carry a sub-$200 Toshiba HD DVD deck?” Well, the answer seems to be yes. At least going by this post at AVS forum. A user posted a picture of an endcap display … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-ray/HD DVD | Leave a comment

ATI TV Wonder CableCARD tuner available from SonyStyle – for $299.99!

Posted on Friday, October 26, 2007 by MegaZone

If you want to record digital cable, including high-def content, you don’t have many options. You can use a cable company DVR, a TiVo Series3 or TiVo HD, or a Vista Media Center PC – and that’s about it. And … Continue reading →

Posted in DVR, General Tech, HDTV, TiVo | 4 Comments

HD DVD fails to ‘Transform’ into a sales leader

Posted on Friday, October 26, 2007 by MegaZone

Even with the hottest high-def release ever, Transformers, hitting shelves last week and setting records, and there being no hot new BD release to compete – HD DVD failed to dethrone Blu-ray. Home Media Magazine reports that for the week … Continue reading →

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Netflix looking for more broadband distribution channels

Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 by MegaZone

Netflix has certainly had a rocky road when it comes to broadband content downloads. They announced a partnership with TiVo way back in 2004, which ultimately fizzled and died. They finally launched their online streaming service in January, over two … Continue reading →

Posted in Broadband, NetFlix, TiVo | 1 Comment

TiVo’s Australian website updated – a hint of Flickr support coming?

Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 by MegaZone

While it has been up since at least June, and it has been updated before, TiVo’s Australian website has more meat now. Based on the ‘What is TiVo?’ page, it certainly sounds like Australians will be receiving most of the … Continue reading →

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