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.

Charter Communications Pushes Out TiVo Deployment Schedule

Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 by MegaZone

On Monday morning cable MSO Charter Communications (who happen to be my MSO, BTW) reported their 4Q11 financial results. But I’m not concerned with their results in general, rather I’m interested because Charter is one of the cable MSOs signed … Continue reading →

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ASUS Officially Launches the PadFone & Two More Transformer Models

Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 by MegaZone

ASUS has been teasing us for a while with the PadFone concept, but now it is official, and coming in April. As a refresher, the idea of the PadFone is to have one computing device – the phone – instead … Continue reading →

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The Road Ahead For TiVo

Posted on Friday, February 24, 2012 by MegaZone

I mentioned my conversation last Friday with TiVo’s Public Relations Manager, Jessica Loebig, and VP & GM of Product Marketing, Jim Denney, in my posts on the transcoding box and the IP STB, but we discussed more than those two … Continue reading →

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TiVo To Launch IP-Only STB This Summer

Posted on Friday, February 24, 2012 by MegaZone

During Thursday’s financial call, TiVo President & CEO Tom Rogers surprised a number of people when he said: “By the end of the summer we’ll further that lead with the addition of an IP-based set top box.” But this really … Continue reading →

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Blockbuster On Demand Abruptly Pulled From TiVo And Other Platforms

Posted on Friday, February 24, 2012 by MegaZone

Last Thursday, just after returning from my honeymoon, I received this as a tip from a reader, William: Dear William, We have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that, as of 3/31/12, the Blockbuster app … Continue reading →

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