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.

Progress toward expanding the TiVo HD

Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 by MegaZone

One of the things discovered soon after the TiVo HD started getting into users’s hands is that the traditional MFSTools used to prepare larger drives for installation do not work on the TiVo HD. No one had been successful with … Continue reading →

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The company behind TiVo’s Verizon application – Action Engine

Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 by MegaZone

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has an article on Redmond, WA based Action Engine. Action Engine is the company that created the phone application for TiVo that is the basis for Verizon Wireless’s $1.99/month service which allows users to schedule recordings from … Continue reading →

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A profile of Sling Media’s Blake Krikorian

Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 by MegaZone

From WolrdScreen.com, the folks who brought us a profile of Sling Media’s Jason Hirschhorn, comes a profile of their founder and CEO, Blake Krikorian.

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The TiVo HD is now available from Amazon

Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2007 by MegaZone

The TiVo HD is now available from Amazon. It took them a few days to get it up there, but it is now up on their site for pre-order. I’ve also added it to the TiVo Lovers Store. Purchasing from … Continue reading →

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Some potential good news for MythTV users

Posted on Friday, July 27, 2007 by MegaZone

Last month Zap2It Labs dropped a bombshell on the free DVR user community when they announced they’d be discontinuing their free guide data service. This service has notably been key to the use of MythTV, and without it MythTV users … Continue reading →

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