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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.

Blu-ray, preferred by discerning buyers – and thieves

Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 by MegaZone

Sharing a little dark humor. It seems that this past Sunday morning a Seattle video retailer, Silver Platters, had one of their for stores burgled. The thieves made off with approximately $7,000 worth of high-definition discs. The kicker? They cleaned … Continue reading →

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HP begins shipping notebooks with bundled SlingPlayer

Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 by MegaZone

The first fruits of a deal announced back at CES have begun to appear. HP is shipping the HP Pavilion HDX notebook with Sling Media’s SlingPlayer software pre-installed. More than that, a version of SlingPlayer is included in the QuickPlay … Continue reading →

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Enemy recon – HD DVD news

Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 by MegaZone

There is some news on the HD DVD front too. Microsoft’s XBox 360 add-on HD DVD drive is dropping from $199 to $179 on August 1st, and they will extend Toshiba’s five free HD DVD ‘Perfect Offer’ to include the … Continue reading →

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New TiVo videos

Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 by MegaZone

TiVo Shanan has posted her latest promo video to YouTube. This video for the new Verizon Wireless scheduling service appeared on TiVo units recently. MarketWatch.com interviewed TiVo’s CEO, Tom Rogers, mainly on the new TiVo HD. (The latter picked up … Continue reading →

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Sling Media releases Slingbox firmware update

Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 by MegaZone

While I was focused on preparing my TiVo HD review, Sling Media slipped one by me. On Friday they released a firmware update for all Slingbox models. If you have a Slingbox, check it out.

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