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.

Sony to brand LocationFree as VAIO

Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 by MegaZone

While Sling Media is the king of place-shifting with the Slingbox and SlingPlayer, they’re not the only player. HAVA is probably the next best known brand, but Sony is a player in the market too with their ‘LocationFree’ products. Now … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray to go

Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 by MegaZone

Hitachi is bringing high definition camcorders to market, using 8cm Blu-ray media. The 8cm media holds roughly 7GB and the cameras use 5.3 megapixel CMOS sensors co-developed with Altasens to record at a full 1920x1080p 60Hz. The new drive supports … Continue reading →

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New TiVo Shanan videos

Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 by MegaZone

TiVo Shanan just posted two more videos. Another ‘My TiVo Gets Me’ video: And a promo video for Amazon Unbox on TiVo:

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A good time to go high-def

Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 by MegaZone

No matter if you’re on the Blu-ray or the losing, I mean HD DVD, side of the format war, now is a good time to get on board. Blu-ray has their ‘five free disc‘ promotion running through the end of … Continue reading →

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Win an autographed Slingbox Classic

Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 by MegaZone

You can still win a Slingbox Classic autographed by Tony La Russa. I posted about the giveaway back on the 9th, but it seems Sling still has some of the 75 autographed boxes to give away as Dave Zatz posted … Continue reading →

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