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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.

$200 rebate on Series3 for Father’s Day

Spotted on EngadgetHD, who picked it up from TiVoCommunity.com, TiVo has a $200 rebate coming on the Series3 – good from May 27th to June 16th. The rebate form hasn’t appeared on TiVo.com yet, but DVRupgrade.com has it up. The … Continue reading

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Major change – WordPress!

Well, if you visit the site you’ll probably notice a major change. I’ve been working for a while on setting up WordPress to use on the site, and I just flipped the switch to make it live. To jump start … Continue reading

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TiVo Launches New Universal Swivel Search To Easily Find All the Content The TiVo Service Brings to

Consumers are being presented with more and more choices of what to watch on television these days. With programming coming in from hundreds of digital cable channels, combined with movies, TV shows and high-quality video available for download through the … Continue reading

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Is Cisco getting into the DVR market?

Well, that’s something of a trick question. Cisco owns Scientific Atlanta, so they’re really already in the DVR market. But are they getting into the consumer market? Possibly. Over the past few years, Cisco has made a number of acquisitions … Continue reading

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How much do you love TiVo?

Enough to have a TiVo themed wedding? Well, Andy and Tina Szeto love TiVo that much! TiVo donated their antenna headbands for all of the attendees as well as a mound of TiVo plushies, and the wedding cakes were his … Continue reading

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