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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.

Reminder – Five days left to claim your free $15 Amazon Unbox credit!

Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2007 by MegaZone

It is Wednesday, April 25th – and you have until Monday, April 30th to register your TiVo(s) for Amazon Unbox and receive a credit for $15 in free downloads. There is no risk, no commitment, etc – if you have … Continue reading →

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Suggestions for the TiVo Lovers Store?

Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2007 by MegaZone

The last post got me thinking about the TiVo Lovers Store, which is an Amazon aStore. Right now it has three categories of items: TiVo Hardware, TiVo Related Books, and Sling Media Hardware. The TiVo Hardware section has the TiVo … Continue reading →

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Free TiVo Deals

Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2007 by MegaZone

It looks like the remaining stock of single-tuner Series2 units is being blown out, effectively for free. Since the S2DT and S3 are out, who would want a single-tuner S2? Well, the S2 supports NTSC antenna, while the S2DT does … Continue reading →

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TiVo Planet Dashboard Widget for OS X

Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 by MegaZone

Alex Raiano of TiVoBlog.com has created a Dashboard Widget for OS X which tracks the content of the top TiVo-related blogs: TiVoBlog, ZatzNotFunny (TiVo-related posts), TiVoLovers, Zeigen.com (TiVo-related posts), and DavisFreeberg.com (TiVo-related posts). Not being a Mac user, I can’t … Continue reading →

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Unbox Video quality

Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 by MegaZone

The Amazon Unbox Blog has a new entry which details the video encoding settings for their PC, TiVo, and portable device downloads. TiVo “Best Quality” File Video Encoding Type: 2-pass bitrate VBR Video Codec: MPEG-2 Video Bitrate: 2800 kbps avg, … Continue reading →

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