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.

Changes to TiVo.com store

Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 by MegaZone

Just before CES the Slingbox showed up for sale on TiVo.com. During CES I had a mildly embarrassing moment when I told this to someone in the Sling Media booth and we checked the site – and the Slingbox wasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Sling Media, TiVo | 3 Comments

HD-DVD rips starting to appear on BitTorrent

Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 by MegaZone

Check out this post at PVRWire. If you’re seen recent reports, you know that the keys for some HD-DVD discs have been recovered, allowing uses to circumvent AACS and rip the contents. Now movies, like Serenity, are starting to pop … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-ray/HD DVD | Leave a comment

TiVo DVD Theme for Roxio Toast 8

Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 by MegaZone

Part of the announcement for Roxio Toast 8 for the Mac last week was a TiVo menu theme to use when burning DVDs, and it is one of the things I saw at TiVo’s booth and posted a photo of. … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, DVD, TiVo | 7 Comments

Customers miffed over DirecTV with TiVo problems

Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 by MegaZone

Customers of DirecTV with TiVo have been blanketing the satellite provider’s online user forums with complaints of a malfunction in the DVR service. Complaints of the problem first surfaced in early December, but DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer said Friday he … Continue reading →

Posted in DirecTV, TiVo | 6 Comments

TiVo sued by Lycos, along with Netflix and Blockbuster

Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 by MegaZone

TiVo Inc., NetFlix Inc., and Blockbuster Inc. were sued by Internet search engine Lycos Inc. over the way they provide recommendations to customers for movies or television shows. I think this is just another example of how broken our patent … Continue reading →

Posted in NetFlix, TiVo | 4 Comments