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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.

Stream video to a TiVo without hacks

Something else PVRWire reported today. pyTivo lets you stream most videos from your PC to your unhacked tivo. It uses the HMO server protocol. It will guess if your video is 4:3 or 16:9 and pad your video if it … Continue reading

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CES rumors: XBox 360 going DVR?

How’s this for a chain? PVRWire is reporting that Gizmodo is reporting that Team Xbox is reporting that Dean Takahashi of the Mercury News leaked some details that weren’t supposed to be announced before CES. The report is that an … Continue reading

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CableCARD coming to MS Vista PCs

It looks like the TiVo Series3 will be getting more competition in the CableCARD market. News surrounding CES is starting to pop, and one of the first is this article in CE Pro. Niveus Media is releasing an external digital … Continue reading

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Comments on TiVoToGo on MacOS

TiVo’s Director of TiVoCast Operations, E. Stephen Mack, posted an entry in his blog about the troubles with TiVoToGo on MacOS. On a semi-related note, I’m in Las Vegas. I’ll be here all week for CES, and I’ll be posting … Continue reading

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TiVo to Present at the Citigroup 17th Annual Entertainment, Media & Telecommunications Conference

TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced that it will present at the Citigroup 17th Annual Entertainment, Media & Telecommunications Conference on January 9th. The webcast of … Continue reading

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