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.

Nielsen starts counting TiVo viewers

Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 by MegaZone

Nielsen has begun measuring playback on digital video recorders, and the first results are handing a big lift to some of TV’s top shows. The dramatic boost some shows received indicates just how much of a paradigm shift DVRs are, … Continue reading →

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TiVo News #92: What You’ve Been Saying…

Posted on Saturday, October 14, 2006 by MegaZone

Newsletter behind the cut…

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NEC unveils chip to bridge Blu-ray/HD DVD divide

Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 by MegaZone

A truce between the Blu-ray and HD DVD worlds is still probably a way off, but NEC has come up with a chip that could help companies bridge the gap. A unified controller chip isn’t really a big deal. There … Continue reading →

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Series3 software update

Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 by MegaZone

Well, I was just wrapping up my evening when my S3 rebooted and installed a software update – it now has 8.0.1b-01-2-648. Since it was a minor bump (a to b), I expect it is just a minor bug fix … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray disc lurches to 50GB

Posted on Monday, October 9, 2006 by MegaZone

Consumers will have access to the first 50GB Blu-ray disc, which boasts twice the capacity of a regular disc, when Sony Pictures releases the Adam Sandler comedy “Click” on Tuesday.

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