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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.

NY Times: David Pogue’s video “TiVo’s Ultimate DVR”

Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 by MegaZone

A humorous look at the new S3 – David Pogue is in love with his new TiVo. And his review in today’s NY Times. Spotted via PVRBlog

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Matsushita sets Blu-ray recorder launch for Japan

Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 by MegaZone

Japan’s Matsushita Electric Industrial said on Wednesday it would start selling two new Blu-ray DVD recorders in Japan on Nov. 15, heating up a format battle for next-generation optical disc technology.

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LG: No go on combo of Blu-ray, HD DVD

Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 by MegaZone

The dream of many gadget kooks these days–a box that can play both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD movies–may come some day, but it doesn’t appear likely in the near future.

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Correction – Series3 does not support Multi-Stream CableCARD

Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 by MegaZone

I just got off the phone with TiVoPony. It turns out that the S3 will not support Multi-Stream cards yet. Well, it will, but only in single-stream mode, so you still need two cards. Turns out there is no Cable … Continue reading →