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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.

TiVo brand Wireless G (802.11g) adapter is now available

Posted on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 by MegaZone

TiVo wireless G USB network adapter * Easily connect your TiVo Series2 DVR to your 802.11g or 802.11b wireless home network * Enjoy TiVoToGo™ and Multi-Room Viewing transfers, Music and Photos, Online Scheduling, and more * Eliminates the need for … Continue reading →

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Pioneer to sell Blu-ray drive in early ’06

Posted on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 by MegaZone

Pioneer Electronics announced its first Blu-ray Disc drive Tuesday, the BDR-101A, which will store as much as 25GB of data when it goes on sale in the first quarter of 2006. Also: Pioneer plans to unveil at the International Consumer … Continue reading →

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TiVo #3 on PC World’s Top 50 Gadgets of the Past 50 Years

Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2005 by MegaZone

The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years Number one is the Sony Walkman and number two is the Apple iPod – hard to argue with either of those, they produced a sea change. And at number three is … Continue reading →

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WeaKnees did a comparison of the DirecTV R10 (TiVo) and R15 (NDS) DVRs

Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2005 by MegaZone

At WeaKnees, we’ve been getting endless questions about the new DIRECTV DVR Plus – the R15, and asking us to compare it to the TiVo-based DIRECTV DVR R10. The question generally boils down to: Which is better? In an attempt … Continue reading →

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Play MythTV recordings on TiVo using Galleon

Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 by MegaZone

MythTVfs: This is a FUSE (http://fuse.sf.net/) server that was designed to communicate with a MythTV backend server. It creates an overlay filesystem that encodes TV Program metadata (title, episode, description) into a filename so that system that do not natively … Continue reading →

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