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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.

Converting DVD’s to Watch on TiVo

Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 by MegaZone

umdjosh had some issues using Dave Zatz’s instructions for DVD to TiVo and wrote his own guide for converting DVDs to play on TiVo.

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TiVo has a new official blog

Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005 by MegaZone

TiVo has a TiVo Fan page, which includes a link to a new official TiVo Blog. I’ve syndicated it as tivocorpblog – since tivoblog is the syndication for TiVoBlog.com – a fan blog (worth checking out). They also have a … Continue reading →

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Season Pass alert – The Boondocks on Adult Swim

Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 by MegaZone

The animated series The Boondocks (based on the comic strip by the same name) is finally premiering on Adult Swim on Sunday 11/6. So why an alert? Do NOT set your SP to ‘First Run Only’ – it is premiering … Continue reading →

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Boston TiVo gathering November 5th

Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 by MegaZone

This could be interesting. I’ve been thinking of organizing something like this myself actually, probably at The ‘Shoe. But I’ll do that sometime later since someone else took the initiative on this one.

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It looks like 7.2.1 will release soon

Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 by MegaZone

The first sighting ‘in the wild’ reported at TiVoCommunity. Unless this is a goof on TiVo’s end, it is probably the first feeler release they always do to make sure things work smoothly before opening the floodgates. Barring problems, it … Continue reading →

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