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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.

Something for the Mac users

Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 by MegaZone

No, not TTG (yet) – but NowPlaying (TiVo Widget)

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Forrester: Blu-ray winning drawn-out format war

Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 by MegaZone

Sony’s Blu-ray format for next-generation DVD drives will win over Toshiba’s rival HD DVD format, analyst firm Forrester predicted Wednesday–but it won’t be a quick victory. Another report on this – but this one has some more info that is … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray is the winner, Forrester declares

Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 by MegaZone

Forrester Research on Wednesday declared Blu-ray, a new DVD format backed by a group led by Sony, as the winner in the increasingly heated battle over next-generation DVD technology. While I agree that Blu-ray looks like it’ll win in the … Continue reading →

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A conversation with a TiVo product manager

Posted on Monday, October 17, 2005 by MegaZone

I attended the Digital Life expo in NYC this weekend, and spent some time talking to some people from TiVo. One of the people I spoke to was a product manager there, and he told me some interesting stuff, which … Continue reading →

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Download video on TiVoToGo: Waah!

Posted on Monday, October 17, 2005 by MegaZone

A new promotion from iRiver America caught my attention: It’s offering a free 40-hour TiVo digital video recorder and a year’s paid subscription with the online purchase of its $500 Portable Media Center 120. That caused me to try the … Continue reading →

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