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.

TiVo lowering monthly fee for some users

Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 by MegaZone

Spotted via PVRWire, TiVo is cutting the monthly fee for some users. I’ve seen other reports of this around the web – that people call to cancel their sub and get offered the $6.95/month rate on their primary box, instead … Continue reading →

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Secret TiVo Tips and Tweaks

Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 by MegaZone

Whether you want to check the time or add more channels or storage to your favorite digital video recorder, we can show you how. This PC World article basically compiles a bunch of well known back doors and easter eggs. … Continue reading →

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Yet another PVR blog and community info.

Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 by MegaZone

Another PVR related blog came on the scene recently – PVRWire – I also added a syndication feed as pvrwire. While I was adding this, I do some housekeeping on the community info page. I removed/updated some of the links … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray media to be priced in line with DVDs

Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 by MegaZone

More capacity, same price. The Blu-ray Disc Association said today that the long-term cost of manufacturing BD-ROM discs with capacities of will be in line with current DVD replication costs. 25 and 50 GByte media will become available this year, … Continue reading →

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TIVO’S STRONG REVENUE GROWTH RESULTS IN SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON PATH TO PROFITABILITY

Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 by MegaZone

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today reported financial results for the first quarter ended April 30, 2005. (PDF)

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