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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.

Voom’s coming TiVo competition

Posted on Saturday, September 25, 2004 by MegaZone

http://www.satelliteguys.us/demo/ Watch the demo video. I have to say, it looks pretty good. 2 HDTV satellite tuners and 2 OTA HDTV tuners in their DVR box – like the HDTV DirecTiVo. With ‘thin clients’ you can distribute content around the … Continue reading →

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TiVo hires marketing chief

Posted on Thursday, September 23, 2004 by MegaZone

TiVo hires marketing chief

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News You Can Use From TiVo, Volume 56

Posted on Thursday, September 23, 2004 by MegaZone

TiVo’s latest newsletter

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Netflix, Warner Bros. in video-on-demand test

Posted on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 by MegaZone

Warner Bros. has agreed to license some films to Netflix as part of a test run of the Internet company’s upcoming movie-download service, according to sources familiar with the plan.

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A note to ‘Navy NCIS’ viewers

Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 by MegaZone

I picked this up on alt.video.ptv.tivo: — If you have a Season Pass for Navy NCIS, you will have to create a new one or select the Season Premiere manually from the program guide. The program name has changed to … Continue reading →

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