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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.

News You Can Use From TiVo, Volume 53

Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2004 by MegaZone

TiVo’s latest newsletter…

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Glitch hits DirecTV TiVo boxes

Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 by MegaZone

A software glitch is freezing playback of stored shows on some DirecTV boxes that access TiVo’s digital video recorder service. So it finally hit the general press.

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New TiVo recorders on the horizon

Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 by MegaZone

New digital video recorders using TiVo’s service will be coming out this summer.

Posted in TiVo | 6 Comments

The MPAA and NFL are going after TiVo

Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 by MegaZone

They don’t want you to have TiVo To Go, or any features that let you make content portable or share content. TiVo’s plans lead to copyright fight This really pisses me off. Content providers are trying to stifle innovation.

Posted in TiVo | 4 Comments

Humax unit info

Posted on Friday, July 16, 2004 by MegaZone

Humax has info on their new units on their website. And a teaser for their forthcoming TiVo/DVD-RW unit.

Posted in DVD, TiVo | 1 Comment