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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.

NY Times article on TiVo

Posted on Saturday, March 20, 2004 by MegaZone

How Do I Love Thee, TiVo? Remember the reporter looking for people to interview a week or two ago? This is the article. He did a phone interview with me for it, but I guess I wasn’t quote worthy.

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An interesting article about ATSC HDTV transmission

Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 by MegaZone

This is definitely a geeky article, but I thought it was really well written. WHAT EXACTLY IS 8-VSB ANYWAY?

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Terrible PC Magazine article

Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 by MegaZone

TiVo Will Die The CEO of my company sent me that link to ask my opinion. Rather than re-write it, this is the reply I sent. I probably would’ve used a different tone if I was writing it for a … Continue reading →

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On the inside

Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 by MegaZone

I’m currently sitting in the lounge inside TiVo. I was out in the Bay Area this weekend and I called some folks here I’ve talked with before and they said it was cool to drop in. Nothing really to report, … Continue reading →

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C|Net – TiVo skips past naysayers

Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 by MegaZone

TiVo is skipping past the skeptics with ambitious plans for growth and new features that it hopes will keep it a step ahead of rivals.

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