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.

Tekzilla/HD Nation Reviews the Insignia Connected TV with TiVo Design

Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 by MegaZone

HD Nation, formerly its own show, is now a segment within Revision3′s Tekzilla, and last week they reviewed the new Insignia Connected TV with TiVo Design. While CNet’s recent review was lukewarm, HD Nation gave it a glowing review and … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened to Cox & Comcast OnDemand Support on Retail TiVos?

Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 by MegaZone

I see these questions pop up repeatedly on pretty much every TiVo-related forum around the net. Where is the promised OnDemand support for retail TiVos? Short answer: It’s coming. I’ll tackle the second one first, Comcast. For this one I … Continue reading →

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Virgin Media Begins Pilot Deployment of Their Next Big TiVo Software Update

Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 by MegaZone

Virgin Media has begin a pilot roll out of their next major software update and they’ve posted the details, which confirm what we’d heard earlier. This week we have begun a limited pilot of our next TiVo software release. This … Continue reading →

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Dish Network Employees Haven’t Changed Their Spamming Ways

Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 by MegaZone

Last month I posted about Dish Network employees spamming blogs across the net, and it looks like they’re still at it. Tonight there was a comment on one of my posts mirrored to LiveJournal, made from 204.76.128.217 – a Dish … Continue reading →

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TiVoNetRemote for Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 by MegaZone

I’ve posted in the past about TiVo Commander, TiVoRemote, RCX for TiVo, and other apps for Android. And iOS, of course, has official TiVo app support, as well as third party apps like i.TV and DVR Remote. (Android users continue … Continue reading →

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