Category Archives: Blogs

MediaPost’s TV Board On Why A Cable DVR Is Not A TiVo

Posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 by MegaZone

I got a kick out of this post in MediaPost’s TV Board blog. A friend of the post’s author called Comcast about their digital phone service and got a pitch for a DVR. I loved the summary of the conversation: … Continue reading →

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John C. Dvorak Thinks Disney Should Buy TiVo

Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2008 by MegaZone

I enjoy watching John C. Dvorak on Cranky Geeks, which is available via TiVoCast, in part because he’ll sometimes make fairly outrageous predictions or bold statements. This time, starting with the recent announcement of TiVo making a deal to present … Continue reading →

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CNET’s Matthew Elliott Tries Comcast TiVo

Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 by MegaZone

CNET’s Matthew Elliott just had the Comcast TiVo software installed yesterday and he’s blogged about his first 24 hours with the software at CNET’s Crave blog. Overall he seems happy with it, except for the performance. The slowness of the … Continue reading →

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Modifications To WordPress

Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 by MegaZone

I can never leave things alone, and that includes my WordPress installation. I make a few changes to WordPress to get to to suit my needs and preferences a bit better than it does ‘out of the box’. For example, … Continue reading →

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Gizmo Lovers Gets A Mention In CNET’s Buzz Out Loud

Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 by MegaZone

Sometimes the little things can make your day. About 14 minutes, 13 seconds into episode 726 of CNET’s Buzz Out Loud podcast (also in video, as below) is a segment on TiVo resurrecting product lifetime, in which Gizmo Lovers (and … Continue reading →

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