Category Archives: Blogs

Cisco Tuning Adapter On Display At The Cable Show

Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 by MegaZone

Following up on his report on the Motorola MTR700, Ben Drawbaugh of EngadgetHD has posted photos of the corresponding Cisco/Scientific Atlanta STA1520 Tuning Adapter. While Motorola’s TA was part of a working demo, the Cisco box is just a static … Continue reading →

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The TiVo HD With Motorola Tuning Adapter At The Cable Show

Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 by MegaZone

EngadgetHD is down at The Cable Show and Ben Drawbaugh (the lucky SOB) got a little hands-on time with the Motorola MTR700 Tuning Adapter for SDV. It seems that CableLabs has decided to start calling such devices ‘Tuning Adapters’ instead … Continue reading →

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Western Digital Releases MyDVR Expander For Dish Network DVRs

Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 by MegaZone

Western Digital already has eSATA MyDVR Expander models for Cisco/Scientific Atlanta DVRs and TiVo, and now they’ve released a USB model for Dish Network DVRs. The $149.99 500GB USB drive adds up to 60 hours of HD capacity or 300 … Continue reading →

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Conde Nast Buys Ars Technica

Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 by MegaZone

Well, I guess there is a little bit of acquisition fever going around the technical press. Yesterday CBS acquired CNet Networks, and today Conde Nast acquired Ars Technica. Conde Nast owns Wired, and this means that Ars Technica will basically … Continue reading →

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CableCARD Install Process Still Needs Improvement

Posted on Friday, May 2, 2008 by MegaZone

Blogger Christopher Price live-blogged his CableCARD install experience in his new TiVo HD today. While his experience is certainly not as bad as others have experienced, it still shows that the cable industry has some work to do on improvement … Continue reading →

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