Category Archives: DVR

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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Rupert Murdoch Walked Away From TiVo Buyout Last Year

Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 by MegaZone

One of the interesting things to come out of D6 is the new that Rupert Murdoch was in negotiations to buy TiVo last year, but walked away due to the price being too high. The news was casually dropped by … 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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This Weekend’s Amazon Unbox Sale

Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 by MegaZone

This weekend’s Amazon Unbox sale will induce deja vu. It is the same as last week, with one title swapped out. This time around they’re pushing independent films form IFC, each for $2.99: CSA: Confederate States of America, The Wind … Continue reading →

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TiVo News Out Of D: All Things Digital Conference

Posted on Thursday, May 29, 2008 by MegaZone

The sixth D: All Things Digital conference (aka D6) is going on currently, and Tom Rogers was one of the speakers today. Naturally this has produced a flurry of coverage. Silicon Alley Insider has a pseudo-transcript of Rogers’ Q&A interview … Continue reading →

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