Category Archives: DVR

Virgin Media Suffers TiVo Recording-Killing EPG Glitch, Fixes It, Apologizes

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by MegaZone

Virgin Media, and their TiVo using subscribers, had an interesting weekend – in the proverbial sense. Starting on Saturday, after an update Friday night, VM TiVo users discovered their units had lost all scheduled ‘Series Link’ recordings – what we … Continue reading →

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Roku’s New Boxes Highlight Where TiVo is Failing in OTT Content

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by MegaZone

I’m a big fan of TiVo, that’s no secret. I think that TiVo is the best DVR available today, and I don’t hesitate to recommend it. But don’t for a minute think that means I believe they’re perfect and don’t … Continue reading →

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Last Chance to Support TiVo’s FCC Waiver Request

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by MegaZone

A couple of week’s ago I posted about TiVo’s request for a waiver from the FCC to allow them to bring the four tuner TiVo Premiere Elite to market. Well, today is the last day to file comments, there are … Continue reading →

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New TiVo OS Update Removes Unofficial Premiere-to-Premiere Streaming

Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2011 by MegaZone

A recent TiVo OS upgrade on the Premiere accidentally enabled Premiere-to-Premiere streaming support, for at least some users. We’ve known for a while that TiVo is working on this for new devices, but the feature is not yet complete and … Continue reading →

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ONO On Track For September TiVo Launch in Spain

Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2011 by MegaZone

Just over a year ago, during the site’s hiatus, TiVo announced a deal with Spain’s largest cable operator, ONO, similar to their deal with Virgin Media in the UK. In fact, very similar, the same Cisco hardware Virgin is using … Continue reading →

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