Category Archives: TiVo

Suggestions for the TiVo Lovers Store?

Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2007 by MegaZone

The last post got me thinking about the TiVo Lovers Store, which is an Amazon aStore. Right now it has three categories of items: TiVo Hardware, TiVo Related Books, and Sling Media Hardware. The TiVo Hardware section has the TiVo … Continue reading →

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Free TiVo Deals

Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2007 by MegaZone

It looks like the remaining stock of single-tuner Series2 units is being blown out, effectively for free. Since the S2DT and S3 are out, who would want a single-tuner S2? Well, the S2 supports NTSC antenna, while the S2DT does … Continue reading →

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TiVo Planet Dashboard Widget for OS X

Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 by MegaZone

Alex Raiano of TiVoBlog.com has created a Dashboard Widget for OS X which tracks the content of the top TiVo-related blogs: TiVoBlog, ZatzNotFunny (TiVo-related posts), TiVoLovers, Zeigen.com (TiVo-related posts), and DavisFreeberg.com (TiVo-related posts). Not being a Mac user, I can’t … Continue reading →

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Unbox Video quality

Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 by MegaZone

The Amazon Unbox Blog has a new entry which details the video encoding settings for their PC, TiVo, and portable device downloads. TiVo “Best Quality” File Video Encoding Type: 2-pass bitrate VBR Video Codec: MPEG-2 Video Bitrate: 2800 kbps avg, … Continue reading →

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From TiVo, better data on ad skipping

Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 by MegaZone

TiVo may have the answer. The DVR maker is offering buyers data on viewing on some of its digital video recorders that would reveal just how much ad-skipping does take place. But the information is new, and it could take … Continue reading →

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