TiVo Shanan posts two new videos on Amazon Unbox

Posted on Monday, June 4, 2007 by MegaZone
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Give Dad a TiVo Series 3 HD, Save Big

Posted on Monday, June 4, 2007 by MegaZone

TiVo sent out an email promoting their Father’s Day specials, including the $200 rebate on the Series3. As I posted previously, there are deals on both the S2DT and the S3. However, you’ll save more buying the S3 elsewhere than you will buying from TiVo.com. Amazon is selling the S3 for $606.95, just $406.95 after rebate. DVRupgrade also has deals on pre-expanded units.

To connect the unit wirelessly, use the TiVo Wireless G USB Network Adapter. You can also pick up TiVo Service Gift Cards if you’re giving it as a gift.

As always, if you pick up a box, the TiVo Referral Points are appreciated.

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Media IQ Subscribes To Stop||Watch(TM) Ratings Service

Posted on Monday, June 4, 2007 by MegaZone

TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator and a leader in advertising solutions and television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced that Media IQ, a firm specializing in highly quantitative media measurement to maximize client marketing Return-On-Investment (ROI), has subscribed to the Stop||Watch(TM) ratings service. New York-based Media IQ has purchased the Stop||Watch ratings service to complement the traditional ROI research it provides its roster of leading national advertisers.

Good to see TiVo’s data services continuing to gain traction in the market.

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Sony’s new Blu-ray deck to come in at $499

Posted on Monday, June 4, 2007 by MegaZone

Sony’s new Blu-ray player, the BDP-S300, had been previously announced at $599. However, Sony is now saying that the player, which ships this week, will street with an MSRP of $499 instead. Blu-ray player prices have been dropping rapidly since the format launched late last year with players $999 and above. The new player has basically the same capabilities as the older BDP-S1, but in a smaller package.

Sony attributes the falling prices to rising demand for Blu-ray products, and falling component prices and production costs. This puts the standalone player on par, price-wise, with the Sony PS3 – the least expensive version of which also sells for $499.

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Look out iPhone – beware the PSP Phone

Posted on Monday, June 4, 2007 by MegaZone

PSP Phone Patent diagrams This is interesting, it seems Sony Ericsson has patented the ‘PSP Phone’. The name pretty much says it all – a combination cell phone and PlayStation Portable.

As the image shows, the screen rotates through 180-degrees for a more gaming-friendly orientation, putting the controls into a PSP-like configuration. Sony Ericsson has already drawn on Sony brands in the past, producing Walkman-branded music-phones and Cybershot-branded camera-phones. It looks like an interesting concept to me.

Oh, speaking of the iPhone – Apple has announced June 29th as the release date. Frankly, I couldn’t care less. I’m not impressed by the iPhone. Some of the technology, like the multi-touch screen, is nice. But overall, from what I’ve seen it wouldn’t replace my Treo very well. Once they’re in stores I’ll try to play with one to see if it makes a better hands-on impression.

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