Get a Series3 for $680.

Posted on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 by MegaZone

Yep, save $120 on the purchase of a new TiVo Series3. Dave Zatz posted the info over at ZatzNotFunny. The offer expires Sunday.

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Nielsen starts counting TiVo viewers

Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 by MegaZone

Nielsen has begun measuring playback on digital video recorders, and the first results are handing a big lift to some of TV’s top shows.

The dramatic boost some shows received indicates just how much of a paradigm shift DVRs are, even at their current low market penetration. DVRs are going to create huge changes in how networks program their shows.

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TiVo News #92: What You’ve Been Saying…

Posted on Saturday, October 14, 2006 by MegaZone

Newsletter behind the cut…
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NEC unveils chip to bridge Blu-ray/HD DVD divide

Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 by MegaZone

A truce between the Blu-ray and HD DVD worlds is still probably a way off, but NEC has come up with a chip that could help companies bridge the gap.

A unified controller chip isn’t really a big deal. There are many other components involved, and the licensing issues and political obstacles to a unified device are the real blockers.

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Series3 software update

Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 by MegaZone

Well, I was just wrapping up my evening when my S3 rebooted and installed a software update – it now has 8.0.1b-01-2-648. Since it was a minor bump (a to b), I expect it is just a minor bug fix update. I wonder what it fixed.

I’ll have to update the FAQ tomorrow (or later today I suppose, after sleep).

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