TiVo News #73: Passionate Pay-offs & Supernatural Suggestions

Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2005 by MegaZone

The latest Tivo newsletter…
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TiVo Rewards: Are YOU the one we’re looking for?

Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2005 by MegaZone

TiVo’s latest promo…
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Galleon 1.6.0 Released

Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2005 by MegaZone

Galleon is one of the coolest HME applications available – and 1.6.0 is out!

Version 1.6.0:
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Fixed timeout saving bug
Added configuration options to apps
Fixed ToGo padding bug
Changed slideshow music selection to 1 key
Added 0 key for info
Fixed multiple network interfaces bug
Fixed shoutcast genre removal
Fixed GoBack end bug
Fixed ToGo for deleted files
Fixed ToGo total hours
Upgraded to 1.3.1 HME SDK

Galleon is well worth checking out.

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TiVo #2 on the Top 10 Products of the past 10 years.

Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 by MegaZone

It took a long time for people to even get the concept of what TiVo was. It has finally moved beyond “pausing live TV” to an entertainment-center essential that inspired a myriad of competitors, none of which even come close to having as good an interface. Plus, it has Linux inside, which gives it extraspecial geek points.

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Intel, Microsoft endorse HD DVD

Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 by MegaZone

Intel and Microsoft are combining their computing industry power in an attempt to make the HD DVD format the victor in a battle over a standard to succeed DVD.

This makes things a bit more interesting – but I have to agree with the Blu-ray folks on this one. Overall, what’s the big deal? Microsoft doesn’t do HW. The codecs are the same. Both formats use AACS, BD adds more on top. Unless MS is going to surprise everyone by dropping HD-DVD into the XBox 360 *now*, as in for the launch, I don’t see them making any real impact.

Intel also doesn’t make optical drives, and I don’t think they even make chipsets for them. What difference does it really make what Intel backs in optical media?

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