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TiVo App For Android Tablets Finally Released!

MegaZone — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:32:24 +0000

When TiVo updated their iOS & Android apps back in March, they said the long-awaited TiVo app for Android Tablets would be available in the ‘spring’. Well, it looks like they missed their target – by one day. The official start of summer was 19:09 EDT last night, June 20th. I think we can let that slide, and just be happy the app is now available in the Play Store.

Features (some features are only available to TiVo® Premiere DVR customers):

Browse the channel guide without interrupting the show you’re watching – View shows up to 14 days in advance
Schedule TV show/movie recordings and ongoing (Season Pass®) recordings
Browse your recorded shows list and play a show from the App
Find exactly what you want to watch – Search across TV, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video & Blockbuster -and see integrated results on Demand to find what you are looking for
Explore cast and crew while watching a show
Comment about what you’re watching on Facebook or Twitter
Use a TiVo remote control replica or our intuitive, gesture-based remote control
Manage your ongoing (Season Pass®) recordings and your To-Do List – Delete and reprioritize recordings for your favorite shows
Instantly schedule, search and browse for shows while you’re away from home

Screenshots:

Via Android Police and TiVo Blog.

Domino’s On TiVo Promo Video

MegaZone — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:07:08 +0000

As you’re probably aware, TiVo recently launched an HME application to enable Domino’s ordering from your TV, and Dave Zatz over at Zatz Not Funny created a video of the process. And now there is a promo video for the feature:

Via TiVo Blog.

TiVo CEO Tom Rogers Talks Netflix On CNBC

MegaZone — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:56:22 +0000

TiVo CEO Tom Rogers appeared on CNBC to talk about the new Netflix offering and a few other points.

Picked up from TiVo Blog.

New iPhone App Shows Your TiVo Now Playing List

MegaZone — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:15:42 +0000

TiVo Blog has uncovered another TiVo-related iPhone application, DVR Shows. DVR Shows will show you a list of the programs your TiVo has recorded, by connecting to it over the network. (So if you’re away from your LAN it won’t work, or you’ll have to open a port to your TiVo on your router.) The $0.99 cent application allows you to check what’s waiting for you on your TiVo without firing up the TV and TiVo to check. TiVo Blog has some screen shots as well.

View Photos On Your TiVo From Your iPhone

MegaZone — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:15:03 +0000

TiVo Blog brought to my attention a new application for the iPhone. It adds a TiVo photo server application to the iPhone that allows you to view photos stored on your iPhone on your TiVo over the network without first moving them to a PC or Mac. The app’s creator, Chris Lundie, is also posting in TiVoCommunity. The app is just $0.99 in the iPhone App Store. And TiVo Blog has posted a number of screen shots.

TiVo Launches Australian YouTube Channel

MegaZone — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:09:10 +0000

Following up on the new ‘The Badoop Badoop Show‘ channel on YouTube, TiVo has also created a YouTube channel specifically for Australian TiVo users. (RSS feed.) Currently the channel has one video, a ‘Welcome to TiVo’ for Australian users. As well as the US ‘YouTube on TiVo’ video, which has a ‘Coming soon to Australia!’ note in the description.

So if you’re an Australian interested in TiVo, or anyone interested in TiVo’s Australian doings, you might be interested in this channel.

Spotted by Alex at TiVo Blog.

Be The First To Find Out About TiVo’s DirecTV Progress

MegaZone — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:47:40 +0000

If you’re one of the people eagerly awaiting the fruits of TiVo’s recent reunion with DirecTV, or you’re just a curious sort, you can sign up at TiVo’s website to be notified via email of any updates.

Via TiVo Blog.

Galleon 2.5.3 Update Released

MegaZone — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:49:17 +0000

It has been just over nine months since the last Galleon update, so it is nice to see that development of this TiVo HME application is still continuing. Galleon is one of the leading applications available for TiVo HME, as well as being one of the oldest – evolving from JavaHMO. The 2.5.3 update includes several changes:

The open source Galleon 2.5.3 media server for TiVo is now available.
This version includes the following:
Version 2.5.3:
———————-
* Update JmDNS package to 1.0 (not using JmDNS from
hme-host-sample-1.4.jar anymore); seems to help on Mac OS X 10.5
* Added TiVo name to detail screen in ToGo app
* Updated weather forecast parsing to handle more cases
* Fixed local radar after change on weather source web pages
* Update help URLs to point at content now on sourceforge.net
* Fixed iPhoto album parser to clean out old albums during library
update.
Known problems:
* not all galleon skins in HD cover the screen–use tivo skins
* still some layout glitches in HD
* still some HD menu highlights are too big for text

You can download Galleon 2.5.3 here.

Picked up via TiVo Blog

Australian TiVo TV Spot

MegaZone — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:20:41 +0000

A TV ad for TiVo Australia:

Picked up from TiVo Blog.

TiVo’s Jim Denney Talks To NewTeeVee About YouTube On TiVo

MegaZone — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:42:53 +0000

NewTeeVee sat down with TiVo VP Jim Denney for a conversation about TiVo’s new YouTube feature.

Picked up from TiVo Blog.

TiVo Desktop 2.6.2 Released

MegaZone — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:26:04 +0000

TiVo has released a minor update for TiVo Desktop on PCs, version 2.6.2. TiVo Desktop still requires the user to manually go into Add/Remove Programs and remove the old version before installing the new one. That’s really unbelievable, IMHO. Modern applications shouldn’t require that kind of user spelunking to update. For that matter, a consumer oriented application like TiVo Desktop really should have an ‘Update’ option within the application itself that would download and install the update – just like Firefox and numerous other applications do. Asking the average consumer to go into Add/Remove Programs is just ridiculous, they could at least include an Uninstall link in the program group menu. It just isn’t very easy and user friendly, which are normally TiVo’s hallmarks. I’m a complete geek and can’t remember the last time an application, other than TiVo Desktop, made me manually remove the old version first. I’m sure it has happened, just not often. (I usually run into it with betas and trial software.)

Anyway, nothing major in this release, it is basically a bug fix and performance release. I’ll have to see if it helps with the issues I’ve been having with 2.6.1. According to a post at TiVoCommunity:

This version has the following improvements in TiVo Desktop:
*Improved Reliability of transfers of large recordings to the DVR.
*Reduced memory usage when transferring recordings from the DVR.
For Plus:
*Improved communications with TiVo when linking to TiVo account and handling web video content.
*Improved handling of web video content when pausing or shutting down TiVo server.

Picked up from TiVo Blog.

TiVo Extends Rebates, Again

MegaZone — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:09:53 +0000

It would’ve been more surprising if TiVo hadn’t extended their rebates, given the track record for the last several cycles. They last extended them in April, but that rebate expired on 6/28. So starting on 6/29, and running through 8/30, a new rebate takes over. Slightly different terms than the last one – $200 off a TiVo Series3 (TCD648) or $150 off a Series2DT (TCD649), there is no longer any rebate on the old single-tuner Series2. You can get the rebate form in HTML or PDF and pre-qualify via TiVo’s website.

The rebate brings the Series3 down to $392.45 through Amazon (and as low as $381.97 through their 3rd party sellers), and the Series2DT down to $65.99 through Amazon.

Personally I wouldn’t go with either of those, but rather the TiVo HD at $249.40, especially if you’re considering the Series3. Get the TiVo HD and pick up the Glo remote separately and save some money. If you plan to use any of these units with WiFi, remember to pick up a TiVo USB WiFi Adapter.

You can also pick up a factory-renewed TiVo HD for $199.99.

Via TiVo Blog.

Download TiVo Wallpaper For Your PC Or Mac

MegaZone — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:25:47 +0000

Here’s a fun little item that TiVo Blog picked up on. TiVo has downloadable desktop wallpaper for your PC or Mac for you to show your TiVo love.

Win A TiVo T-Shirt

MegaZone — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:06:22 +0000

TiVo Blog is giving away TiVo T-Shirts – see Alex’s post to enter.

TiVo Demonstrated In Canada

MegaZone — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:38:59 +0000

This is a video of TiVo’s Joe Miller demonstrating TiVo at the Best Buy in downtown Toronto.

Picked up from TiVo Blog, who was tipped to it by Davis Freeberg.

Watch Nearly Any Video Podcast On Your TiVo

MegaZone — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:34:41 +0000

Alex at TiVo Blog has written up a nice guide on how to watch nearly any video podcast on your TiVo, given a Windows PC, TiVo Desktop Plus, and iTunes.

He’s also posted a video of the process: