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09
Sep

New TiVo unit: HD XL DVR

I just received an email from TiVo, announcing the availability of a new HD DVR: the TiVo HD XL DVR.
The product specifications list this unit as:

Save up to 150 hours of HD programming at one time
TV signal sources: digital and analog cable, digital and analog antenna. Satellite NOT supported.
Replaces your cable box using one or [...]


03
Dec

TiVo won’t let you transfer freely downloadable content

Last Thursday, I got sick.
I don’t know if it was a late reaction to all the holiday food, travel, family stress, or whatever. But waking up Thursday morning, I felt so miserable, that I was convinced my co-workers would be off much better without me kvetching at the office.
So I stayed home. After some sleep, [...]


27
Aug

New HD TiVo incompatible with Switched Digital Video?

The newest offering from TiVo, the HD DVR, might suffer from a problem when your cable provider uses Switched Digital Video (SDV).
This blog post on Lauren Weinstein’s blog signals a problem that might prevent the new HD TiVo’s, that are using CableCARDs to receive the channels, from receiving all channels when your cable provider is [...]


19
Mar

Rumor: Apple in talks with Miglia about DVR capabilities?

When Apple TV was launched, arguably the biggest complaint was that you couldn’t record your own shows with it. Now it seems Apple is thinking about doing a HD DVR, but the limitation seems to be the internal 40Gb hard disk.
Enter the USB ports on the Apple TV. What if you could hook up an [...]


07
Mar

TiVo launches Amazon Unbox service

TiVo Lovers has an article describing a new feature of the TiVo, Amazon Unbox Video Downloads on Tivo. This service allows you to send Unbox content you get from Amazon (either purchased or as part of a special offer) directly to your TiVo, allowing you to watch it on your regular TV.
Not all content is [...]

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