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Moxi introduces three-tuner HD DVR, reduces prices on dual-tuner version

User Interface!I think what most companies competing with Tivo don't understand is that it is the interface experience that makes Tivo who they are in today's market place. You can also download digital media from Blockbuster,Amazon, Netflix, etc.. on the Tivo as well. You can also browse from any Tivo...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, Moxi, TiVo Inc., tuner, digital video recorder

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

TiVo Desktop 1.95 (Mac)

TiVo Desktop software for the Mac works with your network-connected TiVo DVR and your Mac. Publish your personal music library to your TiVo DVR for playback through your TV and home entertainment system. Publish your iPhoto albums to your TiVo DVR for viewing photos and slideshows on your TV.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, TiVo Inc., Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Home Entertainment, Digital Video, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-09

DVR Shows 1.0 (Mobile)

DVR Shows allows you to see what programs are currently stored on your DVR Digital Video Recorder. You can drill down into folders and view details about specific shows.It features supports TiVo DVRs, track any number of DVRs, display by date or alphabetical, list shows with or without folder groups,...

Tags: Mobile, Digital Video Recorder, Rick Maddy, DVR Shows, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-09-30

SlingPlayer Mobile (iPhone) 1.1 (Mobile)

Watch and control your home TV and DVR on your iPhone or iPod touch. When connected to a Slingbox SOLO, PRO, or PRO-HD, SlingPlayer Mobile iPhone will play anything you can see on your TV at home on your iPhone or iPod touch. Now you can change channels, control your...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Set-top Box, Set-top, Mobile, Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-09-25

Apple TV as cable box concept 'killed,' exec says

Good!AppleTV has never been and was never intended to be a CABLE box. It's a WEB box, and I think people who have been pushing for all the DVR, BlueRay, cable-interface, etc. functionality really don't understand that concept. With TiVo and DVR boxes that cable/sat providers have, why should Apple...

Tags: DVR, Network technology, Digital video, Channel management, cable, Apple Inc., Apple TV, cable box, digital video recorder, Web, TV

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

TiVo sues AT&T, Verizon over DVR patents

Seems to me..Tivo is a bit out of line.......trying to patent the digital recording of TV programs. Unless I'm missing something I was doing that 14-15 years ago on my home computer. (and that's recording one channel while watching another... it was built right into my video card)....

Tags: DVR, Digital video, AT&T Corp., TiVo Inc., digital video recorder, patent, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

TiVo sues AT&T, Verizon over DVR patents

TiVo said that it is suing AT&T and Verizon over three DVR patents. The complaints seek damages and a permanent injunction. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Patent, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., TiVo Inc., Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-26

Moxi Mate adds multi-room support for Moxi HD DVR

Moxi's are great... Not to be too much of a fanboy, but I love the Moxi interface and control. They seem to have anticipated several ways to do most everything so no matter which way you try something it usually will work. And it passes the wife test...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, digital video recorder, Moxi, Moxi Mate

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Moxi Mate adds multi-room support for Moxi HD DVR

Being able to watch shows recorded by a DVR on any TV in the house will be the norm in a few years, but today it's still news whenever a device is announced that adds multi-room support to your home video setup. Digeo has tried to crash the...

Tags: Home Video, Digeo, Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Dead-Finger Tech: The DVR continues to be a life-changer

Dead-Finger Tech: The DVR continues to be a life-changerDon't forget cable media center PVR...I liked Dish and Direct TV too, but now live where that is not allowed. ATI TV-Wonder and home theater system to the rescue!!Now I can watch and record movies, ect., on my cable compliant HDTV module,...

Tags: DVR, Blu-ray, Digital video, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Consumer electronics, TVs, Dead-Finger Tech, DVR Continues, life-changer, cable, digital video recorder

Discussion threads 2009-08-01

Dead-Finger Tech: The DVR continues to be a life-changer

Several years ago, I proclaimed my kids - then ages 4 and 7 - to be pioneers of the TiVo generation. I even wrote a newspaper story about it, complete with pictures of these little kids managing the remote and demonstrating the ability to pause and rewind live television. ...

Tags: Digital Video Recorder, DirecTV, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Supreme Court rebuffs Hollywood's attempt to block remote DVR services

Supreme Court rebuffs Hollywood's attempt to block remote DVR servicesInteresting conceptI suppose there is little difference between a service that records what you ask it to then transmits it to a device of your choice and the ability to record locally, backup centrally and restore to a location of your...

Tags: remote-DVR

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Supreme Court rebuffs Hollywood's attempt to block remote DVR services

The consumer hasn't often won in Washington when its interests have squared off against Hollywood's, thanks in part to the industry's strong lobbying efforts. But one institution where lobbying money doesn't come into play is the Supreme Court, and Monday's session dealt an indirect blow to the entertainment industry when...

Tags: Hollywood, U.S. Supreme Court, Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-29

POTUS to SCOTUS: Leave Cablevision decision alone

Should the Supreme Court hear networks' and movie studios' plea to consider whether Cablevision's remote DVR technology violates copyright law? The Justice Department urged no, Dow Jones reports. A federal appeals court said Cablevision could go forward with its plans to record, store and serve copyrighted content...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Copyright Law, Digital Video Recorder, Respondents, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-01

The Motorola DCT6412 IIII - two receivers and cable modem (Cracking open a Motorola DVR)

The Motorola DCT6412 IIII - two receivers and cable modem Cracking open a Motorola DVRMotorola DCT6412Nice pictures but no instructions?

Tags: Modems, DVR, Digital video, Motorola Inc., Motorola DVR, digital video recorder, cable modem, cable, modem

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

Xangati offers DVR-like trouble ticket reporting

The continued pursuit of a more efficient IT department has sparked some pretty innovative models, the latest coming from Xangati, which today is announcing its Visual Trouble Ticket portal. Xangati comes at the problem of reporting to the IT department what was happening at the time of...

Tags: Information Technology, Digital Video Recorder, Strategy, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-20

The Best Thing In The World: TiVo Transfers

The headline is admittedly salacious, but I had an epiphany last night that I've just got to share with you, faithful reader. It's called TiVo Transfers and it's awesome. First a little background is in order. A few years ago I was a fiercely loyal TiVo customer...

Tags: Comcast Corp., TiVo Inc., Digital Video Recorder, TiVo Transfers, Comcast DVR, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-04-17

Upgrades to $800 Moxi HD DVR boost streaming-media capabilities

Upgrades to $800 Moxi HD DVR boost streaming-media capabilitiesWhy would anyone buy this?a PC is much cheaper running some version of MS Media Center and you don't need to pay a monthly fee for the TV guide either.

Tags: DVR, Digital video, Moxi HD DVR, Moxi, digital video recorder

Discussion threads 2009-04-12

Upgrades to $800 Moxi HD DVR boost streaming-media capabilities

In a world already saturated with DVRs, Digeo decided this year was the perfect time to launch its own model, with the Moxi HD DVR joining TiVo as independent players in a space increasing dominated by cable and satellite providers' own devices. The Moxi, currently sold only at Amazon.com, comes...

Tags: RealNetworks Rhapsody, Digeo, TiVo Inc., Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Home Entertainment, Digital Video, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-04-11

Time Warner Cable to offer multi-room DVRs, Echostar to deliver Sling Media set-top box

Time Warner Cable to offer multi-room DVRs, Echostar to deliver Sling Media set-top boxBut what features will the customer get......meaning how many features will the cable companies disable, or charge extra for?Also what if I have a HDTV in my living and a regular TV in my bedroom what if?...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, TV & Home Theater, multi-room DVR, digital video recorder, Sling Media, EchoStar Communications Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., set-top box, set-top, cable

Discussion threads 2009-04-05