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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

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News to know: Windows 7; U.S. CTO; Quickoffice; Ubuntu

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Brian Sommer: The immediacy of value: Where SaaS must go next Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is...

Tags: Ubuntu, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Home Entertainment, Data Centers, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Virtualization

Blog posts 2009-04-20

The Best Thing In The World: TiVo Transfers

The Best Thing In The World: TiVo TransfersRE: The Best Thing In The World: TiVo TransfersRecently dumped Comcast and got DirecTV, their HD DVR and guide blows away Comcast's. Only thing good I can say about Comcast is they had HD DVR before Tivo had any HD offering. ...

Tags: DVR, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Digital video, Cable, TiVo Inc., Comcast Corp., TiVo Transfer, Best Thing, DirecTV

Discussion threads 2009-04-17

Is Blu-ray worth it?

Is Blu-ray worth it?AgreedI'm glad this didn't degenerate into something about bitrates, etc. :)RE: Is Blu-ray worth it?I don't even bother with the upconversion! I bought a Sony XBR tube TV with fantastic upconvert circuitry - my Onkyo DVD player's upconversion isn't nearly as good as the native Sony...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVD, HDMI, Sony Corp., DVD player, TV

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

New torrent technology a serial industry killer

I got the annual notice from my cable company last week.   Some channels in. Some channels out. And if it's something you really like you can bet it's now been pushed to a higher tier, at a higher price. They don't just play...

Tags: Cable, Dana Blankenhorn, Miro, Network Technology, Networking, Open Source, Personal Technology, Telecommunications, Telephony, Telephony Monopoly, VOIP

Blog posts 2008-01-14

SeasonPassGetter 0.14 (Mac)

SeasonPassGetter SPG takes TiVo content and transfers it to iTunes. Its main purpose is to transfer regularly scheduled recordings Season Pass on TiVo for viewing on AppleTV and iPod. Will not work with Series 1, Series 3, or DirecTiVos. Please see web site for FAQ/tips.Does NOT require a "hacked" TiVo.Show...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, TiVo Inc., Title, SeasonPassGetter, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Web Site Development, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Internet, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-11-14

New TiVo HD is full of surprises

A few days earlier than predicted, TiVo HD boxes went on sale today at tivo.com. The new DVR features a totally redesigned motherboard and support for the MCard standard so you don't have to rent two CableCards from your cable company.Ok, so you don't get the fancy glowing remote, but...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-07-24

Amazon Unbox on TiVo works great

Over the past week Ive been trying out the new service from TiVo and Amazon that lets you buy and download TV shows and movies. Other than a couple of small complaints Ive been very happy with the new feature.The sign-up process was a little tedious. I started on TiVos...

Tags: DVD, Amazon.com Inc., TiVo Inc.

Blog posts 2007-03-12

TiVo links with Brightcove as PC-TV lines blur

TiVo links with Brightcove as PC-TV lines blurTiVo is still expensiveYour browser or the media player does the same with no subscription fees.Off targetWhy does TiVo keep making these "deals" instead of improving their product?Why don't they make a TiVo with a good OTA ATSC and cable QAM receiver for...

Tags: TVs, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, DVD, Brightcove, PC-TV, TiVo Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-05-10

My Ten "Converging World" Predictions for 2006

Well, it seems that everybody has been posting their top ten predictions for 2006. In the converging worlds I cover here, I foresee the fast-approaching New Year as one for new forms of competition, unprecedented cross-sector alliances, under-the-table sleight of hand, political machinations, lawsuits, and more acquisitions. So then,...

Tags: softphone, VoIP, Net Neutrality

Blog posts 2005-12-28

Where is open source innovation?

Where is open source innovation?Is there even any inovation at all? That is the real question.Amaya started in 1996 http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ This predates FrontPage.Mozilla actually was started with NS 5.0 code by Netscape. Netscape predates MSIE. XUL predates XAML and Mozilla has had plans to intergrate SVG with...

Tags: Web browsers, Apache Software Foundation, SVG, XUL, open source, commercial open source, Mozilla Corp., sponsored project, content management, Microsoft Corp., innovation, Netscape Communications Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-11-25