The good news is it sounds like TiVo is finally embracing HME and encouraging developers, the bad news is this is TiVo Australia. As regular readers are likely aware, I've repeatedly expressed frustration with the way TiVo has handled HME in the US. I'm happy to see TiVo Australia encouraging HME developers, and I wonder if that signals any ( Read more... )

A clever little short horror film from arieScope for Halloween - The TiVo.


Picked up from Gizmodo Australia.

When I reported on the release of the 9.4 software for the TiVo Series3 & TiVo HD on Tuesday, I speculated on whether the update also included the promised YouTube support. Well, that question has been answered - it is in there, and Dave Zatz got a look at it and to keep things circular, he posted a video of it to YouTube. Since this was only ( Read more... )

I have a Keyword Auto-Record WishList on my TiVo for 'TiVo', just for situations like this. Last night it caught the year 2000 episode of "I Love the New Millennium" on VH1, which featured TiVo. It is repeating several times this week, so you can hit that link to schedule it on your TiVo. It was a very positive bit, with various celebs singing ( Read more... )

Christopher Mascari of Gizmodo has written an excellent article on the history of the TiVo Peanut Remote, from the early prototypes to the current Glo Remote to some of what they're looking at for the future. It is also chock full of pictures of the various incarnations of the remotes, including prototypes and design exercises never before seen ( Read more... )

What's an HDTV without an HD DVR to go with it? Who wants to be a slave to TV schedules just to catch HD content? Well, Amazon has a solution to that problem, they're offering what I consider the best HD DVR on the market, the TiVo HD, free with the purchase of a Samsung HDTV.
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The Australian Financial Review is reporting some new TiVo Australia news. Despite rumors that the Australian launch of TiVo was at risk, AFR is reporting that Seven Network still plans to launch TiVo service before their Olympics coverage begins in August. However, due to feedback from retailers such as Harvey Norman, they'll be dropping the ( Read more... )

Brian Lam, one of the writers for Gizmodo is getting a bit of a tax refund, and is trying to decide between using it on a Dell 24" LCD monitor for working, or a TiVo Series3 for play - so he's posted a poll. Clearly, I think 'found money' like a tax refund should be fun and go to a Series3. :-)