Monthly Archives: October 2005

Blu-ray is the winner, Forrester declares

Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 by MegaZone

Forrester Research on Wednesday declared Blu-ray, a new DVD format backed by a group led by Sony, as the winner in the increasingly heated battle over next-generation DVD technology. While I agree that Blu-ray looks like it’ll win in the … Continue reading →

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A conversation with a TiVo product manager

Posted on Monday, October 17, 2005 by MegaZone

I attended the Digital Life expo in NYC this weekend, and spent some time talking to some people from TiVo. One of the people I spoke to was a product manager there, and he told me some interesting stuff, which … Continue reading →

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Download video on TiVoToGo: Waah!

Posted on Monday, October 17, 2005 by MegaZone

A new promotion from iRiver America caught my attention: It’s offering a free 40-hour TiVo digital video recorder and a year’s paid subscription with the online purchase of its $500 Portable Media Center 120. That caused me to try the … Continue reading →

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New hosted HME apps website – Apps.TV

Posted on Monday, October 17, 2005 by MegaZone

I spotted this in ZatzNotFunny and TiVo Blog – there is a new website hosting HME applications, Apps.TV. You can use these applications without having to download anything to your PC or Mac, the instructions are on the website for … Continue reading →

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TVHarmony AutoPilot, TiVo2PSP, and TiVo2MPEG

Posted on Monday, October 17, 2005 by MegaZone

TVHarmony.com has three products available in beta. I posted about AutoPilot earlier in the week – it allows you to automatically transfer shows from the TiVo, and convert them to other formats. The companion TiVo2PSP and TiVo2MPEG convert .TiVo files … Continue reading →

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