Monthly Archives: December 2005

PVRBlog has an interview with Michael Cronan, designer and creator of the name “TiVo” and the mascot, about the origins of the TiVo name and some of the early history of the company. Worth reading.

Last night I had the idea to register TiVoLovers.com, and setup LJ’s domain mapping feature. So now, in addition to http://www.livejournal.com/community/tivolovers/ or http://tivolovers.livejournal.com/, http://www.gizmolovers.com/ will point here. Which makes it easier to refer people here – “Just go to TiVoLovers.com.”

TiVo’s announcements made a bigger splash: through its content partnership with Yahoo, TiVo Series 2 devices now offer a section for podcasts, with listings taken from the Yahoo Podcasts site. What’s more, TiVo, whose talks with Apple broke off recently, … Continue reading →

With CableCARD just gathering steam, and TiVo’s HD CableCARD system due in mid-2006, the cable industry is already talking about what comes after CableCARD. Their concept is the Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS). DCAS would eliminate the need for specialized … Continue reading →