Daily Archives: Monday, May 26, 2008

Dish Network’s Response To TiVo’s Court Filing

Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 by MegaZone

Responding to TiVo’s recent filing, Dish Network has made their own filing. As expected, they maintain that they are in compliance with the injunction due to their software update. Links to all of the sections of the document can be … Continue reading →

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Chinese Blu-ray Players To Flood The Market In 2009

Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 by MegaZone

According to China Tech News, the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has approved eleven Chinese firms, ncluding TCL, Malata, and Desay, to begin producing Blu-ray players and discs, starting in 2009. While some HD DVD die hards pointed to CH-DVD as … Continue reading →

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Best Buy Launches Insignia Blu-ray Deck for $349.99

Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 by MegaZone

Best Buy has begun selling a Blu-ray deck under their in-house Insignia brand, the Insignia NS-BRDVD. This is very likely another variant of the Funai NB500. That would mean it is Bonus View/Profile 1.1 only, no BD-Live/Profile 2.0. And the … Continue reading →

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DirecTiVo Units Receiving 6.4a

Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 by MegaZone

It looks like the long promised software update to the DirecTiVo boxes is finally here. Users are TiVoCommunity are reporting receiving 6.4a on their units. As announced last July, the update includes the Recently Deleted folder in the Now Playing … Continue reading →

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Fun with Charter Customer Support, Part Two

Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 by MegaZone

I figured I should follow up on my post from Saturday, filling in the rest of the story. To recap I’d lost three HD channels on my cable – 734 AETVHD, 735 HISTORYHD, and 742 MOJOHD. I think I failed … Continue reading →

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