Monthly Archives: September 2008

An Interesting Statement About TiVo In The UK

Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2008 by MegaZone

The UK’s Times Online has an article today mainly about the recently announced TiVo-Amazon Product Purchase feature. Ho-hum. But the very last sentence caught my notice: And after a failed debut in 2000-3, TiVo is talking about relaunching in the … Continue reading →

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This Weekend’s Amazon Video On Demand Sale

Posted on Friday, September 12, 2008 by MegaZone

This weekend Amazon Video On Demand, the service formerly known as Amazon Unbox, isn’t offering their usual style of sale with discount prices. Instead they’re offering a rent one, get one rental free deal on MGM titles. That’s 101 titles … Continue reading →

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Automate TiVoToGo Downloads, Decryption, And Commercial Removal

Posted on Friday, September 12, 2008 by MegaZone

Lifehacker has an article today about a TiVo tool called KMTTG. KMTTG, which apparently stands for Kevin Moye (the author) TiVoToGo, is a Perl/Tk program that… well, I’ll let Kevin explain it: kmttg is a Perl/Tk program I wrote to … Continue reading →

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TiVo Stymied By HD In Canada

Posted on Friday, September 12, 2008 by MegaZone

TiVo has had a long and troubled history in Canada. It was three years ago, way back in September of 2005 that TiVo extended their service into Canada, but they still didn’t officially sell units there. Users could buy units … Continue reading →

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Western Digital 500GB eSATA My DVR Expander $131.99 At Buy.com

Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2008 by MegaZone

Buy.com has the Western Digital 500GB eSATA My DVR Expander on sale again for $131.99. This is the only drive officially approved for use with the TiVo Series3, TiVo HD, and TiVo HD XL. That’s a great price on that … Continue reading →

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