Monthly Archives: July 2011

TiVo and Best Buy Get Chumby Over Insignia

Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 by MegaZone

A couple of weeks ago Zatz Not Funny reported what appeared to be leaked information indicating the launch of the TiVo-powered Insignia HDTVs for Best Buy would happen July 31st. Today, Dave shared even more information. While there is no … Continue reading →

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One Week Before the Deadline, Cox is Allowing CableCARD Self-Installs

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by MegaZone

With five says left before the August 1st deadline, Cox Communications has begun allowing customers to self-install CableCARDs, according to this post on TiVo Community from Sunday. They’ve even released self-install guides to help users with their Cisco or Motorola … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Ready To Rumble! Virgin Media TiVo vs V+ HD vs Sky +HD 1TB vs BT Vision+

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by MegaZone

This is something for our UK readers, The Virgin Media TiVo Blog has compiled a comparison pitting the Virgin Media TiVo, V+ HD, Sky +HD 1TB, and BT Vision+ against each other in a winner take all, no holds barred, … Continue reading →

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TiVo Wants To Know If You Want Spotify On Your TiVo

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by MegaZone

This is perhaps unsurprising, as Virgin Media recently announced plans to add music service Spotify to TiVos in the UK, and Spotify subsequently launched in the US, but TiVo US is polling users to see if they’re interested in having … Continue reading →

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Virgin Media Suffers TiVo Recording-Killing EPG Glitch, Fixes It, Apologizes

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by MegaZone

Virgin Media, and their TiVo using subscribers, had an interesting weekend – in the proverbial sense. Starting on Saturday, after an update Friday night, VM TiVo users discovered their units had lost all scheduled ‘Series Link’ recordings – what we … Continue reading →

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