3 month ago
deusx : Story of a Peanut: The TiVo Remote's Untold Past, Present and Future - "As I sat down with Paul and began to weed through containers of foam molds and old remote prototypes, I asked him to start from the beginning and explain how TiVo had turned a Peanut into one of the world's most loved remotes."
Andy Baio : History of the TiVo peanut remote control - story of the design process with several photos of prototypes [via]
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deusx : TiVo Lovers Blog » Blog Archive » Some More On TiVo Desktop Plus 2.6 & Web Video - "The polling system is gone. TiVo is using XMPP now instead."
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9 month ago
deusx : TiVo drops word of updated TiVo with full two-way functionality - Engadget - "it'd give you access to cable video-on-demand, and other two-way services that have been previously off-limits to TiVo users"
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11 month ago
deusx : TiVoDecode Manager - "TiVoDecode Manager (TDM) is a free Applescript Studio interface (i.e. "wrapper") for the tivodecode program that automates the process of downloading of standalone TiVo Series 2 files to your computer and decoding into MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 fil
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11 month ago
nelson : TiVo + PayPerPost - Ah, conversational marketing
Andy Baio : TiVo uses PayPerPost for fake grassroots video campaign - later that day, they killed the program and are now trying to remove all the videos [via]
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18 month ago
Rod Begbie : TiVo Amazon Unbox service launched | PVRblog - You can buy and/or rent movies or TV shows from Amazon's Unbox service, and have them show up on your TiVo. Bigger library than Apple's movie service -- Could this help keep TiVo afloat a smidge longer? (Your first $15 hit is free. I just "bought" The #
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23 month ago
43folders : Word Spy - TiNo - "To not watch a TV show saved on a TiVo or other personal video recorder."
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24 month ago
Rod Begbie : TiVo.com | TiVo(R) Series3(TM) HD - Existing TiVo lifetime subscribers can transfer their subscription to a new "Series 3" HD box. This is an incredibly smart move by TiVo -- A tasty carrot to convince their existing customers to upgrade to the new hardware while it's still full price. #
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26 month ago
veen : Why my cable DVR stinks | CNET News.com - I had to give up my Tivo for a Comcast box a few months ago. What a piece of junk. Three of the last seven Tour de France stages missed!
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26 month ago
Rod Begbie : TiVo Central Online: Guru Guideâ„¢ Recommendations - Somehow, I missed this when it launched. Subscribe your TiVo to "guides" provided by magazines. I've just subbed up for the Entertainment Weekly one, which nets me anything called out in the "What To Watch" section of the mag. [via] #
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29 month ago
merlinmann : TiVo Euthanasia - a photoset on Flickr - Last night I killed my TiVo, and I've never felt so free.
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30 month ago
Rod Begbie : Videora TiVo Converter - Free one-click conversion of video files to the specific MPEG format required to copy video onto your TiVo. No messing around with demuxers or codecs required. They also have one that converts to iPod Video format. #
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31 month ago
merlinmann : tivo.com | TiVo Central Online - TiVo's weekly "ratings," based on "anonymous, aggregated data." [via MeFi]
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34 month ago
Linkorama : CBS and NBC offer shows 'on demand' - 99 cents for people who forget to Tivo or Akimbo
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34 month ago
Linkorama : DVR Data Becomes Hot Issue - The broadcast and cable networks have been pushing Nielsen (which is owned by Mediaweek parent VNU) to revise the ratings system to include tracking viewers watching prerecorded shows, so that they can charge advertisers for the larger audience—or
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36 month ago
deusx : Boing Boing: TiVo breaks devices, then charges you $150 if you don't like the new deal - "it's a funny kind of contract that is renegotiated at the whim of one side, who can unilaterally change the deal whenever he feels like it, and which you can't get out of if you decide that the new deal isn't one that you like"
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36 month ago
deusx : Boing Boing: TiVo won't save certain shows or allow moving them - "I sold my TiVo when I left California. You can be goddamned sure I won't be buying another one. Ever"
Nelson Minar : Stupid TiVo choice - Not letting me save shows is going to make me hate your product
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36 month ago
Andy Baio : TiVo adds copyright protection, blocks transfers, and auto-deletes some shows - this is a terrible move; I feel personally betrayed as an evangelist of their product since 2000
jkottke : TiVo hates its customers - TiVo's new OS adds content "protection", which means if the copyright holder of Seinfeld wants your TiVo to delete the show after a week whether you've watched it or not, that's what it's going to do. I love my TiVo and I'm currently suffering from outrag [via]
veen : TiVo 7.2 OS adds content protection, blocks transfers, and auto-deletes some shows - A bug? Maybe, but a also a glimpse of a DRMed future...
Nelson Minar : More TiVo stupidity - Matt breaks it down (via Marc)
plasticbag : TiVo 7.2 OS adds content protection, blocks transfers, and auto-deletes some shows - Lots of discussion about this one. Basically it's a PVR with rights controls imposed from the studios and broadcasters - designed for pay-per-view stuff...
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39 month ago
plasticbag : Flickr on your TiVo - No idea why I'm on that picture, but it's kind of funny. I'm still waiting for subscribable Flickr live photostreams as a TV screensaver. That would rock.
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41 month ago
plasticbag : Build a Better DVR out of an Old PC - An article for Make magazine that's available on the website about how to create home media centres that are better than Tivos
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42 month ago
jimray : Is TiVo Trying to Buy the Media? - TiVo offering a $200 discount to "journalist" -- if by journalist, you mean "paid corporate shill" [via Jossip]
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42 month ago
jimray : TiVo coming to Comcast! - Well, I guess I won't cancel service after all
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43 month ago
jimray : Apple to buy TiVo? - Holy crap, that'd be a great entre to the living room for Apple
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43 month ago
Andy Baio : Flickr Picture Viewer for the TiVo - if you haven't been upgraded yet, get in the priority queue
jimray : Flickr Picture Viewer - Get your Flickr photos on your TiVo
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