Has TiVo Become The Kleenex Of The DVR Market?

Earlier today I was browsing through my TiVo RSS feeds when I stumbled upon this post. In the post, the author talks about an experience he had with a DirecTV customer service rep. Essentially the rep told him that he was going to be shipped a new TiVo however, when the “TiVo” [...]

Home Automation Via Your TiVo And Homeseer

DVRPlayground alerted me to a new TiVo HME App (?) which allows you to control HomeSeer devices from the comfort of your couch. According to the HomeSeer website, this plugin provides the following features:

The opening screen has Locations (devices), Events, and Favorites. Use the configuration screen provided with the plug-in to filter which locations [...]

PVRWire RIP

It’s unfortunate however, AOL (the parent company for Weblogsinc) has decided to retire some of their niche blogs to include PVRWire.com. In a little over a year and a half PVRWire has truly become one of best PVR/DVR news related websites.

I wish all of the bloggers from PVRWire the best of luck and [...]

Dave Zatz & TiVo Get Together For A Great Cause (James Kim Charity)

We all remember the tragic death of James Kim and all that his family has endured.  Well, Dave Zatz and TiVo’s Director of TiVoCast (Stephen Mack) have come up with a great idea to help support the Kim family.

Here’s how it will work…  For every $10 that you send to Dave’s PayPal account (davezatz [...]

CES Video: Jim Denney Talks About TiVo

Apparently this is the week of TiVo videos. In this video, Jim Denney (TiVo Vice President, Product Marketing) talks about a couple of things including the recent Rhapsody partnership as well as the TiVo Comcast partnership.

Taken from Technology Evangelist, spotted on TiVoLovers.

CES Video: TiVo Comcast DVR Demo

CNET has posted a wonderful video on their website where they give a rather complete demo of the upcoming Comcast/TiVo DVR. I’m really impressed with how this DVR appears to work. I especially like how you can tell if a show is broadcast in HD directly from the “Find Program” menu.

If [...]

CES Video: TiVo Shows Off TiVoToGo On The Mac

Hat Tip: GearLive.

Sunday’s High Def Content Makes The Series 3 TiVo Look Pretty Damn Good

Tonight (Sunday) is one of the best nights to watch TV in high definition.  Two of my most favorite shows (Desperate Housewives & 24) are both broadcast in HD.  In order for me to watch both of these shows in HD I have to forgo the benefits of my Series 2 TiVo and watch both [...]

Pictures Of The Day: TiVo Wireless Adapter @ BestBuy

Dave Zatz Covers The Comcast TiVo DVR

My good buddy Dave Zatz just put up a post about the Comcast TiVo DVR. Dave was one of several bloggers who was lucky enough to go to CES and cover the show directly from the floor of the event. Dave’s posts turned me onto a number of interesting things about the Comcast [...]