Thanks Richard! Now all I need is one more referral and I can get an iPod video!

Congratulations! Your friend Richard credited you with a TiVo® service activation.

No need to lift a finger. Your TiVo Rewards™ account has automatically been credited with 5,000 TiVo Points.

Just thought you’d like to know. Plus, it gives us an excellent excuse to thank you for being the wonderful TiVo Rewards™ member that you are! We appreciate your support.

To review your TiVo Rewards™ account summary, browse rewards or redeem TiVo Points, simply sign in at www.tivo.com/rewards anytime.

As always, I’d appreciate it if you put my email address (raianoat AT gmail DOT com) down when you activate your TiVo.

Original source: TiVo.com

TiVo Desktop 2.4 is now out of public beta. TiVo’s download page doesn’t list what has changed so I can only assume that this release contains mainly bug fixes.

According to the system requirements, this version does not support Vista.

System Requirements:

• A Personal computer running Microsoft® Windows® XP, Service Pack 2. TiVo Desktop does not yet work with Windows Vista.
• 500 megahertz processor
• 256 MB RAM
• 5 GB free disk space
• TiVoToGo and Web video downloads are not yet available for Series3.

See the Read Me file in the Start Menu after installation for more information.

I’m kind of surprised that TiVo would release TiVo desktop 2.4 without support for Vista. After all, you can hardly buy a machine now a days with Windows XP installed on it. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see another release in the next couple of days that supports Vista. Stay tuned for any updates…

Spotted on ZNF.

Don’t forget that today (4/30) is the last day for you to get a $15 Amazon Unbox credit. To get this credit, all you have to do is link your TiVo to an Amazon Unbox account.  The process only takes a couple of minutes (if that).

What do you have to loose? Go ahead and link up your account so that you can download and watch a couple free movies…..

Don’t forget that today (4/30) is the last day for you to get a Series 3 TiVo plus a TiVo wireless adapter all for $499.99.  This is lowest I’ve ever seen the Series 3 TiVo.

As always, if you decided to take advantage of this offer, I’d appreciate it if you put me down as your referrer (raianoat AT gmail DOT com).

Dave Zatz has alerted me to the fact that TiVo has started to roll out a software update for the Series 3 TiVo. This update appears to include a number of new features and bug fixes.

…. In addition to what I assume are several under-the-hood bug fixes, this update includes More Options for programming, a HD Category for search, and TiVoCast partner logos.

The HD category search feature sounds an awful lot like the same feature which is going to be in all Comcast TiVo boxes.

Have you received the 8.3 software update for your Series 3 TiVo? Is there a new feature in 8.3 which I haven’t listed in this post?

Thanks for the referral Joel (who ever you are). I really do appreciate it!

Congratulations! Your friend Joel credited you with a TiVo® service activation.

No need to lift a finger. Your TiVo Rewards™ account has automatically been credited with 5,000 TiVo Points.

Just thought you’d like to know. Plus, it gives us an excellent excuse to thank you for being the wonderful TiVo Rewards™ member that you are! We appreciate your support.

To review your TiVo Rewards™ account summary, browse rewards or redeem TiVo Points, simply sign in at www.tivo.com/rewards anytime.

If you want to be as nice as Joel, you can put me down as your referrer simply by entering my email address (raianoat AT gmail DOT com) when you activate your TiVo.

Chris Pew of webtvhub.com has posted an interesting poll in which he asks the question: “What do you dislike about Amazon Unbox On TiVo?”. Chris has also posted another poll on TiVoCommunity in which he found out that ~44% of the respondents where unhappy with Amazon Unbox on TiVo.

Personally, I’m rather happy with Unbox on my TiVo. I watched a show the other night and the quality was pretty good. The only thing I don’t like is the fact it sometimes take a while for the shows to download. What do you think about Unbox on the TiVo? Head on over to webtvhub.com and let Chris know.

TiVo.com is running a great special on the Series 3 TiVo. For $499.99 you can get the Series 3 TiVo plus a wireless TiVo adapter (no rebates required & free shipping)! The offer expires on April 30th so you better act fast.

If you do decide to take advantage of this offer, I’d appreciate it if you put me down as your referrer (raianoat AT gmail DOT com)

This is the lowest I’ve ever seen the Series 3. It looks like Gizmodo may have been correct when they said we would see the Series 3 price drop.

Details on the offer:

* Early termination fee and other restrictions apply. See offer for full details. Offer available for a limited time while supplies last.

† Instant Savings:

1. You save $180 instantly on the 80-hr TiVo® Series2™ DT (MSRP $249.99) plus $59.99 on the TiVo Wireless G USB Network Adapter for a total savings of $239.99, with a qualifying TiVo® service plan.
2. You save $230 instantly on the 180-hr TiVo® Series2™ DT (MSRP $349.99) plus $59.99 on the TiVo Wireless G USB Network Adapter for a total savings of $289.99, with a qualifying TiVo® service plan.
3. You save $300.00 instantly on the 300-hr TiVo® Series3 HD DMR (MSRP $799.99) plus $59.99 on the TiVo Wireless G USB Network Adapter for a total savings of $359.99, with a qualifying TiVo® service plan.

$500 is still a lot of money but it has me thinking that I should get a Series 3. I’m currently using a Time Warner DVR for my HD content however, I’m extremely unhappy with the DVR. The only thing that is nice about my SA 8300 is that I didn’t have to pay anything up front and if it breaks all I have to do is go down to my cable company’s local office and pick up another one.

Are you going to get a Series 3 TiVo now that you can get it for $500?

Spotted On Gizmodo

I just upload a simple OS X dashboard widget that I created with Yahoo Pipes and Apple’s dashcode development environment. The widget displays content from several of the top TiVo related websites/blogs. Currently the widget subscribes to the following websites/blogs.

• TiVoBlog
• ZatzNotFunny(only TiVo content)
• TiVoLovers
• Zeigen.com (only TiVo content)
• DavisFreeberg.com (only TiVo content)
• TiVo’s Official Blog (even though it isn’t updated that often)
• TVSquad (only TiVo content)

One of the nice things about using Yahoo Pipes is that I can add a new feed whenever I want and anybody who is using the widget will automatically start to receive content from the newly added feed.

Version 1.0 can be downloaded by clicking on this link or by visiting the “downloads” section of this website.

Let me know if you encounter any problems of if there is a feed that you would like me to add. I’m also looking for some help in sprucing the widget up. Let me know if you’re interested.