Do you have a Slingbox? I’d love to get one but I’m not sure I could justify it. Maybe my buddy Dave can hook me up with one now that he has made it big :).

TiVo.com is giving away a Dual-tuner Series 2 TiVo with Lifetime service every month from now until July ‘07. To get in on the drawing, all you need to do is give TiVo your email address.

Here’s a summary of when the drawings will take place (taken from TiVo’s website):

Spotted on ZNF.

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 AT yahoo DOT com), Dave will include you in a drawing for a limited edition TiVo toaster (donated by TiVo). Along with the money that Dave gathers in his PayPal account, Dave has also said that he will donate his December Google Adsense income to the cause.

This is a great idea and I wish I came up with it. If you haven’t already, send Dave some money. Not only will it be for a good cause but you also get a chance to win a limited edition TiVo toaster.

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 TiVo DVR.
Here’s what I think is most interesting:

…deployment is slated to begin this Spring

So here’s how it works… You let Comcast know you want to upgrade your DVR to TiVo, they flip a switch, and your current Motorola box (6412 or 3412) downloads the software. Reboot, and voilà you have TiVo

So here’s how it works… You let Comcast know you want to upgrade your DVR to TiVo, they flip a switch, and your current Motorola box (6412 or 3412) downloads the software. Reboot, and voilà you have TiVo

The new TiVo software is written entirely in Java and runs on TV Navigator middleware, a precursor/subset of OCAP

….the new color-coded grid guide looks great and includes picture-in-picture (PIP can be paused!), plus the software includes advanced search functionality not yet available on the stand alone TiVo models. Further, both search and Wishlist scan OnDemand programming which will be quite useful.

….networking is not active in the initial release: No Home Media Options (as in no sharing photos & music from computer, no multi-room viewing) and no Internet-based services such as TiVoCast or Yahoo Weather

Check out Dave’s post (which includes screenshots) if you are interested in finding out more about the Comcast TiVo partnership. It really is a great read for anybody who is interested in this partnership.