TiVo HD Out Of Stock, Is A New DVR On The Way?

Several sites have reported that TiVo.com has the TiVo HD listed as out of stock.  Could this mean that TiVo is about to release the TiVo Premiere that was previously leaked back in December?  Stay tuned for more news and information.  This could get interesting…

TiVo Premiere, TiVo's Next DVR?

It looks like somebody at TiVo may have screwed up when they packaged Patrick McCarron’s newly purchased TiVo HD.  Like any good geek, Patrick went ahead and read the instructions for his new DVR.  To his surprise, the instructions describe how to setup a TiVo Premiere or a TiVo Premiere XL not a TiVo HD!

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Yet Another Sign That TiVo Is Working On A New UI?

What do you think? Is today’s Tweet by Margret Schmidt (VP of User Experience) yet another sign that TiVo is working on a new UI?  If I had to guess, I’d say yes….

The TiVo User Experience team needs a Visual Designer http://bit.ly/t4XDM (Please RT & help us find someone who rocks!

From the job description:

Designing [...]

TiVo Rumor: TiVo to Incorporate Flash Into a New UI?

TiVo’s Vice President of User Experience Design (Margret Schmidt) recently Tweeted that TiVo would like to hire a Flash expert.  According to the job description, TiVo is looking for an individual who has experience with developing large complex embedded Flash applications.

TiVo designs and develops Flash Lite applications.  It’s all about balancing user experience, technical capability [...]

HD Amazon VOD Coming To TiVo Soon?

Dave Zatz of ZatzNotFunny.com has gone ahead and published a couple of screenshots which seems to indicate that Amazon is about to rollout HD movie downloads via their TiVo integration. According to Dave’s source, the video looks great and the audio is encoded in a surround sound format!  Check out Dave’s post for additional info….

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Amazon VOD To Stream HD On TiVo?

Both GizmoLovers & Engadget were able to capture a screenshot which seems to indicate that Amazon is about to offer HD videos via their TiVo partnership.  Both screenshots include a menu item titled: “Available in High Definition”.  Unfortunately, this menu item isn’t active however, this sure seems like a positive indication that we will see [...]

Is TiVo Working On A New User Inteface (UI)?

Thanks to Dave Zatz, I stumbled upon the following post which talks about a survey that was supposedly sponsored by TiVo.  According to this post, the survey requested feedback on a completely new TiVo UI.  Here’s a couple of videos that were included in the survey.  I’m not exactly sure if the survey was actually [...]

TiVo Comcast Coming To Portland Oregon Area?

EngadgetHD is reporting that Comcast TiVo may be coming to the Portland Oregon area sometime in the near future. According to EngadgetHD, one of their readers was told by two different Comcast installers that the Comcast TiVo DVR solution would be available in the Portland area sometime soon. Currently, Comcast TiVo DVRs are [...]

R.I.P. TiVo Rewards?

Both Dave Zatz and a TiVo Community member have reported that TiVo plans to discontinue their rewards program sometime in the near future. Unlike the TiVo Community thread, Dave Zatz went ahead and contacted his TiVo rep. to get some more details. According to Dave’s rep, April 28th will be the last day [...]

TiVo Rumors Galore: TiVo HD DVR On The Way, eSATA To Be Enabled, TiVoToGo On The Series 3

Engadget has published a post which states that they have some reliable information about upcoming TiVo hardware as well as some new features. According to Engadget, the lightweight TiVo DVR that I reported on last week may in fact be released as early as this week. Engadget states that the DVR will [...]