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TiVo HD Lifetime Service Transfer: $199 For a Limited Time

This is a semi-good deal if you’ve already purchased a lifetime subscription on your old Series 2 units and want to upgrade to a TiVo HD. For the medium, medium price of $199, you can transfer your old sub to the new unit if and only if you purchase an HD unit between October 11…

TiVo on Comcast Rollout Behind Schedule, Catholic Bear-Pope Shits in Woods

Captain Obvious is getting a promotion to Major today, as TiVo’s CEO Tom Rogers says the TiVo on Comcast rollout is a “little behind” schedule. For those of you like us who are on Comcast’s DVR (which stands for Dropping Video Regularly), TiVo has been planning to put their fancy UI on top of Comcast’s…

TiVo Rocks the Rhapsody Music Service

It’s been muttered about since the first of the year, but now it’s official and in full effect: TiVo gets the Rhapsody Music Service, and users get a month-long free trial without providing a credit card, or even signing up. It’s just one click. (Okay, like two.) It’s a match-up of make-life-easier products, albeit two…

It Doesn’t Take a TARDIS To Time Shift

You read the post about DVRs screwing with Nielsen ratings, right? I’m gonna take a wild guess that most Giz readers never watch regularly scheduled programming. Here’s a quick way for all of us to find out: Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in an RSS reader, click through to view in…

DVRs Screw Up Nielsen; Commercials Now Rated Too

You knew it would happen: DVRs are finally breaking down the TV ratings system. Because DVRs make skipping over commercials so easy, Nielsen is now rating commercials themselves, based in part on how often people stop fast-forwarding and watch them. According to a New York Times report, DVRs have also affected show ratings themselves: after…

Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me

Fulfilling a promise they made last November, TiVo and Cablevision are rolling out the first-ever Spanish-language TiVo, for cable customers in Mexico City. Mexico city? Who does a news release based on Mexico City? If this doesn’t demonstrate the bizarre relationship TiVo has with cable companies, I don’t know what would. The TiVos will have…

TiVo Confirms TiVoToGo and Multi-Room Viewing Will Hit Series3 and TiVo HD This November

The rumors we posted are true: TiVo is finally getting its balls back. TiVo has confirmed with Gizmodo that TiVoToGo and multi-room viewing have returned to the new Series3 boxes—including the TiVo HD—and will be available in November. We are told that the hold up was DRM—getting the rights stuff figured out with CableCard was…

TiVoToGo and Multi-Room Viewing are coming to Series 3 and TiVoHD boxes in November. [TiVo Community]

TiVo’s just announced that their TiVo Series 3 DVR is getting a Crestron touch panel, which allows it to integrate into a Crestron plug-and-play systems solution to control all your electronics from one place. [TiVo, Crestron]

Time Warner Cable’s Pseudo-DVR Won’t Let You Skip Commercials

In October, Time Warner is going to start rolling out a new DVR-like service called Look Back—emphasis on the “like,” since it won’t let you fast-forward through commercials and you have to watch a show before midnight on the day that it’s shown. You don’t get to keep them, either. But, it’s totally gratis. Subjecting…

TiVo Desktop 2.5 Arrives

We told you about it yesterday, and here it is today, TiVo Desktop version 2.5.275381, ready for download. Just as we thought, TiVoToGo isn’t supported on the Series3 or TiVo HD yet, but there are a few new features. https://gizmodo.com/tivo-desktop-2-5-update-coming-doesnt-fix-everything-286802 Check out this installation window, telling you about the new features such as Windows Vista…

TiVo Desktop 2.5 Update Coming, Doesn’t Fix Everything

Ears to the ground, we’re hearing reliable sources saying that TiVo Desktop 2.5 is on its way, and may be released as early as today. The handy utility that lets you snag videos your TiVo has recorded right there on your PC and use them on other devices will finally get Windows Vista support, as…

TiVo HD Actually Needs TiVo Wireless Adapter

Quick note to TiVo HD buyers and potential buyers: it looks like you really do need the official TiVo Wireless Adapter. Like the Series 3, TiVo lists on their site that you need to use their branded gear for the unit. And after getting my new TiVo HD in the mail (2 weeks early, which…

Weaknees is offering preinstalled big hard drives for the TiVo HD, bulking up the only major weakness between it and Series 3 boxes. [Weaknees via PVR Blog]

PlayStation 3’s DVR Functionality May Be TiVo Proper

Let’s have some fun talking about something that will never happen. All that talk about the Sony PS3 possibly getting a digital tuner and DVR has just been taken up a notch with the recollection that Sony actually has a deal with TiVo. Signed back in 2001, the deal allows Sony to use TiVo software,…

DirecTiVos to Get Updates (For Some Crazy Reason)

Hallelujah! For some reason, TiVo and DirecTV are updating the older Series 2 generation DirecTiVos as part of an ongoing agreement to explore bringing “future enhancements” to DirecTV TiVo owners. The improvments now include the addition of the Recently Deleted shows folder, Remote Booking, and Overlap Protection (recording conflict resolution). They don’t even sell these…

Dealzmodo: TiVo Series 2 Free After Rebate

TiVo must be wanting to clear out its back stock of Series 2 machines, because we haven’t see many of these free after rebate deals for a while. From now until September 8 (when the rebate expires), you can your own 80-hour Series 2 for $0 after mail-in rebate. Your service has to be activated…

Six Takes on the New Tivo HD

The Tivo HD is the product were waiting for but beginning to doubt. Because Tivo’s Series 3 model successfully brought HD to the platform, but at a price reserved for high-end home theaters. So when news of the $299 Tivo HD broke, we were elated. But how does it perform? Hit the jump for our…

TiVo wants your business so badly they will refuse to cancel your account even if you’re moving…to the moon! [Consumerist]

Hands-On TiVo Unbox Movie Rentals, PC-Free

TiVo’s $300 HD player was fully revealed today, so it’s a good time to explore TiVo’s pumped up Unbox functionality that this and the Series 3/2 all have. TiVo has been working as a set top box for Amazon’s Unbox movie rental and purchase service for a while, but only in the last few weeks…