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TiVoRemote App Updated with Slick GUI and Handy Features

TiVoremote, the iPhone / iPod touch Telnet TiVo Remote app, was finally updated a few weeks ago with an ooey gooey GUI, and some really useful new features. Now at version 0.23, the app can now detect TiVos on your home network, allowing for easy selection of the TiVo you want to control. What’s even…

Tech News Christopher Mascari Jun 30

Story of a Peanut: The TiVo Remote’s Untold Past, Present and Future

I recently had the opportunity to learn more about TiVo’s award-winning remote control when I met with their Senior Director of Consumer Engineering Paul Newby, father of the TiVo remote. Aside from hearing the story of how the remote slowly sprouted into the “Peanut,” I found out some unknown stories behind the clicker. Stuff like…

Television Christopher Mascari Jun 20

State of The Infinite Format War: Get Ready for Five Long Years of Set-Top Battle Royale

One year ago, we predicted that the infinite format war would rise from the ashes of the HD DVD/Blu-ray format war-that a million online services and set-top boxes would suddenly promise to deliver movies and video to your computer or TV. And that each one would essentially be their own format, since none of them…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jun 13

All Things D: Tom Rogers, TiVo CEO

Kara Swisher is inteviewing Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo (and CEO with the best pirate name). Kara: Why not TiVo tech in TVs, powering everything? Rogers: Biggest reason is that TVs already have tiny margins. Building them into TVs makes it hard to drive the same pricing. What we are finding is that the TV…

Tech News Brian Lam May 29

TiVo Cheats on Amazon for Disney Content

While TiVo’s offered Amazon Unbox downloads for some time, apparently TiVo isn’t opposed to playing the field. The company just signed another video on demand partner, Cinemanow, to bring in Disney content. Their library is tiny with only 1,500 titles and we’re not certain whether TiVo will only be accessing their Disney content. But there…

Commerce Mark Wilson May 28

Amazon Offering Free TiVo HDs With Many TVs

Amazon is offering a free TiVo HD with select television purchases, and not just the crazy-expensive ones, either. You can pick up a 40-inch Samsung (720P, 8000:1 contrast and 2 HDMI ports) for $947.71 and score the free TiVo (which currently runs about $230 on Amazon). The offer is also good for select Sony, Panasonic,…

Gadgets Mark Wilson May 27

Australia Gets TiVo Minus the Subscription Fees

The Seven Media Group is so excited to distribute TiVos in Australia before the Beijing Olympics (and worried about fierce regional competition) that they’re actually offering the boxes with full service sans subscription fees. If you ask the average non-TiVo user why he/she uses an alternative DVR, 9 out of 10 people will probably point…

Gadgets Mark Wilson May 21

TiVo Switched Video Tuning Adapters Appear at CableLabs

At long last, the SDV dongles that TiVo promised would arrive this year from Motorola and Cisco have been submitted to CableLabs for formal testing. For those unfamiliar, these little devices allow for two way communication between CableCard boxes and Cable Companies, so that only the needed programming data is sent, and bandwidth is conserved.…

Television Adrian Covert May 19

Question of the Day: What Do You Use To Record Your TV Shows?

The news that TiVo has brought back lifetime subscriptions got me thinking about how many people subscribe to TiVo versus going with a cable DVR or a PC-based method. In my opinion, it doesn’t really matter as long as I don’t have to sit through LOST with a commercial break popping up every 5 minutes.…

Tech News Sean Fallon May 15

Media Center’s Do Not Record Broadcast Flag Is Still Alive

Recently, some Windows Media Center owners were blocked from recording American Gladiators and Medium because of an incorrectly set broadcast flag from NBC. What’s the deal here? The broadcasters (NBC, ABC, HBO) can turn on a flag in their data stream that tells whatever DVR machine on your end that it’s NOT alright to record…

Tech News Jason Chen May 15

TiVo Lifetime Subscriptions Have Returned

Those who hate the idea of a monthly prick on the finger compared to a one-time police baton to the groin will be pleased to know that TiVo’s Product Lifetime Subscription is back. The catch? It’s more expensive than it used to be…for some. New subscribers will have to fork over $399 to avoid monthly…

Gadgets Mark Wilson May 15

Control Your TiVo With Your Ubuntu Machine

This Ubuntu app isn’t quite as cool as the TiVo remote app for iPhone we saw last week, but the concept of controlling your TiVo over your network is just getting started. By allowing any network device to issue orders, you can essentially make your cellphone, laptop, PC, wall panel or internet connected dog into…

Tech News Jason Chen May 12

HD Content Confirmed For Amazon Unbox!

TiVo has officially confirmed that Amazon Unbox will get HD content in the near future, but execs at the company say a few kinks need to be ironed out first. The current version of Unbox can’t process HD content, and availability is limited by bandwidth constraints—something cable companies are in the process of solving. If…

Commerce Elaine Chow May 10

iPhone / iPod TiVoRemote App Makes Telnet Control Easy

Remember when we showed you an iPhone controlling a TiVo over IP by means of Telnet? Well, over at the TiVo Community Forum, a user named Duckfin has compiled a “quick and dirty little program” that gives the iPhone and iPod touch a proper TiVo Remote. The app which is named TiVoRemote, no surprise there,…

Tech News Christopher Mascari May 8

TiVo Remote Control Over IP via Telnet

When TiVo worked with Crestron (the home automation company) to provide integration between your DVR and your wall control panels, they actually opened up a door for people to control your TV with just about any computer. All you have to do is telnet into your TiVo via port 31339 and type in some commands.…

Tech News Jason Chen May 1

Netflix Working With Three Secret Hardware Partners: No Names, Just Hints

We already know that Netflix has partnered up with LG, but a recent conference quarterly call has revealed that there are three other players in the mix: https://gizmodo.com/netflix-and-lg-bring-netflix-movie-streaming-to-tvs-339845 At this point, I can tell you we have LG plus three additional partners actively working on integrating our technology into their products. Three of the four…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 22

CableLabs Responds to CableCard Screwjob Allegation

The good folks at CableLabs replied to today’s piece about CableCard customers getting screwed out of HD channels. To their credit, they did not ask for a correction, because we didn’t print anything inaccurate (though they do claim the HD Guru may have). They just wanted us to consider some “clarifications,” arguments that go far…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 17

CableCard Users Are Getting Screwed Out of HD Channels

Our friend Gary Merson, the HD Guru, has uncovered an issue that may soon piss you off. Cable customers who use the current CableCard to decode signal directly in their TV, a TiVo or Windows Media Center PC may soon start losing HD channels because of a change in technology. To conserve bandwidth, cable carriers…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 17

Is CBS Blocking Shows From Your DVR?

John Sciacca at Sound & Vision says his DVR no longer lets him record his favorite show, Survivor. Sciacca claims that despite setting his Time Warner box to record every episode of the reality show, when the time comes, it acts as if there is nothing to record. Sometimes, he says, the record light even…

Tech News Benny Goldman Apr 15

Tivo Defeats Echostar for Stealing DVR Patent in Epic Court Battle Once and For All

Two years after initially smacking down Echostar (now just Dish Network) in court for stepping on its patent for a “multimedia time warping system” (aka a DVR) Tivo has clinched final and lasting victory against the satellite provider. Dish Network subscribers won’t have to worry about losing their DVRs or seeing anything different though, since…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Apr 11

TiVoRemote App Updated with Slick GUI and Handy Features

Story of a Peanut: The TiVo Remote’s Untold Past, Present and Future

State of The Infinite Format War: Get Ready for Five Long Years of Set-Top Battle Royale

All Things D: Tom Rogers, TiVo CEO

TiVo Cheats on Amazon for Disney Content

Amazon Offering Free TiVo HDs With Many TVs

Australia Gets TiVo Minus the Subscription Fees

TiVo Switched Video Tuning Adapters Appear at CableLabs

Question of the Day: What Do You Use To Record Your TV Shows?

Media Center’s Do Not Record Broadcast Flag Is Still Alive

TiVo Lifetime Subscriptions Have Returned

Control Your TiVo With Your Ubuntu Machine

HD Content Confirmed For Amazon Unbox!

iPhone / iPod TiVoRemote App Makes Telnet Control Easy

TiVo Remote Control Over IP via Telnet

Netflix Working With Three Secret Hardware Partners: No Names, Just Hints

CableLabs Responds to CableCard Screwjob Allegation

CableCard Users Are Getting Screwed Out of HD Channels

Is CBS Blocking Shows From Your DVR?

Tivo Defeats Echostar for Stealing DVR Patent in Epic Court Battle Once and For All

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