I wrote earlier about a frustration of mine with Amazon Unbox: movie rentals expire 24 hours from the moment you first start watching them. This caused me problems because I often split a movie into two parts, watching each after the kids go to bed - so around the same time every night.
Then, Apple announced [...]
Entries from March 2008
DIRECTV PayPerView Recordings to Expire on DVRs
March 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: DirecTV
TiVo Announces YouTube Downloads for HD TiVos
March 12th, 2008 · No Comments
TiVo has announced another avenue for internet downloads: YouTube. A press release says downloads from YouTube will be available later this year to TiVo HD and TiVo Series3 hardware. Presumably, this will be in the form of a software update, and the DVR will need to be connected to broadband.
While it’s great that this will [...]
Tags: TiVo News
TiVo and DIRECTV: The “Cleaner, Clearer” Future
March 11th, 2008 · No Comments
TiVo’s stock was up over 10% today, supposedly as a result of a Q&A session that TiVo’s CEO, Tom Rogers, had with Bear Stearns.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Rogers spoke at length about TiVo’s big win in the Echostar trial, expressing surprise that the impact of the legal win wasn’t being respected on Wall Street.
Rogers [...]
DIRECTV HR21 PRO in Stock, Upgraded to 1TB
March 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
We’ve been waiting for awhile now, and the DIRECTV HR21 Pro is finally in stock. Initially, we will be offering the unit in its stock capacity (500GB) as well as 1000GB (1TB).
The HR21 Pro is targeted at the home theater/professional installation market. It can be mounted in a rack with the included, removable mounting brackets. [...]
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