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We’ve said it a few times on this blog, and we continue to insist that a TiVo is much more than a DVR. Now, in his letter to shareholders, Tom Rogers, the CEO and President of TiVo, goes further: DVR means “digital video retriever.”
The letter is a good read. He writes about the future of [...]

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The Single Wire Multiswitch for DirecTV (or SWM) has made installing DirecTV or expanding an existing installation much, much easier. And the SWM world is still evolving with new products. We’ve just received our first shipment of SWM E4 Expanders. These units hold four SWM units. The Expander attaches directly to the four SWMs (or [...]

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We often get asked questions about phone lines and their need and use with DirecTV TiVos (or DirecTiVos, as many call them). So here’s some Q & A:
Does my DirecTV TiVo get guide data from the phone line or the satellite?
DirecTV TiVo combo units get their guide data from the satellite, sent down as data [...]

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Gizmodo has a nice article about the history and design aspects of the TiVo remote.
We’ve always wanted a QWERTY keyboard! Please!
Good read.

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For several days, due to a great deal from our distributor, we had been selling 250 GB drives for certain models in certain configurations at the price of 160 GB drives - $119. We’ve now taken this special off of our home page, and replaced it with the amazing $99 deal for the Humax T2500.
But [...]

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