http://www.wkblog.com/tivo The blog about the TiVo SuperStore WeaKnees Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:01:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/07/toms-letter-the-tivo-is-more-than-a-dvr/ 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 ... http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/06/4-input-swm-expander-in-stock/ 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 ... http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/06/miscfaq-phone-lines-and-directv-tivos/ 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. http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/06/great-comprehensive-tivo-remote-history-article/ 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 ... http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/06/250-gb-drives-still-around-blog-special/ With the amount of storms around the country at the moment, it seems that power supplies in TiVos are blowing out at a pretty swift pace. Our sales of TiVo power supplies have tripled in the last week. Thankfully, we have them for every model of TiVo ever produced, except ... http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/06/surge-in-tivo-power-supply-sales/ We're now carrying several replacement DirecTV remotes. First up, we have the standard Peanut style remote for all DirecTV TiVo users, except the SAT T-60. See our DirecTV TiVo Peanut Remote page. We've got the type that came with the original DirecTV TiVos, then the variety that came starting with the ... http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/06/directv-replacement-remotes/ Switching an infrared (IR) remote to work via radio frequency (RF) has a pretty huge benefit: It's not limited to line of site, but can go through walls, floors, cabinet doors, into closest, etc. So the receiver (in this case a DVR) doesn't need to be sitting out roughly where ... http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/06/enabling-rf-with-an-hr20-or-hr21-remote/ Our distributor made us a very good deal on some Seagate DB35 250GB drives, so we're putting them in our TiVo upgrade kits at the same price as where we normally sell 160GB kits. To get this special offer, you need to order from the special on our homepage. These kits ... http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/06/new-special-250-gb-drives-for-119/ If you're a DirecTV DVR user, you know the value of having two satellite feeds to your DVR: you can record two shows at once. The new DirecTV SWM products make wiring this a lot easier - in many cases you can just use existing cable wiring since you can ... http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/06/directv-slimline-swm-on-the-horizon/