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DVR Rated The Must Have Gadget, World Wide
A company named NDS ran a survey of just over 1,000 people in the US, UK, Australia and Italy. Compared to household items (hair dryer, washing machine, blender, etc) the DVR was ranked number 3. Compared to gadgets (cell pho...
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DirecTV and Tivo Announce New HD DirecTV Box
Now they just need to hurry up and form a partnership with Time Warner (I can wish, right) so I can ditch my Moxi box. No offense to Moxi, but Tivo has a superior product. There isn’t a ton of news to divulge here, but ...
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KWORLD PlusTV ATSC 340U Dongle TV Tuner – $15 Shipped
By: Albert S Get the KWorld PlusTV ATSC 340U TV tuner for an amazing $14.99 w/ free 3-day shipping after mail in rebate. Click here: Newegg.com This dongle plugs into your USB port and catches over-the-air HD channels or unencr...
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Popcorn Hour A-110 Media Player Available For Pre-order
By: Albert S The Popcorn Hour A-110 networked media tank is not your average media player. Following on the heels of the highly regarded A-100, the updated version adds several enhancements including SATA hard drive support, US...
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Tivo Adds YouTube Functionality
Not a whole lot to tell. I’m guessing the interface is tailored to Tivo remotes. David from Zatznotfunny says it’s encoded in H.264 as opposed to MPEG-2, which is apparently the Tivo standard. The YouTube functio...
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Netflix Player To Stream More Than Netflix
I’ve got a Netflix Player review unit right now and I gotta say I am pretty impressed. Don’t worry, I’ll knock out a review soon enough, but then again there are a number of other ‘reviews’ out th...
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The Hauppauge 1212 HD-PVR High Def Video Record Available for Preorder
The jury is still out on this one, at least for me. The Hauppage 1212 is a DVR that allows you to record 1080i or 720p content in H.264 compression. It’s got a bunch of outputs, allows you to convert your old video tape...
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Free HD Tivo From Amazon
First and foremost, let me explain that you’ll need to purchase a Samsung HDTV from Amazon for this offer to apply. Simply ‘check’ the box next to the Tivo and HDTV of your choice and the discount/promo will ...
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Netflix Releases Box To Stream Movies & Calls It ‘The Netflix Player’
F-I-N-A-L-L-Y! I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve been waiting for Netflix to release a box, or some sort of device that allows me, a Mac user, to stream movies. I canceled my Netflix account a few months back pa...
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Apple To Release DVR
A new patent filing shows that Apple will finally release a useful home media center solution: a digital video recorder. The patents not only indicates that you’ll be able to record up coming shows and stream video from t...
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Turn Your iPod Into A Digital VCR
This little ditty turns your iPod into a digital VCR. Just plug the iRecorder into your iPod and TV, satellite or cable box via A/V cords and hit record to capture the onscreen action. For every 1 gig of free space you’ll...
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Tivo On Comcast Gets More Official (video)
Ok, so I’m kind of in denial that Comcast is getting Tivo. Don’t get me wrong it’s a good thing. But you see, Time Warner is what’s available in my area, so I can’t get it. Today, I ran across a Tivo/Comcast commercial running ...
