TiVo now placing ads on the delete screen
I finally saw TiVo‘s new advertising placements on the “Delete this recording?” screen. It was a one line blurb for Burger King that you could click into via the remote. It was not intrusive and didn’t...
View ArticleNot a fan of Vibrant Media’s intellitxt popups (and how to get rid of them)
I was reading a blog about pulling an XML feed from my TiVo and I kept being distracted by popup ads over key words in the article. You’ve probably seen them on other sites, the words have a double...
View ArticleDisplaying what your TiVo recorded as a blog badge
There have been some people blogging about having what was recorded on TiVo being displayed on their blog. Something like how you have display what you have been listening to with Last.FM....
View ArticleWhy I like owning a TiVo
This tip just popped in my email as part of the TiVo Newsletter: TiVo Tip: Only the Best, Thank You So you want to see the 100 greatest American movies of all time, do you? Easy! Get the AFI, 100...
View ArticleIt’s not a TiVo, it’s just a DVR
There’s a post on the TV Board blog that really illustrates the differences between a TiVo and a cable company DVR. A friend of the blog’s author (Mitch Oscar) was contacted by his cable operator,...
View ArticleSome odd TiVo issues
I have couple a couple of Series2 TiVo DVRs and they just received the TiVo Fall 2008 Service Update for 9.3.2. It’s basically a few tweaks to the UI, but the odd thing was that I needed to manually...
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Just watched a movie in HD using Amazon Video On Demand through my Tivo
I had some credits with my Amazon account so I decided to “rent” a movie through their Amazon Video On Demand program. TiVo had offered the Amazon Video on Demand for while, I decided to see what the...
View ArticleTwitter? Time Warner Cable gets it
I have a love/hate relationship with Twitter. Some days, I think it’s greatest time waste since they invented the meeting. Other days, it’s an endless source of amusement. And on some days, it’s...
View ArticleHow TweeVo survived the OAuthcalypse
Last month, I spent a few evenings adding OAuth support to Brian Peek’s TweeVo application. TweeVo is a little WPF based application that runs in the background and logs what your TiVo has recorded to...
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