Dave Zatz Tired of waiting for that Comcast Motorola TiVo? Get a TiVo Series3 plus wireless adapter for $500… Direct from TiVo without rebates. $500 is nothing to sneeze at, but it’s the lowest price I’ve ever seen and a whole lot more palatable than the $800 MSRP. Too late for Sascha to reconsider? (via Gizmodo)
Comcast broadcast their earnings call this morning, and in addition to large profits (80% increase) they also announced 25% of their 25 million customers rent HD set-top boxes — having adding 500k+ subs this quarter. Wonder how many of those are Moto 6412 boxes that might see a TiVo upgrade later this year? Comcast’s PPV/VOD … Read more
Alex over at TiVo Blog has crafted a Mac Dashboard blog aggregator utilizing Yahoo Pipes (what?) allowing him to provide universal feed updates. The initial blogroll includes TiVoBlog ZatzNotFunny (only TiVo content) TiVoLovers Zeigen.com (only TiVo content) DavisFreeberg.com (only TiVo content) TiVo’s Official Blog (even though it isn’t updated that often) TVSquad (only TiVo content) … Read more
Bear Stearns is out today with some TiVo thoughts after a few references in Amazon’s quarterly statement and conference call: The Company launched “Amazon Unbox on TiVo,” available to over 1.5 million broadband-ready TiVo boxes and offering subscribers a great way to find, download and watch on their televisions thousands of movies and TV shows … Read more
I downloaded the April Vista Media Center update, though I don’t have very high hopes at this point. While it reportedly corrects at least one problem I was experiencing (with a dual tuner card), it doesn’t overcome the resource hog that is Vista or replace the ironic PS3/PSP interface with the superior Xbox 360 blade … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs. DivX’s Old And New CE Partners: Davis Freeberg The Set-Top Open and Shut: Connected Home 2 Go Merger Monday: Connected Home 2 Go The Race to DOCSIS 3.0: Connected Home 2 Go
I’m still regularly asked, “Which format will win?” And my answer has never wavered: Blu-ray and HD DVD will co-exist. While the numbers indicate Blu-ray is gaining momentum despite a late launch, I still believe both standards will remain viable… especially with even more talk of multi-format discs and players. Am I right? TWICE: Blu-ray … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs. Motorola CableCARD Set-Tops Shipping: Connected Home 2 Go Along the Road to Convergence: Connected Home 2 Go 100 Mbps Without Fiber to the Home: Connected Home 2 Go