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Archive for the 'TiVo' Category

The End Of Prime Time Television

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 12th, 2008. Filed under Technology, Television, TiVo

An interesting article in The New York Times today talks about the changes being forced on television networks by the growing popularity of time-shifting technologies such as Digital Video Recorders:
This week, the television upfronts — in which the broadcast networks present their schedules to advertisers — will open with a mystery. Who stole six million [...]

Goodbye Video Store

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, July 12th, 2007. Filed under Technology, TiVo

The closing of our favorite neighborhood video store, thus relegating us to Blockbuster hell, has prompted me to sign up for something very cool, Amazon UnBox wiith TiVo.
How does the Amazon Unbox on TiVo service work?
Using Amazon Unbox on TiVo is easy. After a simple registration process, you will be able to shop for [...]

TV Viewing: DVR vs. Live

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, April 30th, 2007. Filed under Technology, Television, TiVo

The New York Times has an interesting piece today on the differences between what types of shows people watch live and what type they watch on their DVR’s:
On April 4, the ABC series ?Lost? had 10.8 million viewers ? less than half the audience that ?American Idol? attracted an hour earlier on Fox. But among [...]

Joining TiVo Nation

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, February 8th, 2007. Filed under Technology, TiVo

Since Brad asked in his comment to this post, yes, it is true that the Mataconis family is now part of TiVo nation. We purchased our 2-tuner unit at the end of December and have been thoroughly enjoying it ever since. It truly does revolutionize the way you watch television.
The transition became complete last night [...]

Amazon And TiVo Teaming Up

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, February 7th, 2007. Filed under Technology, TiVo

Speaking as both a loyal Amazon customer and a new TiVo user, this is very interesting
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6 ? Amazon.com, the online retail giant, and TiVo, pioneer of the digital video recorder, are teaming up to help downloaded movies and TV shows make the leap to television screens.
In a deal to be announced Wednesday, [...]

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