I started out 2009 by re-organizing my home theater media cabinet. Several years back I used to have a UPS in the cabinet to protect the various components and keep the TiVo running in case of the occasional power fluctuation (which can happen a lot during the summer months here in Florida). That UPS eventually [...]
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Netflix on TiVo
Announced in the current issue of the TiVo newsletter, Netflix integration will be available on the Series3 and THD boxes next month! If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you’ll be able to “instantly” stream movies from Netflix to your TiVo … for free. I was a Netflix subscriber back in 1999 when I was still a [...]
TiVo on your PC
TiVo and Nero today announced LiquidTV, a package that brings the TiVo experience to your Windows-based PC available on October 15. There are plenty of great blog articles covering this new product, like Megazone’s over on Gizmo Lovers. It looks pretty slick … it’s basically the TiVo interface on your PC, something (some) people have [...]
Controlling HT components through walls
The way my home theater is set up, all of the components (receiver, TiVo, DVD recorder, Wii, etc.) are hidden in a cabinet. When we first moved in, I would leave the cabinet doors open so that the IR signals from the remote control could reach the components. This was unsightly though, so eventually I [...]
The terrabyte TiVo!
150 hours of HD-recording goodness … today TiVo unveiled its new TiVo HD XL. From the outside it looks just like the TiVo HD, but this baby sports a 1TB (that’s 1 terrabyte, or 1,000 gigabytes) “green” hard drive, THX certification (like my now-discontinued Series3 box), and comes with the backlit Glo remote … all [...]
History of the Peanut
No, not the food I’m allergic to … the TiVo peanut! Gizmodo has a great article on the history of TiVo’s distinctive remote.
TiVo HD
I’m back up to four TiVos. I couldn’t resist the new TiVo HD to go in my office with my Sony LCD TV. It’s time to retire my trusty old TX20. The THD is sometimes referred to as the “S3 Lite.” It doesn’t have the OLED display, isn’t THX certified, only has a 160gb hard [...]
Samsung DVD recorder
With the new HD TiVo in place, it was also time to consolidate the rest of the home theater in the media closet. This meant it was finally time to retire the 4-head Goldstar VCR my wife had bought back in 1995! But I wasn’t quite ready to drop VHS altogether (we still have a [...]
TiVo Series3
Ok, it’s time to start selling TiVos. I have four of them in the house now that I “broke down” and bought the new THX-certified Series3 HD DMR. This thing is sweet … and I know I say that a lot, but this time I mean it! It has two CableCARD slots, HDMI, eSATA (for [...]
Sony KLV-S23A10 23″ LCD HDTV
I must have been extra good this past year because my wife gave me the Sony KLV-S23A10 23″ LCD HDTV display for Christmas to replace an old 13″ tube. This 1366×768 display has 1 component input (for a DVD or other HD source), 3 composite and S-Video inputs, and HDMI and RGB connections. While it [...]
