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Tivo team up with Photobucket and Picasa for online photo sharing

Daniel Lim, Dec 3rd 2007 Discuss [0]

Good news for Tivo customer with Photobucket or Google’s Picasa. You can now access your online web album up to HD resolution (namely 720p, 1080i) on your TIVO S3 or Tivo HD. Other features included sideshows, browsing and sharing with the convenient of Tivo Keywords search. Tivo used to has similar service with Yahoo! Photos but Yahoo ditched it right after acquiring Flickr. The latter choice is not much of an upgrade since Flicker is a much bigger photo sharing service in the industry. It would be nice if we could have all 3 of them. Read The Full Story

Tivo Busting out of Set-Top Boxes and coming to your PC

James Allan Brady, Nov 28th 2007 Discuss [0]

Thanks to a new deal with Nero, TiVo is well on its way to hitting your PC. Sure, Windows Media Center has done a good job of dominating the DVR on a PC industry for oh so long, but it looks like they are getting some competition from a worthy competitor. Soon you’ll have your choice of Open Source MythTV (and SageTV), Closed source Windows Media Center, and Closed source (but non-windows) Nero/TiVo TiVo service. I like choices, and the only thing that has kept me from getting a TiVo in the past has been the monthly fees, so, removing those by making me responsible for obtaining the proper hardware, well that’s fine, and I might use the TiVo app on my PC when it comes out. Read The Full Story

TiVo service enters Canada

Satsuki Then, Nov 26th 2007 Discuss [0]

Canadian can finally enjoy the famous TiVo service as TiVo announces its availability in Canada. Tivo Series 2DT is the only device that will be sold during the launch giving Canadian consumer up to 80 hours of recording time. The set top box sells for $199 at some stores such as Best Buys and Future Shop. As for the subscription rates, TiVo said it should be close to what US consumers are paying. TiVo service goes live in Canada [via electronista]

Hitachi UT Series LCD TVs – Thin and light, but full of features

James Allan Brady, Nov 14th 2007 Discuss [0]

You don’t believe its thin and light? Well peep this, its 35mm thick, that’s a number, then for the lightness, look at the runway model carrying one and stopping to pose after strutting out with the screen in hand. I am pretty sure a good sign of something being light is how easily a runway model can carry eat and still look good. Part of the reason its so light is because they’ve separated the actual screen, and all the other junk that usually comes built into back/side of the TVs. Read The Full Story

BulletDVR racing Camcorder/Lap Timer

James Allan Brady, Nov 9th 2007 Discuss [0]

Ever wanted a good, easy solution to recording your races from a first person point of view? Well the BulletDVR has your back with its little black box and camera combo. The little black box stores the video, does all the encoding and such, and can even offer up lap times, jetting, gearing, suspension, and fuel consumption info. The camera is fairly small but the most important thing is it is unaffected by vibration, a major problem with putting cameras in racing vehicles. Read The Full Story

Pacific Defense Bluetooth DVR pen

James Allan Brady, Nov 7th 2007 Discuss [2]

You guessed it; this pen is a DVR that has Bluetooth. It also has a microSD card slot. It has an audio detection mode too, so it knows when to start recording, and it’s designed to work in low-light situations. It can even send an alarm signal if motion is detected. No, it’s not a DVR in the sense that your new Media Center PC is a DVR, this one actually has a camera and microphone built in. of course there is also a motion sensor, so its clearly not made for use by the standard person, and judging by the company’s name, its probably for spy operations. Read The Full Story

Rumor: Xbox 360 might get HD-DVD drive, somehow

James Allan Brady, Oct 19th 2007 Discuss [2]

Alright, so not too long ago I reported on a potential new SKU, the Xbox 360 Ultimate which was supposedly going to be the Elite, but with an integrated HD-DVD drive. That, so far hasn’t happened, but this new announcement could give way to just that. Or, they could just bundle the current separate HD-DVD drive with an Xbox 360 Elite since they probably have a ton of HD-DVD drives just sitting around. Although the drives have been selling like crazy thanks to all the rebates, price cuts, and other deals. Read The Full Story

Horizon Semiconductors Hz4120 and Hz3120

James Allan Brady, Sep 19th 2007 Discuss [0]

They company name, as well as the product names probably don’t mean much to you, however what they do is quite important to your impending HD lifestyle. They are both SoC or system-on-a-chip systems that can do real-time HD encoding, transcoding, and decoding. They have MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 decoders, audio processors, and graphics acceleration built into them. they are being made for set top boxes for both satellite and cable boxes, the 4120 is aimed at cable, with the 3120 being aimed at satellite. Read The Full Story

Magnetox v120 is Mac Mini Look-A-Like with DVR Functionality

James Allan Brady, Sep 4th 2007 Discuss [1]

The Magnetox v120 has an uncanny likeness to the Mac Mini, but I assure you the Magnetox doesn’t even compare in functionality. In fact I am going to go so far as to say that the v120 would be a complete waste of money as it doesn’t really do any of its intended functions completely or all that well on its own. First, let’s start with the fact that it’s a DVR with no integrated storage or even a program guide. Then lets move on to the fact that its probably analog only. After that head straight to the fact that its limited number of formats supported doesn’t even make it all that good of a media player. Read The Full Story

DirecTV HR21 Pro DVR Is Rack-Mountable HD Recording Dream

James Allan Brady, Sep 1st 2007 Discuss [0]

So, being the shallow person I am, I am going to go ahead and judge this book by its rack-mountable cover, its not gonna be cheap. It can record up to 100 hours of HD content, and since it is for the DirecTV network you can bet users will have plenty of HD content to record. It will support 1080p output, through its pretty Optical HDMI port. There is a whole slew of ports pictured on the back, but none of them are OTA antenna connectors for recording HD over the air. Read The Full Story

Bang & Olufsen DVD 2

James Allan Brady, Aug 21st 2007 Discuss [0]

Bang & Olufsen are at it again with a new version of their DVD player. Once again, this isn’t the most attractive DVD player, but its feature set makes it well worth it.

This DVD player provides near-MCE level functionality. It has a DVD player and recorder, a TV tuner/recorder, and an integrated HDD for storage of media.

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Sony to add DVR functionality to PS3 in 2008

Satsuki Then, Aug 1st 2007 Discuss [0]

Sony is reported to be working on DVR capabilities for PS3. The new function will gives owners of PS3 the ability to record live TV into their PS3 hard drive. Read The Full Story