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Series 3 and TiVo HD Users Now Get Pause Menu Ads

by Community Headlines on April 6, 2009 11:11 AM

Already present on older Series 2 TiVo hardware, Series 3 and HD TiVo owners now get to join in the fun of pause menu ads. Dave Zatz of Zatz Not Funny reports that the newest... More »

TiVo and SeaChange Partnership Expands Video-On-Demand Offerings

by Community Headlines on March 2, 2009 4:04 PM

ALVISO, Calif. and ACTON, Mass., --- March 2, 2009 — TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), and SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC), the leading... More »

TiVo Desktop 2.7 Has Been Released

by Community Headlines on February 9, 2009 2:45 PM

Dave Zatz of "Zatz Not Funny" tells us that the new version of TiVo Desktop is now out, and contains a number of improvements. Here's some of what's in store for TiVo Desktop users: Specify... More »

A TiVo Remote For Your iPhone... Only A Dollar

by Community Headlines on January 16, 2009 10:19 AM

In these tough economic times, there's not much you can still buy for a dollar. Even the dollar menu at many restaurants is actually the dollar-twenty-nine menu. No more 2 for 2 Big Macs either.... More »

TiVo Aims To Become "Google" Of Television, Unveils New Search Feature

by Community Headlines on January 13, 2009 1:52 PM

Even though you might be an avid DVR user, haven't you ever sat down in front of the TV and said to yourself... "Wow, I have dozens and dozens, maybe over a hundred channels and... More »

MythTV and TiVo Series 3 Comparison: Battle of Open Source and Proprietary DVRs

by Doug Felteau on February 13, 2007 1:44 PM

Does an open source solution like MythTV stand a chance against the marketing power and research behind the TiVo Series 3? We decided to pit these two completely different DVR solutions against each other and compare in a non-biased way. More »

InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes

by Lou Jacob on March 8, 2006 10:36 PM

InstantCake is a custom DIY software tool designed to quickly and easily create a basic replacement drive kit from a standard off-the-shelf PC hard drive. InstantCake comes as a single CD (or as a downloadable ISO which can be easily burned to CD) for your specific TiVo Digital Video Recorder. The CD must be booted from your PC's CD-ROM drive, and it will ask you several simple questions about the upgrade... More »

Beginner's Guide to Extraction with a DirectTiVo (HD or non-HD)

by Yog-Sothoth on May 9, 2006 1:02 PM

Do you need a way to archive the recordings stored on your HR10-250 (HD) DirecTiVo or Series 2 DirecTiVo (running software version 6.2)? How about a way to burn them to DVD? You can learn how with this complete step-by-step guide. Read on to learn more. More »

The Slicer: Instructions and Release Notes

by Lou Jacob on September 7, 2006 3:09 PM

The Slicer is a tool designed to allow your modified TiVo to accept and install a software update without overwriting existing telnet/ftp or serial bash access. More »

gotomydvr: Administer Your Hacked TiVo Remotely

by Yog-Sothoth on November 29, 2006 10:13 PM

"Gotomydvr" is a new [beta] service from DVRupgrade that allows you to connect to your TiVo remotely using TivoWebPlus. Using this method, there is no complicated port forwarding required, and you are connected to your TiVo via a secure session, so no user name or password are required in the tivoweb.cfg file (for security reasons). More »

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