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Review of the EyeTV 250 Plus from Elgato

Peter Redmer

If you're looking for a svelte, effective, and fun solution for recording and watching television on your Mac, the Elgato EyeTV 250 is just the ticket.

Nero and TiVo Announce the Ultimate DVR Experience with Nero LiquidTV

Community Headlines — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:07:28 GMT

KARLSBAD, Germany & ALVISO, Calif., Sep 29, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Nero, creators of liquid media technology, and TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ:TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), announced today the unveiling of NeroLiquidTV|TiVoPC. This new offering revolutionizes the way consumers experience television by offering an enhanced TiVo DVR experience directly from the PC. With Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC, consumers can watch and pause live TV on their desktop, record their favorite shows directly to their hard drive, transfer shows between computers throughout the home, or enjoy their favorite shows on-the-go by exporting them to iPod(R), PlayStation(R) Portable (PSP(R), or burning them to DVD. Now the TiVo experience can be enjoyed on the PC, including TiVo features like WishList(R) searches, Season Pass(R) recordings, TiVo KidZone, and TiVo Suggestions. Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC with one year of TiVo service will be available in the U.S., Canada and Mexico in October 2008 with a suggested retail price of $199 USD for a retail box or $99 USD for a downloadable software-only version. TiVo service subscription renewal is on an annual basis at $99 a year. The retail box, containing a tuner card, TiVo...

I need a step by step instructions on how to install the slicer

mark barrouk — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:31:05 GMT

I think that I have everything to install the slicer. The only telnet experince that I have is at work reading off of instructions. I would feel safer having a step by step guide.

Mvix MX-760HD Portable Media Center Reviewed

Doug Felteau — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:26:21 GMT

The Mvix Wireless HD Media Center (MX-760HD) is the latest media center product from Unicorn Information Systems Co. Ltd. featuring “outstanding visual quality, supported by leading-edge video decoding technologies, high resolution audio specifications and the capability from wireless connectivity to home and office networks”, the MX-760HD represents the next generation of the popular HD-based media centers.

EVA8000, Apple TV, Sling, Popcorn Hour, or VUDU - Which Is Right For You?

pardizzone — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:31:31 GMT

There are many different media streamers out on the market now, including NETGEAR's Digital Entertainer HD , Apple TV , and VUDU , among others - it can get a little confusing! Some devices support internet features, and others do not. Do you have a large collection of media already, that you are looking to view on your television? Do you just want to rent movies online? Are you looking for the most "geeky" features, such as user contributed skins or applications? Out of all these available options, which one do you choose? We'd like to help you decide by comparing each device, what features each device offers, and for whom each device is best suited for. NETGEAR Digital Entertainer HD Apple TV VUDU SlingCatcher Popcorn Hour Networked Media Tank The categories that each unit can fall into are as follows: Novice User: Device is easy to setup and use. It has a polished interface, and is dedicated to only certain features (i.e. movies only, etc.) Average User: Device is easy to setup and use. It has a polished interface, and is employs multiple functions (i.e. streaming media from PC, web functions, etc.) Technical User: Device has more functions, allows...

Use a Powerline Adapter for Internet Connectivity with TiVo, Slingbox, and Other Devices

Ron Repking — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:12:12 GMT

I was so excited. I bought this new device that would allow me to watch my TV from anywhere in the world. A Slingbox, from Sling Media, plugs into my TiVo (or any other video source) and transmits the video and audio over the Internet, so no matter where I am, I can watch my home TV channels. With baseball season coming up, I was especially excited to watch the Chicago Cubs when I was out of town (or even at work)! I took my Slingbox out and quickly realized that I need to resolve a connetivity issue. Since the Slingbox transmits over the Internet, it needs a wired Internet connection in order to work. Since I didn't have a connection near my TiVo, I needed to look for another solution. Running an Ethernet cable from my router to the Slingbox was not an option considering all of the walls I would have to go through. When it came down to it, I really needed a wireless way to get a wired connection. Seems like a paradox, but it is what I needed nonetheless. After some investigation, I learned that this is actually possible with a device called a powerline...

TiVo and Neuros OSD Integration Bounties from DVRupgrade

Community Headlines — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:47:02 GMT

Neuros and DVRupgrade have partnered to bring hackers two new cash money bounties to allow an OSD to synchronize with TiVo's electronic programming guide. The OSD is primarily used to consolidate all your DVDs and VHS tapes into one box, but, due in large part to it being open source, more adventuresome users are already benefiting from its ability to do so much more (like record live TV, stream YouTube to your TV and music to your stereo, play photo slide shows on TV). And now you can get paid to help it do even more. From a recent DVRupgrade forums Posting ... (click for details) "People love TiVo for its robust program guide and related features, and people love the OSD for the portability of its recordings. So, we've come up with a bounty for a project that combines the best of both devices. Namely for the OSD to piggyback on the TiVo's recording schedule and make portable MPEG-4 recordings of those shows that you choose. It's essentially like having TiVo simultaneously record onto a portable device at the same time that its recording to its hard drive. With no file transfer or conversion, you could have all your...

Getting to Know Neuros OSD - The Analog to Digital Bridge

Matt Whitlock — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:56:40 GMT

...I wanted to give the Neuros OSD a spin. When I first heard about it last year, I knew it was a unique product, but it wasn't until I got my hands on one that I figured out how useful something like this can be. Don't get me wrong, it's not 100% innovation at its best, and while the execution of its secondary features is somewhat flawed, the core of the product can be extremely useful for those in the analog jam...