Is NBC Blocking Recording of My Programs in Windows Media Center?

Chris Pirillo uncovers some potential monkey business in Seattle."I use Tivo, and I am getting tired of paying $13 a month just for a program guide. So I’ve been looking into some computer-based alternatives. Windows Media Center had been on my radar until some shows were...

Yet Another How-To Video Site

"IAC Launching How-To Site; Life333.com to enter an already crowded field with original and aggregated instructional content. (paidContent)"

Totally cool technology -- cable-card

"And the competition among third-party DVR manufacturers may actually mean--finally--that you could walk in to Best Buy and choose from a selection of affordably priced high-def DVRs that work more or less identically whether you're a Time Warner, Cox, or Comcast subscriber,...

Smile, You're on Big Brother's TiVo

The only way for this pie-in-the-sky concept to be feasible would be if entire cities were surveilled by video cameras. Oh. Wait. It's already happening. Again, it's a case of wanting to protect freedom by destroying it."Reuters yesterday reported on a recently issued study...

More Marketers Stay Mum on Super Bowl Ad Buys

"NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- It's the country's highest-profile advertising showcase, drawing 90.7 million households who skip the TiVo and stay glued to their screens during the ads.It's an unrivaled venue for sweated-over creative that is endlessly dissected on TV and radio...

The Ultimate Guide to Video iPod Covert DVD To Ipod Movies

Well, let’s see. There are so many options squeezed into one slim, 2.5” LCD screen media center that it’s going to take a lot of time going over each one of them. So let’s do take it one at a time, shall we? This guide is going to take over all the options...

EchoStar Gets Temporary Reprieve On Tivo DVR Injunction

"A ruling to stop the sale of digital video recorders by EchoStar Communications yesterday was temporarily blocked this morning by a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Englewood, Colorado-based EchoStar said this morning that the US District Court of the Eastern District of...

Advertising: TiVo Is Watching When You Don’t Watch, and It Tattles

"TiVo is starting a research division to sell data about how its 4.4 million users watch commercials — or, more often, skip them."

iBloggedThis » Comcast to begin testing HD TIVO service

"Comcast is about to begin beta testing the HD TIVO service on their DVR boxes this month" "The TIVO software will be downloaded directly onto existing Comcast HD DVR boxes, without the need to purchase or rent any extra hardware. "

Left Coast Leaner: Is watching a taped game the same as watching the game live?

I think we can all agree that the Spurs-Kings playoff series represents one of the greatest Kings experiences in recent memory. It may be only the first round, but if we knock off the champs (only 2 other #8 seeds have never knocked off a #1, and that was before the 7-game...