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How would you change the TiVo Premiere?
TiVo loyalists have waited a long, long time for this. The Premiere is marketed as the DVR to end all DVRs, and unlike those plain-jane boxes served up at your local pay-TV provider, there’s actually a decent amount of ingenuity within TiVo’s freshest set-top box
Verizon FiOS DVR Manager ensures you’ll never miss an episode of iCarly… ‘evar’
America has spoken (at least the TV-addicted, iPhone owning segment) and the cry is being heard: they want to control their DVRs from their handset! The Verizon FiOS DVR Manager sounds pretty straightforward: set your DVR! Set parental controls! Bookmark, browse, search TV programming, and more! Kind of makes that old iTunes-based media management system seem a little weak sauce, doesn’t it? Of course, if you’re out at dinner or in a meeting and you’re being driven to distraction trying to remember if Ninja Assassin is a video-on-demand selection this month, you probably have much bigger problems than on-the-road DVR management. But that’s none of our business
Marusys MS630S and MS850S set-top boxes stream straight to your iPhone
If you didn’t already have enough ways to get content onto your iPhone , Marusys is adding two more to the pile with its MS630S and MS850S set-top boxes. Said to be PVR-ready, these boxes are designed to serve up content in all sorts of ways, with composite, component, and HDMI video outputs on the back and, inside, the ability to run Linux-based media players like XBMC . Both rock a Magnum DX6225 media chip, enabling on-the-fly transcoding of content into a variety of formats, including the hallmark feature of these devices: streaming straight to the iPhone over WiFi.
TiVo Premiere is updated and expanded, but is it ready
It’s not streaking through downtown Dallas remaking Matt & Kim videos just yet but after an uneven start the TiVo Premiere continues to evolve, this time towards something with even more capacity and (hopefully) less lockups. ZatzNotFunny mentions a new software update to version 14.1c has gone live this weekend which is intended to fix lockups some customers are experiencing with more revisions promised over the coming weeks and months to address various performance and stability issues. Forum reactions are mixed, with some dropping back to the old UI for more stability and speed but if you’re living the Premiere lifestyle let us know how things are going for you
Niveus shows how it can help cable and satellite providers get HD on your PC
It’s just a tech preview, but our favorite high end Media Center maker, Niveus , is showing off Project Snowbird at NAB this week.
Niveus shows how it can help cable and satellite providers get HD on your PC
It’s just a tech preview, but our favorite high end Media Center maker, Niveus , is showing off Project Snowbird at NAB this week. Niveus hopes its PC client will help cable and satellite providers bring more premium HD content to the PC
