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March 7, 2007

TiVo Amazon Unbox service launched | PVRblog

You can buy and/or rent movies or TV shows from Amazon’s Unbox service, and have them show up on your TiVo. Bigger library than Apple’s movie service — Could this help keep TiVo afloat a smidge longer? (Your first $15 hit is free. I just “bought” The Departed)

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September 12, 2006

TiVo.com | TiVo(R) Series3(TM) HD

Existing TiVo lifetime subscribers can transfer their subscription to a new “Series 3” HD box. This is an incredibly smart move by TiVo — A tasty carrot to encourage their existing customers to upgrade to the new hardware while it’s still full price.

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July 13, 2006

TiVo Central Online: Guru Guide™ Recommendations

Somehow, I missed this when it launched. Subscribe your TiVo to “guides” provided by magazines. I’ve just subbed up for the Entertainment Weekly one, which nets me anything called out in the “What To Watch” section of the mag.

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March 27, 2006

Videora TiVo Converter

Free one-click conversion of video files to the specific MPEG format required to copy video onto your TiVo. No messing around with demuxers or codecs required. They also have one that converts to iPod Video format.

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February 11, 2006

last.fm Player on TiVo HME

last.fm Player on TiVo HME

Someone's knocked out a last.fm player for the TiVo HME platform. Works pretty well too. If you've got a Series 2 TiVo hooked up to your home network, follow the instructions at apps.tv to give it a try.

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January 31, 2005

Tivo HME in Action

Tivo HME in Action

Playing the fab "Same Game" on my telly, courtesy of the TiVo HME demo.

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This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.

I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.