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Got a TiVo? Your iPhone is your friend

by Robert Palmer (Jan 23rd, 2009)

If you have a TiVo, there are several apps in the App Store that can make recording and playing your favorite shows just a little easier. While none of them allow playback on the iPhone or iPod touch themselves, they're still useful tools for TiVo-holics. For those with TiVo Series 3 boxes, DVR ...

Schedule DirecTV recording with your iPhone

by Mel Martin (Jan 12th, 2009)

A lot of people may know about this, and a lot may not. Here's the straight skinny. Last year DirecTV rolled out the ability to go to a web page and give instructions to your DVR to record a program. TiVo and Replay TV also had this ability for quite some time. Meanwhile Dish Network just announced ...

TiVo launches mobile site

by Dave Caolo (Nov 25th, 2008)

Earlier this week, TiVo announced their new mobile site, m.tivo.com, and it's OK. Definitely not the solution I've been wanting from TiVo, but good at what it does. I tested it out on my iPhone and was able to find and schedule a recording easily. In fact, the process should be very familiar to ...

SuperSync adds support for TiVo Mp3s

by Mike Schramm (Apr 23rd, 2008)

We posted about SuperSync last year, and we just posted about another iTunes library syncing app, Syncopation. But just in case you've been waiting to sync your music libraries not just across iTunes but also to your TiVo, the wait is over -- SuperSync version 2.3 now does just that. You can connect ...

Show floor video: El Gato HD hardware and EyeTV 3

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 24th, 2008)

While we wait for Apple to cram a TV tuner or cable card into the Apple TV (don't hold your breath-- seriously), El Gato continues to pump out some nice hardware/software tools for watching the tube on your Mac. One thing that caught my eye: you can start distributing recorded live video around your ...

Widget Watch: Showcase your TiVo's content on your Mac

by Mike Schramm (Jan 1st, 2008)

Unfortunately, an HD TiVo was too expensive for me in 2007, and none of my friends or relatives ponied up the cash to get me one as a gift this holiday season, so I'm forced to settle with the extremely inferior Comcast HD DVR box. But for you TiVo owners, here's an awesome plugin to easily and ...

Workaround for iTunes Plus files on TiVo

by Dave Caolo (Jun 6th, 2007)

I have a TiVo that's on my wireless network. Occasionally, I use it to listen to the music that lives on my iMac as I cook or what have you. It's known that music purchased from the iTunes store won't play via TiVo, and I was hoping that the DRM-free iTunes Plus upgrade would change that. Wrong. ...

Roxio says stand-alone TiVo To Go client a "possibility"

by David Chartier (Jan 10th, 2007)

I spoke with the folks at the Roxio booth here at Macworld Expo 2007 about that slight complaint many of us have over the much-anticipated new TiVo To Go client being bundled into Toast for the not-so-low price of $99. Obviously, if you're looking for the power of Toast and TiVo To Go, this is a ...

This just in: Roxio charging $99 for free software

by David Chartier (Jan 8th, 2007)

Michael posted that Roxio has released a new version of Toast, complete with a highly-anticipated bundled version of TiVoToGo for Mac OS X. While this is certainly a joyous day for those anxiously awaiting the ability to Macify their TiVo content, I can't help but have a severely bitter taste in ...

Roxio ships TiVo to Go for Mac

by Michael Rose (Jan 8th, 2007)

Engadget and Zatz Not Funny! are reporting that Roxio -- yes, Popcorn, Toast with Jam, that Roxio -- has partnered with TiVo to deliver the long-awaited TiVotoGo for Mac client, built in to Toast Titanium 8. All together, everyone: "Wha?!?" The new Toast will allow you to browse your TiVo content, ...

TiVoDecode Manager fulfills TUAW prediction

by Michael Rose (Dec 9th, 2006)

It's nice for TUAW when Laurie is proven prescient, although it does tend to give her a slight air of haughty competence. Just five days ago she and Dave Zatz figured "a GUI wrapper can't be far behind" for the TiVoDecode tool... and now there are two. David Benesch's TiVoDecode Manager is a ...

Rumor: Apple's iTV product to have TiVo Inside�

by Laurie A. Duncan (Dec 7th, 2006)

The latest in pre-Macworld rumors is another case of wishful thinking with no shred of credible evidence to back it up. An anonymous tipster told PVRWire yesterday that "Apple will be licensing TiVo patented technology for iTV. Also, the name iTV has changed to Mac Media Capsule." Wow! Really? ...

TiVoToGo DRM cracked, and that's not necessarily a good thing

by Laurie A. Duncan (Dec 4th, 2006)

Mac-using TiVo lovers rejoice - but proceed with caution. It seems the TiVoToGo DRM encryption has finally been cracked, effectively giving non-Windows users a way to enjoy TiVoToGo for a change. The TiVo File Decoder is a Portable C program that converts a .TiVo file from TiVoToGo to a normal ...

Nielsen wants to know what you're watching on your iPod

by Scott McNulty (Oct 25th, 2006)

Earlier this month Network World's Phil Hochmuth profiled Nielsen's efforts to figure out what people are watching on their iPods and other mobile devices. Nielsen, you may know, is the company that determines the ratings, i.e. audience size, of a particular TV show. As technology has progressed ...

No release date in sight for TiVoToGo for Mac

by Laurie A. Duncan (Oct 25th, 2006)

Dave Zatz points to a letter received by someone at the TiVo Community Forums that confirms there is no target release date on the horizon for TiVoToGo. Forum member pdxkevin wrote a self-described angry letter last week and emailed it off to TiVo. Much to his surprise, the letter found its way to ...