Troy on TiVo
02 June, 2009
Best way to schedule your TiVo online
I've tried many ways to schedule my TiVo remotely, none of them are perfect.
1) Yahoo TV - I used to use this a few years ago all the time, then suddenly the connection to my TiVo was often broken and I haven't gone back to it.
2) Tivo.com TV Listings Guide (http://www3.tivo.com/tivo-tco/tvlistings.do) - old way that is painful to find your way to the show you want.
3) m.TiVo.com - this is the mobile phone version of the scheduler, but I use it in my web browser. Works great as you can setup your standard prefs and use 1-click record.
4) NEW BETA - this one has potential. I just used it to schedule the new Conan show and a Twins game to different TiVo machines. I got word about this from Twitter a few weeks ago...
@TiVoDesign (Margret Schmidt) wrote: Have a TiVo HD? Try a Beta feature on tivo.com. See your Now Playing List & To Do List! http://bit.ly/C5aYD Feedback please!
Anyone have a favorite way to schedule a show when not in front of their home TiVo?
1) Yahoo TV - I used to use this a few years ago all the time, then suddenly the connection to my TiVo was often broken and I haven't gone back to it.
2) Tivo.com TV Listings Guide (http://www3.tivo.com/tivo-tco/tvlistings.do) - old way that is painful to find your way to the show you want.
3) m.TiVo.com - this is the mobile phone version of the scheduler, but I use it in my web browser. Works great as you can setup your standard prefs and use 1-click record.
4) NEW BETA - this one has potential. I just used it to schedule the new Conan show and a Twins game to different TiVo machines. I got word about this from Twitter a few weeks ago...
@TiVoDesign (Margret Schmidt) wrote: Have a TiVo HD? Try a Beta feature on tivo.com. See your Now Playing List & To Do List! http://bit.ly/C5aYD Feedback please!
Anyone have a favorite way to schedule a show when not in front of their home TiVo?
30 March, 2009
TiVo logo basketball
The basketball I "won" in TiVo's march madness contest on Facebook just arrived today. I was lucky enough to be one of first 100 people to post a comment in their contest thread. It was deflated in the package and delivered by FedEx. I went straight out to the garage and pumped it up. Thanks TiVo!
07 January, 2009
Prayer To Tivo God
This video clip is from the show How I Met Your Mother.
22 December, 2008
TiVo Saves the Day
I watched the movie Tropic Thunder over the weekend and was laughing how they brought up TiVo a few times. Then at the end of the movie, TiVo becomes the hero and saves the day. In the Ben Stiller movie he plays Tugg Speedman, and Matthew McConaughey shows up in the jungle with a TiVo machine that he promised his actor client Tugg he'd have while on location shooting his movie. He shows up and has to toss it up in the air in front of a rocket that's about to blow up the helicopter Tugg and the other actors are riding in.
After I saw this scene, I rewound and I pointed my digital camera at my flat panel TV to record the 1 minute video clip of this heroic moment for our friend the TiVo box. I hope I'm not violating any Dreamworks' copyright, but figured this is only going to help entice more people to see this funny movie. Go TiVo!
After I saw this scene, I rewound and I pointed my digital camera at my flat panel TV to record the 1 minute video clip of this heroic moment for our friend the TiVo box. I hope I'm not violating any Dreamworks' copyright, but figured this is only going to help entice more people to see this funny movie. Go TiVo!
12 December, 2008
Are we jerks for raving about TiVo?
According this MSNBC tech article, yes we are. The author thinks since it really is just for TV, it's not that important. He goes on to write,
"it's not self-improving and it's not going to cure cancer"
I beg to differ. The benefits of TiVo are countless. Don't most people chat up with friends the valuable products and services they believe in? Why would we be jerks for talking about a great product like TiVo? This author has it wrong and you might be surprised to see the other seven products in the list. A few others don't belong either, but especially TiVo.
29 October, 2008
Netflix streaming coming soon to TiVo
Just caught this news on Hacking Netflix blog. I'm thrilled as I was starting to get the itch to buy a Roku player. Only downside is it won't be available to TiVo Series 2 owners. Excerpt from the HN blog:
Netflix and TiVo will start testing the service with a few thousand customers, and most customers will have access to Netflix streaming by the holidays. Netflix streaming movies will be provided to TiVo subscribers at no cost (Netflix subscription required), but will be limited to TiVo Series 3, TiVo HD, and HD XL boxes.
Netflix and TiVo will start testing the service with a few thousand customers, and most customers will have access to Netflix streaming by the holidays. Netflix streaming movies will be provided to TiVo subscribers at no cost (Netflix subscription required), but will be limited to TiVo Series 3, TiVo HD, and HD XL boxes.
16 October, 2008
Kumar recommends TiVo
I just saw the movie: Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
The movie is pretty lame, and I'm not here to review it.
There was a mention of TiVo in a scene on the boat ride from Cuba to Miami, and Kumar says to the Cubans, "I'm telling you, Jorge, the first thing you have to do when you get to America, buy a device called TiVo, Okay? Freedom means nothing if you're a slave to regular programing. I promise you that."
The movie is pretty lame, and I'm not here to review it.
There was a mention of TiVo in a scene on the boat ride from Cuba to Miami, and Kumar says to the Cubans, "I'm telling you, Jorge, the first thing you have to do when you get to America, buy a device called TiVo, Okay? Freedom means nothing if you're a slave to regular programing. I promise you that."
