Author: Michael

We just sent out an email to all of our previous customers (and those who’ve signed up for our newsletter) with a great summer time recording tip (and some coupons). We thought we should share both with readers of the blog also.

So here’s the tip:

Since most shows are in repeats for the summer, now is a great time to have your TiVo harvest movies. That gives you something fresh to watch and you can catch up on all of the movies just coming to TV. But how do you search through and find all of the latest ones only? Make a Wishlist for the keyword “2005” or “2006” and restrict it to the category “Movies.” Then view the upcoming matches, and select away!

And now for the coupons:

To get $100 off of our new 200 hour HD TiVo use coupon code 100HD.

To get $75 off a dual 750 GB TiVo Upgrade kit for your current TiVo use coupon code DUAL750.

Both coupons expire on June 6, 2006.

You win the jackpot! This TiVo is so large, that the software can’t even display the amount of hours inside.

We’ve made a new HR10-250 DirecTV HD TiVo with 200 hours of HD space, or 1300 hours of SD space. We put two of the new Seagate 750 GB drives inside instead of the now-puny 250 GB drive that ships in this model.

The storage space is great – 200 hours of HD, finally! But in the System Information screen, it shows “Variable, up to 0 HD or 0 SD hours.” Hopefully, a new system update will fix this issue – but rest assured, it’s cosmetic only. You can still load up that Now Playing List with tons and tons of Lost, 24, Sopranos, and even Bikini Destinations in HD if you want it.

TiVo Desktop 1.9.3 is out. The main news here: it’s a universal binary, so those of us on Intel-based Macs can now use it again. Works perfectly for me.