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DirecTV

Slo-mo on a DirecTV HD DVR

A friend recently complained to me that his HR22 didn’t have slow motion replay. As an avid sports fan, he was annoyed that he couldn’t review key plays in slo-mo.

I was pretty surprised. It’s not a feature I’ve ever used personally, but I was sure that no current DVR would omit such a key feature, and one as easy to implement, as slow motion.

Turns out, of course, it is there. It’s just a little hidden.

To enable slow motion on the HR2X series of DirecTV HD DVRs, you press and HOLD the play button. That’s it. One speed only, but it works just fine.

If you’re looking for more hints about hidden features on your HR2X, you might want to review our DirecTV HD DVR Tips and Tricks page.

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TiVo News

TiVo and DISH/EchoStar Settle for $500M

I’m sure we’ll be hearing a lot about this in the coming days: TiVo has settled their lawsuit with DISH for $500,000,000. This should end years and years of litigation between the companies. Here’s TiVo Inc.’s press release about the settlement:

TiVo Press Release

They do note that this will not only give them a cash infusion, but also reduce a big expense in the costs of litigation. Hopefully, their focus will remain on producing great products.

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TiVo’s Best Bet Recordings

As we get near the summer TV doldrums, you might want to think about loading up your TiVo with first runs of shows you don’t otherwise watch. TiVo has some ideas for you here:

TiVo Blog

Not sure you’ll want to watch the Royal Wedding over the summer, but having it there never hurts.

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WeaKnees News

TimeWarner Phone Issues at WeaKnees

At our Southern California WeaKnees office, we use TimeWarner Business Class for our telephone service.

They seem to be having major problems. Our lines are down, and their tech support queue is (understandably) jammed. Our account rep at the Time Warner business office can’t even get through to his tech support.

So if you’re calling us and you get some crazy message that our number is “reserved” or something similarly cryptic, fear not, we’re here, but TimeWarner seems to be out to lunch.

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2 TB Drives for More HD TiVos

Today, we’re debuting 2 TB single-drive internal kits for two very popular TiVo models: The TiVo HD and the original TiVo Series3.

With these kits, your TiVo will be able to record about 320 hours of HD, or just a ton of SD.

For several years we’ve had 2 terabyte solutions for the TiVo Series3 and the TiVo HD that consisted of an internal 1 TB drive and an external 1 TB drive. Now, we’ve got upgrades of a single 2 TB drive in the unit – no external needed.

This is the better scenario for several reasons including fewer cables, lower power requirements, simpler installation and setup, and, of course, a lower price.

The 2 TB single drive internal TiVo upgrade kits are now available for these two models:

TiVo Series3 TCD648250B

TiVo HD TCD652160

In addition, we’ve been selling single 2 TB upgrades for these three models for a while now – and we’ve lowered the price of these kits as of today:

TiVo HD XL TCD658000

TiVo Premiere TCD746320

TiVo Premiere XL TCD748000