World’s cutest interface gets cuter

A service update that promised new functionality for setting up keyword searches also, unless I’m losing my mind (always a possibility to consider), added a bunch of new graphics. The navigational icons and highlight now have a little depth plus the kind of...

I just fixed TiVo for you. You’re welcome.

Maybe not all by my lonesome. But about two weeks ago, I called the TiVo support line, fed up with a months-long problem where every single TiVo show we recorded was being flagged for timed deletion: one week was the longest we could keep anything, and any show we...

Installing the WeaKnees TiVo upgrade

After two months of waiting, wrangling and wondering, our WeaKnees hard drive upgrade for our TiVo arrived at the door this afternoon. However, we had no room for it, and told the Canada Post guy to leave it in a manger… wait a sec. Wrong story. This is the...

Delays, delays, delays…

Waiting isn’t easy… TiVo does a great job of recording and playing video… but when it comes to scheduling the beast, it slows to a crawl. Maybe that’s because it has a processor speed of only 50 MHz, and 32 MB of RAM. Your average gaming...
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