If you’re familiar or have a ReplayTV or even the DVR that comes with some DISH Network receivers, then you already know and love the 30-second skip forward feature, which allows you to skip forward through commercials, or as I like to use it: for skipping from play to play in NFL games when I’m busy, but still need my football fix. Well TiVo owners need not be left out in the cold. Here comes a neat little hack that lets you do the same thing!
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How many remotes does it take for you to control all of your entertainment devices? Even with ‘universal’ remotes, I still had to use some of my ‘native’ remotes for one function or another, and ended up using three different remotes to control five different devices. This seems to be a common problem in entertainment rooms, the other problem being the difficulty of using the remotes. Harmony has conquered both problems.
Welcome to the wife and mother-in-law friendly remote!
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Jay Wrolstad, www.newsfactor.com
Chip manufacturer AMD today introduced a processor designed to handle the demands of multimedia content on mobile devices. The latest iteration of AMD’s Alchemy product line, dubbed Au1200, promises to provide video entertainment for consumers on the move, much like what MP3 players deliver to music fans.
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Here is a quick roundup of all the gadgets featured in our 12 Gizmos of Christmas, all the way from Laptops to MP3 Players. Let the countdown begin (again)…
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The seventh most wanted Gizmo of the 2004 holiday season are DVD recorders. Apparently, Panasonic has cornered the market on DVD recorders as the top selling DVD recorders are all Panasonic.
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Panasonic’s top-of-the line, fifth-generation DMR-E85HS DVD recorder packs a built-in 120 GB hard drive capable of storing up to 284 hours–more than 11 straight days–of audio/video programming in EP mode. So whether you’re seeking the time-shifted TV viewing abilities of a VCR-like DVR or you want to archive your home movies to long-lasting DVD-RAM and DVD-R discs, this is the recorder for you.
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Compact enough for personal computing or kitchen viewing and good enough for use in small-scale home theaters, Sharp’s 26-inch LC-32GD4U Advanced Super View LCD television is picture-frame thin yet still houses both standard NTSC and digital ATSC (HDTV) tuners, as well as all necessary inputs and output jacks, so there’s no need for supplementary connection or DTV receiver boxes; the 1,366 x 768-resolution television is ready to go right out of its box.
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Sharp LC-26GD4U 26″ AQUOS Flat-Panel LCD TV with Integrated HDTV TunerRead More »
The RTV5504 personal video recorder, or PVR, delivers the ability to pause and replay live TV while recording and storing 40 hours of digital, tapeless audio and video–about a season’s worth of memory for four hour-long programs. Enjoy a broadband or phone-line connection to the ReplayTV service and convenient home networking through a built-in Ethernet port–there’s no extra hardware required. Subscription to ReplayTV service is available either as a $12.95 monthly fee or a one-time lifetime fee of $299.99; a discounted $6.95 monthly fee is available for consumers with more than one active unit.
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TiVo’s Series2 DVR delivers plenty of recording capacity in addition to offering entertainment services like digital music, digital photos, remote scheduling, and hassle-free favorites recording. All this and the famed luxury of being able to pause and view instant replays of live television, too. TiVo DVRs record television programming directly to an onboard digital ATA/IDE hard drive, eliminating the hassles of videotape (imprecise tape searching, head cleaning, steadily degrading picture, fuzzy sound, etc.). This Series2 TiVo, model TDC540040, offers 40 GB storage for up to 40 hours of recording time in TiVo’s best-looking chassis yet.
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TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour Digital Video RecorderRead More »
The eleventh most wanted Gizmos in the 2004 holiday season are toys! The Geeks aren’t talking about Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys… we’re talking about robots, virtual pets and multimedia learning systems!
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