...without the user having to establish those payment relationships. That would really reduce the friction in the system. TiVo's Stephen Mack also posted some details on the new feature over at TiVoCommunity : With that out of the way, here's what you'll see with the new feature launching today. * For Burn Notice, Oprah's Book Club, and a few other shows, at the conclusion of the show you'll...

...) Anyway, nothing major in this release, it is basically a bug fix and performance release. I'll have to see if it helps with the issues I've been having with 2.6.1. According to a post at TiVoCommunity : This version has the following improvements in TiVo Desktop: *Improved Reliability of transfers of large recordings to the DVR. *Reduced memory usage when transferring recordings from...

It looks like the long promised software update to the DirecTiVo boxes is finally here. Users are TiVoCommunity are reporting receiving 6.4a on their units. As announced last July , the update includes the Recently Deleted folder in the Now Playing List, Overlap Protection (clipping), and DirecTV's Remote Booking - aka online scheduling. There are reported to be a number of cosmetic changes ...

Wow, this is a big find. Last September TiVo and Crestron announced a partnership to enable Crestron home automation systems to control TiVo boxes over the home network. At the time I said: This is... Disclaimer: I am currently employed by Sling Media, but my Slingbox comment is strictly speculation on my part on what I think would be cool and not meant to imply anything about what may or may not happen

The recent TiVo software update to 9.3 had a bug for those TiVo users still using antenna. If you had your Series2 TiVo set for just Antenna or Satellite & Antenna and you did a 'Repeat Guided Setup' after... TiVo is now pushing 9.3c out to Series2 users , with a priority for those who have antenna as one of their sources, with a bug fix for this problem. Thanks to Dave Zatz for the tip via email

TiVo Desktop 2.6.1 has been released - and anyone running 2.6 will want to grab it. TiVoPony announced the release on TiVoCommunity: It has improved recovery from interrupted transfers between the PC and DVR, but it also provides an updated Windows Certificate for TiVo Desktop. The certificate used in prior versions of TiVo Desktop is about to expire, so you'll want to get 2.6.1. Without this certificate...

Back in February Bright House cable decided to pull HD channels from their CableCARD customers. This, understandably, created a backlash of complaints from users, as there wasn't a good reason for the...their CableCARD customers until they really need the bandwidth and need to deploy SDV, by which time the Tuning Resolver should offer a more permanent solution for users. Picked up from EngadgetHD

...it as a fringe benefit. I'll miss it, but I'm grateful for the time it was available and there are no hard feelings on my part. But, since the announcement, I've seen posts from upset people at TiVoCommunity , like this winner : Is TiVo offering us anything in compensation for removing this program? I assume not and hope to find a lawyer who would like a class action suit. It is very disgusting...

...any kind of prude, but an ad for Cosmo on Little House ? Swing and a miss! The ads should probably be 'rated' and paired with TV shows of the same, or higher, rating. There is another discussion at TiVoCommunity about the content of TiVo's ads. In that case one user was upset by the TiVo Central advertisement for the free Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Show download from Amazon Unbox. The objection...

Dave Zatz of Zatz Not Funny earlier today gave me a heads up to one of his posts. A rumor had started on TiVo Community that TiVo was going to terminate their TiVo Rewards program on February 28th...be as simple as they're moving to a new program or a new service provider and they can't, or won't, 'port' the current points to the new system, etc. We'll just have to wait and see what TiVo says