Interesting TiVo mention
SearchNetworking.com has an article about Cisco’s movies into the IP video market which contains a couple of TiVo mentions:Second, the Scientific Atlanta deal helped Cisco find an ally in TiVo, the...
View ArticleA Quick Way To Get More HD Resolutions From Your SciAtl HD STB
Don Reisinger at NewTeeVee has a quick tutorial on getting more HD resolutions out of your Scientific Atlanta cable STB. No hacking required, just a little back door into the configuration options....
View ArticleScientific Atlanta… I Mean Cisco
According to Multichannel News, Cisco is retiring the Scientific Atlanta brand in favor of their own. At CES next week they will be unveiling their new line of STBs, which will carry the Cisco brand in...
View ArticleCisco Unveils Their Tuning Resolver
Following quickly after Motorola unveiled their MTR700 Tuning Resolver, Cisco has unveiled their tuning resolver as well, the STA1520, which looks like their RTG100 cable box. (Remember, Cisco...
View ArticleCisco Tuning Adapter On Display At The Cable Show
Following up on his report on the Motorola MTR700, Ben Drawbaugh of EngadgetHD has posted photos of the corresponding Cisco/Scientific Atlanta STA1520 Tuning Adapter. While Motorola’s TA was part of a...
View ArticleWestern Digital 500GB My DVR Expander eSATA Drive Just $149.99 – Expand Your...
From June 23rd through June 29th Buy.com is selling the Western Digital 500GB MyDVR Expander eSATA drive for just $149.99. They normally have it for $172.99, and the full MSRP is $199.99 – which is...
View ArticleCableLabs Approves Motorola And Cisco Tuning Adapters
The Motorola MTR700 and the Cisco STA1520, which we knew were slated for Wave 60 certification testing at the end of June, have both passed, as reported by Multichannel News. With both major vendors’...
View ArticleWestern Digital 500GB My DVR Expander $134.99 At Amazon
It isn’t quite as good as the recent $131.99 deal at Buy.com, but it is still a good one. Amazon is selling the Western Digital 500GB My DVR Expander eSATA drive, compatible with the TiVo Series3 and...
View ArticleThe Only Real Replacement For A TiVo? Another TiVo
Recently ZDNet’s Ed Burnette lost a TiVo in a lightning storm. When that happened he decided to give Time Warner’s Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8340HDC DVR a try rather than having his old TiVo, which...
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Cisco Updating Tuning Adapter Firmware Just In Time For New FCC Rules
A new raft of FCC regulations, originally published October 14, 2010, go into effect August 1st, 2011. One of those new requirements is that MSOs provide their cable subscribers with tuning adapters...
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Speculation on the Google-Motorola Deal and TiVo
I just made a pretty damn long post about the Google buyout of Motorola Mobility. But there was one other aspect that I felt was better off in a separate post. And here it is.This acquisition has...
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