http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/ A weblog devoted to home entertainment technology including PVR products like Tivo, Video Servers and Distribution, and cool gadgets to make your life better. en-us Copyright 2007 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:28:19 -0800 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:01:05 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.16 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A few weeks ago, I listed the features that would be in my ideal portable media device for my usage with two small kids. Well, according to eHomeUpgrade, that device is getting closer to reality with the RoverTV PMP. According... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/rovertv_pmp.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/rovertv_pmp.html PMP Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:28:19 -0800 The web has been buzzing about this article from Reuters that says Apple is in negotiations with studios to put movies up on iTunes. According to the article: Apple's Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is said to want one flat... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/apple_negotiati.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/apple_negotiati.html VOD Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:03:30 -0800 Krunker.com has a great in-depth look at the changes that are coming in MCE when it gets wrapped up in the Vista release. It took almost 24 hours to download the beta release, but after reading the article, I'm more... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/mce_for_vista_p.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/mce_for_vista_p.html MCE Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:58:48 -0800 Engadget highlights a new product coming from Philips that is yet another Personal Media Player that is hitting the market in September. I think the addition of a small stand is actually a handy thing for those airline flights. David... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/my_ideal_media.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/my_ideal_media.html Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:59:11 -0800 Dave Zatz is reporting that Tivo is downloading system software 7.3 which includes the new Kidzone feature. This sounds like something pretty useful for parents like me that have little ones and don't want them to be exposed to many... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/tivo_kidzone_li.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/tivo_kidzone_li.html Tivo Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:03:47 -0800 Via eHomeUpgrade, iRiver has introduced a cool new personal media player called the iRiver Clix. It's got 2GB of storage and it's flash based, so it's small compared to other personal media players that support video. The only thing missing... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/review_iriver_c.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/review_iriver_c.html Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:52:50 -0800 According to Build Your Own PVR, BeyondTV has added some new technology into their product, including DivX 6.1 which offers 300% faster processing for computers with Intel Duo Core processors.... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/beyondtv_now_ha.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/beyondtv_now_ha.html PVR Technology Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:43:28 -0800 According to USA Today, TiVo will be adding more web video content for subscribers for users who have networked TiVos and a broadband connection with a new feature called TivoCast. Among the content that can be viewed on your TiVo:... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/tivo_to_add_tiv.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/tivo_to_add_tiv.html Tivo Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:22:35 -0800 Looks like long time DVR provider, ReplayTV is creating a software only version of their product, according to this call for Beta testers. I've heard it rumored before, but this seems to verify that it might actually happen. I'm not... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/replaytv_softwa.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/replaytv_softwa.html PVR Technology Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:50:24 -0800 HTPCNews has an excellent in-depth review of NVidia's MCE DualTV dual tuner which works with MCE, Sage, Yahoo, and BeyondTV. Here's the money quote: NVIDIA's DualTV MCE has been a long time coming. It generally lives up to the hype:... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/review_nvidia_d.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/review_nvidia_d.html Reviews Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:20:42 -0800 After a long haitus working on our software project, TVHarmony AutoPilot, hopefully at this point we'll have enough time at this point to start blogging again. We've still got a long ways to go with our plans to develop AutoPilot,... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/were_back_2.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2006/06/were_back_2.html TVHarmony Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:10:48 -0800 We've just released a new version of TVHarmony AutoPilot with support for converting Tivo recorded shows into a format compatible with Apple's new video iPod. We've added support for Palm devices capable of viewing video. In addition, we've added ComSkip... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2005/10/autopilot_tivo.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2005/10/autopilot_tivo.html AutoPilot Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:17:01 -0800 Via PSPUpdates.com, the newly released OS Update for the PSP will have support for Sony's LocationFree technology, allowing PSP owners to stream video content, including live television and shows recorded on a DVR, directly to their PSP on a wifi... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2005/10/watching_televi.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2005/10/watching_televi.html PSP Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:43:05 -0800 Apple's getting a lot of buzz on the Internet over the new video iPod, although not everyone is a true believer. According to Philip Swann: "The video iPod will be Steve Jobs' folly. Americans will not watch full-length videos --... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2005/10/video_ipod.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2005/10/video_ipod.html PSP Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:48:06 -0800 We're happy to announce the beta release of our first software product, TVHarmony AutoPilot which can be freely downloaded here. The software automates downloading and converting TivoToGo files into popular formats such as MPEG and Playstation Portable (PSP) compatible formats.... http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2005/10/tvharmony_autop.html http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2005/10/tvharmony_autop.html TVHarmony Sun, 09 Oct 2005 12:02:33 -0800