TiVo Lovers - Attention all you Mac folks... ;-)

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zonereyrie


	Attention all you Mac folks... ;-)
	So I didn't cover this yesterday, but I swung through the TiVo booth again today and took some more photos - including several of the screens of the new MacOS TiVo Desktop they are demonstrating in the booth. Yes, it exists, but it is pre-alpha at this point. If those links don't work well, the originals are http://www.megazone.org/Photos/CES2006/TiVo/SMALL/ and http://www.megazone.org/Photos/CES2006/TiVo/RAW/ If anyone wants to mirror these - please do, and drop the URL(s) in the comments. Tags: ces, mac, photos, tivotogo Current Mood: hungry Current Music: TV: Law & Order: SVU

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	From: banzai	Date: January 7th, 2006 05:17 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

Even though "late" is a laughable understatement, I'm still drooling...

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	From: bluepoet	Date: January 8th, 2006 06:14 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Me, too!

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From: (Anonymous)	Date: January 7th, 2006 07:57 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)
Mirrored on PodigyNetwork

2 Things... just learning how to use WordPress and just learning how to use a Mac (traded my PC Laptop for a iBook). So, if this isn't right, let me know.

http://www.podigynetwork.com/?p=11

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	From: zonereyrie	Date: January 7th, 2006 08:00 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)
	Re: Mirrored on PodigyNetwork

It looks like you mirrored a couple the photos just fine. Thanks. :-)

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From: (Anonymous)	Date: January 8th, 2006 12:17 am (UTC)		(Permalink)
Where do I apply to be a pre-alpha tester :P

Hopefully this will be out around the same time as the Series 3 TiVo, so I can geek out appropriately.

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	From: zonereyrie	Date: January 8th, 2006 02:29 am (UTC)		(Permalink)
	Re: Where do I apply to be a pre-alpha tester :P

I believe the Mac Desktop will beat the Series3 to market. My understanding is the Mac Desktop will probably be out in the first half of the year.

As for testing - fill out the beta application on TiVo's website and you may well get picked. :-)

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From: (Anonymous)	Date: January 16th, 2006 07:41 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)
Re: Where do I apply to be a pre-alpha tester :P

What is the URL of TiVo's beta application?

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	From: zonereyrie	Date: January 16th, 2006 07:50 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)
	Re: Where do I apply to be a pre-alpha tester :P

http://www.tivo.com/beta

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From: (Anonymous)	Date: January 8th, 2006 02:42 am (UTC)		(Permalink)
another mirror

Here's another mirror! Thanks megazone!

http://www.tivoblog.com/archives/2006/01/07/tivotogo-for-the-mac-is-for-real/

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	From: zonereyrie	Date: January 8th, 2006 02:45 am (UTC)		(Permalink)
	Re: another mirror

Thanks!

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	From: johnsolo1701	Date: January 9th, 2006 07:08 am (UTC)		(Permalink)
	Competition!

No wonder the current Tivo Desktop STILL doesn't work in Tiger, all their machines are apparently still on Panther. ;)

http://www.tivotool.com

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From: (Anonymous)	Date: January 10th, 2006 02:16 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)
Re: Competition!

actually the current TiVO desktop works fine with Tiger. Just ignore the install error. when I installed I thought it failed but then when I hooked my TIVo to my wireless network and looked in my system prefs, there it was , Tivo desktop.. it's a bit clunky, like I had to click the start button several times before it stuck "on" i dunno.

At least it works here, for music and pictures anyway. My Tivo2 is wireless and I can access my Itunes music and iPhoto pictures from my TV. not that useful, my display on my mac is much better than my TV, and I stream iTunes to my stereo with an Airport express anyway.

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From: (Anonymous)	Date: January 9th, 2006 02:01 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

So did you throw a rock against a metal oil drum and when everyone at TiVo looked to see what the noise was you downloaded it to your ipod?

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	From: zonereyrie	Date: January 10th, 2006 07:20 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

No, I wasn't going to lift their software.

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	From: solipsistnation	Date: January 9th, 2006 02:59 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

HA ha. Now you have to get a Mac. 8)

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	From: zonereyrie	Date: January 10th, 2006 07:21 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

Why? Mac is just finally catching up to what TiVo already has on Windows. ;-)

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From: (Anonymous)	Date: January 10th, 2006 02:07 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

don't you mean , "TiVO is finally catching up to the Mac... "

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	From: zonereyrie	Date: January 11th, 2006 02:05 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

Nope. :-)

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	From: solipsistnation	Date: January 10th, 2006 02:11 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

But it's BETTER!!!!! SO THERE!!!!!!

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	From: zonereyrie	Date: January 11th, 2006 02:34 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

Well, the MacBook Pro doesn't look too bad. ;-)

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From: (Anonymous)	Date: January 14th, 2006 09:27 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Your sentence is meaningless. How the hell can "Mac catch up to TiVo"? They aren't competing in the same market. TiVo makes DVRs, Apple makes computers, 'Mac' is an operating system and/or product line made by Apple.

The correct sentence might be that 'Tivo is finally catching up on the Mac what they already have on Windows'. This is about TiVo, a company, designing software to run on operating systems, linux, mac, windows, etc., not about an operating system catching up to company that makes software for an operating system.

Sheesh.

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