The Secret Origins of TiVo 151
Davis Freeberg writes "TiVo is probably better known for their ad zapping technology than their television advertisements. In fact, other then a few lousy infomercials and a commercial that was rumored to be banned by the networks, TiVo has never really had much in the way of TV advertisements. Apparently though, one of TiVo's more rabid fans did some sleuthing and discovered a hidden easter egg video buried deep within TiVo's own website. The video itself exposes the true origins of TiVo's technology and how they got their hands on that ad zapping photon remote to begin with."
Wonder what this is promoting? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Zap Ads? (Score:5, Informative)
Mirror to MP4 file (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.qcs-rf.com/slashdot/bluemoon.mp4 [qcs-rf.com]
Viral Ad (Score:3, Informative)
Youtube.... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Don't like TiVo, huh? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:I love the smell... (Score:3, Informative)
mirror, youtube (Score:1, Informative)
Mirror1: http://www.qcs-rf.com/slashdot/bluemoon.mp4 [qcs-rf.com] (faster than the original site)
Mirror2: http://wakkah.net/pub/bluemoon.mp4 [wakkah.net] (uploading as I post)
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsXUPmWAfhY [youtube.com]
Posting AC for no karma whoring
MirrorDot (Score:3, Informative)
BitTorrent download (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Zap Ads? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Zap Ads? (Score:3, Informative)
Or you can just use MythTV [mythtv.org], where you can automatically skip them without pressing anything.
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Re:Zap Ads? (Score:2, Informative)
Funny, I've had TiVo over 4.5 years and I don't recall ever losing any features in an update. More urban legends. Quite the contrary, my units keep getting new features.
Re:'Masculine Itch Cream' golfing TiVo commercial? (Score:2, Informative)
Yeah, that was one of TiVo's earliest TV spots. One of the guys was Joe Montana and the guy with the itch was Ronnie Lott - both retired from the SF 49ers.
Re:Zap Ads? (Score:4, Informative)