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[Pvrblog.com] PVRblog | TiVo, ReplayTV, and other PVR news and reviews: One of the downsides of having a standalone TiVo is that if you lose the remote or the batteries die, it's essentially a useless box. But the DirecTV versions always included basic TiVo nav buttons on the face. I've had a couple DirecTiVos for the past few years and from time to time if I'm sitting in front of my home theater setup fiddling with buttons, I tend to use the faceplate controls instead of a remote, but it's not very often that I do it.

[Bo.cornbreadtree.org] /home/bojordan/journal » Blog Archive » New TiVos in the family: Some are frustrated that TiVoToGo doesn’t yet support Macs. With developer resources available, it wouldn’t surprise me to hear most future Macintosh-related TiVo news direct from Apple. After all, if the mythical $500 headless iMac finally shows its head this month, shouldn’t it be positioned as the preferred management center for home photos, music, and television programming?

[Satfocus.com] SatFocus.com » Blog Archive » TiVo: Extreme Makeover Edition: Matt Haughey at PVRBlog notes that the faceplate upgrade is useful for owners of early TiVos that lack faceplate control buttons. If you ever lose your remote or its batteries die, your standalone TiVo is inoperable. A simple faceplate swap will add workable controls to your currently buttonless TiVo.

 [Tivocommunity.com] TiVo Community - The Official TiVo-Spotting Thread: At no time soon, however, do I plan to get tipsy over TiVo, one more techno-gadget, a mystery black box that "senses" what TV show you want taped, then does it for you, blasts through the commercials and somehow gets it decreed that it can be used as a verb. (I TiVo, you TiVo, etc.) There's more. TiVo's program guide, says the propaganda, can conduct its own search for what it thinks you might want to watch - by title, actor, director, hobby, topic or simply some keyword.

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