Earlier today, a friend asked me for advice on how he should paint his media room. After a bit of discussion, where I realized how much I thought the choice of color and finish had improved my own media room experience, I figured the topic would make for a good blog post. Hopefully [...]

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Kimberly told me that, in the middle of the day today while she was watching TV, the ‘Live TV’ remote button stopped toggling between tuners on the Tivo S3 and instead would only bring up the guide. This is the second time in a little over a week that this has happened to [...]

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After browsing the web tonight, I’ve found the following signs of progress that eventually (2008 Q2???) my Tivos will be able to get SDV (Switched Digital Video) channels from Time Warner Austin. (For a brief description of SDV, please see my earlier post.)
First is an actual published specification for what is now apparently being [...]

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Last weekend I was updating the layout and programming of my Pronto TSU3000 remote to control our Tivo Series 3 — we had previously had that in a different room but recently moved it into the media room with the projector. Full Tivo control of our 120″, 1080p HD, picture! SWEET! [...]

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