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FetchTV Launches New iOS App For Remote Recording

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3:30PM December 5, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Considering the whole premise of FetchTV is that it’s connected to the Internet for content, it’s amazing that it’s taken the company this long to launch a mobile app that offers remote control to the PVR’s key functions. Still, better late than never! More »


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Rumourmodo: Telstra To Offer Apple TV As iPhone Sweetener?

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10:00AM October 4, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Put this one in the highly speculative basket, but we’ve heard that Telstra’s sweetener for its iPhone 4S (or will it be iPhone 5?) deals will be a free Apple TV with inbuilt Telstra apps. More »


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Humax Launches $449 PVR

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3:00PM September 21, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Humax’s DLNA-enabled PVR offers another TV catchup and recording option for Australian homes, but with PVR takeup rates being rather low, will anyone care? More »


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New Tivo Elite Lets You Simultaneously Record More Shows Than You’ll Know What To Do With

11:16PM September 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Though it has already been spotted before, the Tivo Elite is out from hiding, and will let you record an ungodly four shows at once, with room to let you watch a fifth. I feel overwhelmed already. More »


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The Age Of The $US600 TiVo Is Nearly Upon Us

7:00AM August 14, 2011 | Brian Barrett

When they write TiVo’s obituary, the last paragraph will be devoted to the Premiere Elite, a DVR that may cost more than your average 32-inch TV. But it recorded four channels at once, they’ll cry. And we’ll all solemnly nod our heads, and shrug, and immediately forget. More »


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Phonovision: Imagine Recording TV Onto LPs

9:10AM August 12, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Only a year after being the first person to successfully demo a working television set in 1926, John Logie Baird dreamed up something called Phonovision. What was its purpose? To record television. On a record. More »


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YouTube LeanBack, ABC iView Coming To Fetch TV

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5:15PM June 16, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Fetch TV users are set to get some pretty awesome improvements over the next couple of months, with the IPTV Pay TV service set to be one of the first services in the world to offer YouTube Leanback to the TV. More »


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Could This Be The Fate For Aussie TiVo Users To Come?

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12:51PM February 16, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Back in 2002, TiVo launched in the UK. It didn’t do too well, and the company pulled out of the UK market, but continued to support those customers who had bought their product… Until now. Nine years later, those original UK TiVo customers are up in arms about the fact that TiVo are planning to stop supporting the backend, essentially turning their boxes into paperweights. Given the current financial problems TiVo Australia seems to find itself in, could this be a sign of things to come? More »


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Magic TV PVRs Don’t Sound Too Magical

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1:15PM December 17, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Digital Products Group, the company behind the Aussie distribution of Beyonwiz and Slingbox among other brands, has just launched a new PVR brand in Australia called Magic TV. From the specs, it doesn’t seem to be too magical though. More »


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Beyonwiz Launches Australia’s First 2TB PVR

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5:00PM December 15, 2010 | Nick Broughall

If you can find any free to air HD TV content worth recording, you may be happy to know that Beyonwiz has just launched the country’s first 2TB PVR. More »