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09-01-2006, 05:40 PM
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Bizarre TiVo film...
Was doing some research on TiVo and stumbled across this video on their site. I'm not allowed to post a URL so am not sure how to point to it. It says I have to make 5 posts before I can. Guess I can ramble for a bit. You basically just put a slash and then "bluemoon" after the main URL.
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09-01-2006, 05:41 PM
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It looks really old...mid-70's?
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09-01-2006, 05:42 PM
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But then again, that makes absolutely no sense...I have no idea how long TiVo has been around, but it's not 30+ years.
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09-01-2006, 05:43 PM
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BTW, I do have a TiVo...I bought it in '03. It's an older model I assume.
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09-01-2006, 05:43 PM
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I am interested in a newer model, especially one for HD. Very excited about that.
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09-01-2006, 05:45 PM
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Geeze, now can I put the URL? It's at:
www.tivo.com/bluemoon
Would be very interested in what TiVo enthusiasts think of it. I'm really not sure what to make of it. |
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09-01-2006, 05:55 PM
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you need 5 posts to put links so the post bots spreading spam can not do so. A hassle but can't be helped.
why would they bother with a GIF to show the timestamp on the page with the file?
Code:
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<td width="300" class="text"><img src="http://a423.g.akamai.net/7/423/1788/00909b5e4f1ead/www.tivo.com/i/timestamp.gif"></td>
<td width="300" class="text">54687883 <a href="/bluemoon/bluemoon.mp4">bluemoon.mp4</a></td>
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09-01-2006, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by stevedavios
Was doing some research on TiVo and stumbled across this video on their site. I'm not allowed to post a URL so am not sure how to point to it. It says I have to make 5 posts before I can. Guess I can ramble for a bit. You basically just put a slash and then "bluemoon" after the main URL.
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Far out! (But it takes forever to download.) So the precursor of TiVo was actually found in wreckage from Area 51. Who woulda' guessed?
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09-01-2006, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by TiVo Troll
Far out! (But it takes forever to download.) So the precursor of TiVo was actually found in wreckage from Area 51. Who woulda' guessed?
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It took me about 4 minutes to download.
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09-01-2006, 06:14 PM
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This is a HOOT (a la "Lost")! I especially love the photo of Nixon behind the narrator.
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09-01-2006, 06:16 PM
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I was waiting for him to say namaste at the end.  |
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09-01-2006, 06:41 PM
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I love the Tivo Guy under the sheet that is slipped in for a frame or two at the end!! Teh spoof has S2 stuff in it, so it wasn't from the very early days.
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09-01-2006, 06:45 PM
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Great find 
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09-01-2006, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by ah30k
The spoof has S2 stuff in it, so it wasn't from the very early days.
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It had transferring home movies back to the box. 7.2.2 or later.
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09-01-2006, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Turtleboy
It took me about 4 minutes to download.
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I take that back. I lied. When I sait that it had been downloading for 2 minutes, and said two minutes left.
It is still downloading and now says 40 minutes remaining.
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09-01-2006, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by greg_burns
It had transferring home movies back to the box. 7.2.2 or later.
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When did they introduce photo slide shows and music transfers? Never on a S1, that was my point. The S2s must have been in existance when the spoof was made.
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09-01-2006, 07:01 PM
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I'm curious how the OP found the video.
Clearly this is a newer movie, athough they made the font for the Tivo pages look retro. I'd like to know if Tivo is planning on selling those uber-peanut remotes.
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09-01-2006, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Turtleboy
I take that back. I lied. When I sait that it had been downloading for 2 minutes, and said two minutes left.
It is still downloading and now says 40 minutes remaining.
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Holy crap! I have Comcast and it took me about a minute. I actually had to do it twice because the first time I clicked 'open' rather than 'save' and it tried to open in Media player which couldn't recognize mp4.
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09-01-2006, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ah30k
When did they introduce photo slide shows and music transfers? Never on a S1, that was my point. The S2s must have been in existance when the spoof was made.
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Of course, everything was kinda stylized. We don't currently have a Home Videos folder. Maybe an S3 feature?
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09-01-2006, 07:07 PM
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That's not a real ftp directory is it? Looks like an faked html page. Easy way to fudge the dates.
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09-01-2006, 07:15 PM
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Oh the site is definitely faked, athough it is genuine Tivo. If you look up normal pages like that, they look very different.
For an example go to ftp.geocities.com
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09-01-2006, 07:24 PM
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Heh, that's good stuff.
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09-01-2006, 08:52 PM
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That's hysterical - I love it.
Where the hell did they find that tape recorder???
I love the fonts - very 70's (some of us remember).
I live a couple of miles from Milpitas so the channel guide showed our local Bay Area channels. I'm actually amazed - they show Bonanza on Channel 4 (KRON) which used to be our NBC channel. Several years ago, KRON lost NBC and it moved to Channel 11 in San Jose - which they don't show on the screen. Pretty smart these guys. I can't believe anyone at tivo is old enough to remember that - maybe they asked their parents for help.
Maybe someone from tivo will tell us the origin. It's quite entertaining. Looks like the kind of thing that was done for internal use.
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09-01-2006, 09:01 PM
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Maybe it's a test file for a TiVo that can display mp4.
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09-01-2006, 09:25 PM
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There's a few subliminal flashes.....but nothing exciting to discover the reason for the videos existance.... I saw
I love Tivo
www.tivo.com/bluemoon
And as many here know, Bluemoon refers to the codename of the first Tivo unit they made...and the Tivo release date (Last Friday in March). Interesting that the spoofed date on the page shows 3/31.
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09-01-2006, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu_Bee
And as many here know, Bluemoon refers to the codename of the first Tivo unit they made...
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And for those who don't...
TiVo’s Blue Moon holiday — a walk down memory lane
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09-01-2006, 09:41 PM
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That's pretty funny stuff.
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09-01-2006, 09:51 PM
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The TV show descriptions are genius.
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09-01-2006, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by bpurcell
Oh the site is definitely faked, athough it is genuine Tivo. If you look up normal pages like that, they look very different.
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Actually, it looks like it was meant to mimic IIS. They look identical.
I know, I know. Who cares!
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09-01-2006, 10:09 PM
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Man, that's funny. I wonder if it was for inhouse celebration of bluemoon. And it's mentioned as being part 1.
Is there a part 2?
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