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EvokeTV for finding and sharing your scheduled recordings

EvokeTV is a site doing a lot of what I wished TiVo would do. You create an account, then track shows you want to record. You can rate a TV series as well as individual episodes and they even offer RSS feeds of your show schedule. It's a snappy, ajax interface that is easy to search for shows and get info on them. They even offer a show-sharing feature for bloggers (complete with RSS feed). Here's a list of two shows I tape each week.

Ideally, it'd be great if these features were incorporated into TiVo's online scheduling service (or even cable/satellite DVRs) so that clicking a show would automatically set a recording or season pass in my TiVo. The show sharing is also a feature I'd love to see at TiVo. Netflix offers a similar feature and it's great for finding new movies that your friends enjoyed. The sharing of shows is simple and straightforward, nothing like the hacking I had to go through to reproduce my now playing list last year.

Here's a screenshot of the interface in action. Be sure to also check out their blog which offers tips and new features as they are announced.

by Matt Haughey March 11, 2006 in News

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