TiVo Summer Update (9.4) rolling out

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TiVo Summer Update (9.4) rolling out

Dave Zatz has the info on the new updates to TiVo HD and Series 3 software. The new features are summed up as:

Play or Delete a Folder, all shows in a folder
Browse the Guide Any Time, even during playback/downloads
Jump Forward in the Guide 24hrs with a single click
Find a Station in the Guide using the call letters (MSNBC, CNN)
Toggle Closed Captioning On and Off with a single click
Review Thumb Ratings

From the sounds of the new features, this sounds like the efforts of the latest TiVo beta are going live to customers over the next few weeks. A friend had been in on the beta and mentioned a couple of these new features to me and they all look like nice improvements on the experience.

I especially like the station call letter search because I recently changed cable providers and can never remember the station number and making closed captioning turn on/off easier is great. About once a week I'll be watching something and I can't understand what someone is saying on screen, so I'll turn on captioning for a minute to see it typed out, but often it takes longer to enable them and disable them than I even need the feature turned on.

by Matt Haughey July 15, 2008 in News