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The Xbox is looking even more attractive since it's recent price cut, and now the mod chips are adding more features turning it into a true home entertainment system. "Add-on programs are now starting to appear that work with a modified console. One of the first makes it possible to play movies on the console provided they are encoded using the Divx format...

At last a ntl/telewest compatible IrDa remote control extender! - The new innovative way to relay remote control commands from any RC5 or IrDA based device. DigiEye will allow you to control any satellite or cable receiver that uses both RC5 and/or IrDA codes. This includes all Satellite Receivers including EchoStar, Pace etc, European cable receivers for NTL and Telewest services, all VCRs and DVD players/recorders...

"tivo_mail is a set of scripts to allow you to see your waiting e-mail on your TV screen using a TiVo!"

Unfortunatly, that's about as much of a description as I could find, so if one of you lucky Tivowners wants to try it out, mail me the results & I'll update this article

I've had some problems with my TiVo signaling the Sky Digibox. I'm using a Pyramid affair to control TiVo from the bedroom upstairs and these seem to be notorious for sending out spurious IR. This noise then interferes with legitimate signal between TiVo and the Sky box. So, I decided to try one of the new RF2Links from PaceLink.

The RF2Link is a "hard wired" solution that takes the IR output on the back of TiVo and inserts it into the Sky Digibox on its RF2 connector in the same way the Sky TV Link IR extenders do...

Here are some the new additions and improvements you'll find in version 1.70...