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< I hope this product won't make my existing ReplayTvs obsolete,
considering I just get local channels. >
TiVo Cuts Out the Cable Box
Upcoming DVR will offer CableCard and HDTV support.
Agam Shah, IDG News Service
Thursday, January 06, 2005
LAS VEGAS -- TiVo is announcing plans to introduce a new digital video
recorder with built-in CableCard technology.
CableCard is an industry standard for security cards that are
distributed by content service providers and can be inserted into a
digital video-ready TV or DVR. The cards store cable user and channel
unscrambling information. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission
has mandated CableCard support in all cable boxes from mid-2005, a
deadline that may be extended.
The TiVo HD digital cable-ready DVR will also support reception and
recording of high-definition content, TiVo's chief executive officer
Mike Ramsey said at a press conference Thursday, during the
International Consumer Electronics Show here.
The CableCard box will be released in early 2006, Ramsey says, but in
the conference he did not provide further details or price
information.
Built-In Broadband
Ramsey says TiVo will also focus on improving its existing Series2
DVRs, with broadband capabilities, improved navigation, and further
ease of use.
The updated DVRs will be able to record content to DVDs and download
content to Windows-based PCs and portable devices, as well.
Integrated broadband capabilities will allow users to download movies
from online services, access additional content off the Internet, and
conduct transactions such as buying downloads or DVDs online, Ramsey
says.
In addition, TiVo is readying a new services strategy, code-named
Tahiti. The company's first Tahiti component is the TiVoToGo service
software update, which will be free to current TiVo2 subscribers. The
service update will allow users to record content to DVD players or
move content to PCs over a home network, says Ramsey. "You can use the
PC as storage in case there is no storage left on your TiVo," he says.
For programs to be transferred to a PC, TiVo's Desktop software would
need to be installed on a client PC, he says. Once the program is
transferred from a TiVo to a PC, the software will decrypt the file
and play it back. The Desktop software supports only Windows 2000 and
Windows XP, according to the company.
TiVoToGo will download itself automatically to DVRs when it becomes
available, the company says.
TiVo boxes with integrated broadband and broadcast capabilities will
be available by the middle of this year, Ramsey says.
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/www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119199,tk,dn010705X,00.asp
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"The cup's gone up from an A to D. It's bad for you, but it's
fun for me."
-- Chris Martin's rap song to Gwenyth Paltrow
< I hope this product won't make my existing ReplayTvs obsolete,
considering I just get local channels. >
TiVo Cuts Out the Cable Box
Upcoming DVR will offer CableCard and HDTV support.
Agam Shah, IDG News Service
Thursday, January 06, 2005
LAS VEGAS -- TiVo is announcing plans to introduce a new digital video
recorder with built-in CableCard technology.
CableCard is an industry standard for security cards that are
distributed by content service providers and can be inserted into a
digital video-ready TV or DVR. The cards store cable user and channel
unscrambling information. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission
has mandated CableCard support in all cable boxes from mid-2005, a
deadline that may be extended.
The TiVo HD digital cable-ready DVR will also support reception and
recording of high-definition content, TiVo's chief executive officer
Mike Ramsey said at a press conference Thursday, during the
International Consumer Electronics Show here.
The CableCard box will be released in early 2006, Ramsey says, but in
the conference he did not provide further details or price
information.
Built-In Broadband
Ramsey says TiVo will also focus on improving its existing Series2
DVRs, with broadband capabilities, improved navigation, and further
ease of use.
The updated DVRs will be able to record content to DVDs and download
content to Windows-based PCs and portable devices, as well.
Integrated broadband capabilities will allow users to download movies
from online services, access additional content off the Internet, and
conduct transactions such as buying downloads or DVDs online, Ramsey
says.
In addition, TiVo is readying a new services strategy, code-named
Tahiti. The company's first Tahiti component is the TiVoToGo service
software update, which will be free to current TiVo2 subscribers. The
service update will allow users to record content to DVD players or
move content to PCs over a home network, says Ramsey. "You can use the
PC as storage in case there is no storage left on your TiVo," he says.
For programs to be transferred to a PC, TiVo's Desktop software would
need to be installed on a client PC, he says. Once the program is
transferred from a TiVo to a PC, the software will decrypt the file
and play it back. The Desktop software supports only Windows 2000 and
Windows XP, according to the company.
TiVoToGo will download itself automatically to DVRs when it becomes
available, the company says.
TiVo boxes with integrated broadband and broadcast capabilities will
be available by the middle of this year, Ramsey says.
http
/www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119199,tk,dn010705X,00.asp===
"The cup's gone up from an A to D. It's bad for you, but it's
fun for me."
-- Chris Martin's rap song to Gwenyth Paltrow
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