[windows2000] For your tivo lovers...
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://thin.net" <jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:46:16 -0400
I now have 3 of them...
JK
Future TiVos Will Download Content From The Net
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1609345,00.asp
June 9, 2004
By Mark Hachman, ExtremeTech
TiVo Inc. said Tuesday that it is taking steps toward allowing its PVRs to
access content from the Web. The personal-video-recorder company will also
allow subscribers access to certain multimedia options it once reserved for
premium customers.
TiVo's representatives confirmed that they are working toward a future that
will allow their personal-video-recorder devices to access music and movies
downloaded from the Internet. Currently, the boxes only allow content to be
recorded from television broadcasts, although a Home Media option also
allows those recordings to be scheduled via the Internet. Users may also
view pictures and listen to music stored on a PC.
On Tuesday, the company said it would make those Home Media options part of
the company's $12.95 monthly subscription. In addition, TiVo reduced the
price that it will charge to include a second TiVo box inside the home, from
$12.95 to $6.95. Retailers will also offer a ten percent discount to attempt
to woo users to buy the TiVo box, which will retail for as low as $129 after
a mail-in rebate.
The Home Media options include Internet scheduling, the ability to watch
stored content on one TiVo on another television in the home, and the
ability to view pictures and listen to music stored on a PC.
TiVo's eventual shift to becoming an Internet-connected service was tipped
off last year, when the company acquired Strangeberry, a service designed to
allow users to view Internet video streams. "The [announcements] are a
building block in developing a foundation to working to those things," a
TiVo representative said. "StrangeBerry is part of that".
The New York Times reported that the new Internet streaming service would
become available by next year. The TiVo spokeswoman declined to confirm that
report, saying only that the "availability is unclear". To date, TiVo has
not signed any public deals with content providers to make movies, music or
other services available to its subscribers, and the comapny has not
disclosed how those services would work.
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