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TiVo to Offer Online Services
According to Indystar , TiVo plans on teaming up with Yahoo! and other online companies to allow TiVo users to share photos with friends and family, play games and even listen to podcasts and live radio streamed through the Internet. The services start at $69.99 (after a $150 rebate) and a $19.99 subscription fee for Series2 and Series3 TiVo users. So, what is the most used online service? Is it gaming or sharing photos? Neither, the most widely used online service is TiVo's Yahoo! Weather. More »
Archos 604 WiFi Shipped to Stores
InformationWeek reports that the Archos 604 WiFi portable media player has begun shipping to retail stores and will probably be on sale within the next two weeks. The Archos 604 WiFi should provide stiff competition for the iPods and Zunes providing for full file-sharing capabilities, a 4.5" touch screen and large storage capacity in addition to the ability to surf the web and transfer digital pictures, movies and music over the network. Using the DVR Station , the Archos 604 can even record up to 130 hours of TV programming in DVD quality. More »
TiVo Series3 Modified to 1TB
A TiVo modder, lightrunner, scrapped his warranty paperwork and modified his Series3 TiVo to a whopping 1TB of space using an external RAID setup which is equivalent to over 130 hours of HD programming and over 1240 hours (or 52 days) of standard definition television. To see more pictures of lightrunner's 1TB upgrade and testing, check out his gallery . More »
DIRECTV to Deliver Local HD Programming in 67 Markets by Year End
DirecTV has added twenty five more local HD markets allowing roughly 74% of US television homes to have access to local HD channels. "With 67 markets receiving local HD channels from DIRECTV by year end, we've set the stage for our historic capacity expansion in 2007," said Dan Fawcett, executive vice president, Programming Acquisition, DIRECTV, Inc. "This will enable us to leapfrog the multichannel video industry in terms of the sheer volume of HD programming available to our customers. With more than 44 million homes projected to have HD TV sets next year, we expect to be the video provider of choice for those consumers, offering the best lineup of HD programming, including local broadcast networks, sports, special events, and national networks, as well as original and exclusive programming." Also mentioned in the press release were two new satellites (DIRECTV 10 and DIRECTV 11) set to launch in 2007 that... More »
Network-based PVR To Boost DVR Market
Electronic News reports that ABI Research, a market research firm, issued a report stating that network-based personal video recording (nPVR) will "radically change" everything from advertising to content distribution on video networks fueling the DVR market which is estimated to grow from 20 million current subscribers last year to over 250 million in 2011. "nPVR offers substantial benefits to service providers in terms of cost," principal analyst Michael Arden said in a statement. "But nPVR has to prove that its technology is as good as client-side DVR boxes, and it raises serious issues with some content providers, issues that they are willing to take to court." ABI believes the question in coming years is how much of the function of recording storage will shift to an operator's network. The nPVR allows any digital set-top box (STB) to act as a DVR through software upgrades without needing a hard drive for... More »
TiVo Series3 DRM Glitch: No HBO For You!
According to this article at CNET, if you connect a TiVo Series3 to a JVC A/V receiver via HDMI you will uncover a DRM glitch presenting you with an error mentioning that viewing is not permitted! While tests confirmed that the HDMI output on the Series3 passed all video and audio to various HDTVs installed. The problem occurs when using A/V switching equipment such as receivers with HDMI switching (and currently this glitch has only occured while trying to access content while switching through JVC receivers such as the older RX-D702 and RX-D411). Considering the TiVo Series3 does not ship with TiVo To Go features ( Who killed TiVo To Go ), the only way to archive your recordings on a TiVo Series3 are to record the programs real-time to a VCR or DVD Recorder. You can learn more about the wonders of TiVo's DRM here . More »
TiVo loses latest round in court with EchoStar
October 3rd, a federal appeals court granted EchoStar Communications' request to stay a permanent injunction imposed by a lower court. The injunction had prevented EchoStar from continuing to make and sell a certain DVR in the U.S. pending the outcome of EchoStar's appeal. Rewind to January 2004, TiVo sued EchoStar over a TiVo patent known as Time Warp. Time Warp allows device to store and play back programs. April of this year, a jury decided that the TiVo Time Warp patent had been violated by EchoStar ruling in favor of TiVo. EchoStar immediately appealed at which point TiVo won an injunction against the satellite-TV operator from making, using and selling DVRs using the Time Warp technology. One last nugget... EchoStar and TiVo are still business partners and extended their agreement period a couple of years! What do you think? More »
Intel and DirecTV: Good Viiv-brations
According to this Intel press release , Intel and DirecTV are working on the first Viiv Technology-Verified Digital Media Adapter (DMA) in a set-top box. Using the integrated DMA, the DirecTV digital set-top box will connect to Viiv-enabled computers providing access to digital media, such as photos and music, stored on the Intel-based computers. The recently release DirecTV Plus HD DVR is currently in the final testing and verification stages needed for Intel Viiv compliancy. "With a simple software download, DIRECTV Plus® HD DVR customers nationwide can enjoy on their TV favorite photos and music albums that have been tucked away on their PCs," said Kevin Corbett, vice president of Intel's Digital Home Group and general manager of the company's Content Services Group. "Having the nation's leading satellite television service provider with a 15 million and growing customer base introduce the world's first Intel Viiv technology-verified set-top box is a... More »
Sling Media's New Family of Slingboxes
As DVR Playground reported last week , Sling Media officially will release three new Slingboxes on September 28th. This release marks the first hardware upgrade of the Slingbox which won several innovation awards this past year. Slingcommunity , a DVRPG sister site, got a sneak preview of the new Slingbox line containing the Slingbox Tuner, A/V and Pro as expected. With each Slingbox uniquely tailored towards a specific type of user, the choice of which Slingbox is right for consumers could be confusing so Slingcommunity has released another article to help choose which Slingbox is right for you . For instance, if you use basic cable and an antenna, the Slingbox A/V would be your choice. On the other end, if you have multiple devices you would like to control or connect your HD sources through component input into your Sling, you need to consider the Slingbox Pro. More »
DirecTV HD DVR Plus Partners with Intel Viiv
In an effort to make the Intel Viiv platform useful, Intel has partnered with DirecTV to allow the recently released HD DVR stream video and audio from Intel Viiv systems with the Digital Media Server software. Intel leased a huge space at CES back in January showcasing their Viiv technology. While the Geeks thought Viiv was "kinda cool", we were drooling over the dual core laptops. DirecTV's HD DVR could definitely use an ability to grab digital media from other sources around your house. Not based on TiVo, these units have yet to be hacked and made more useful... yet. More »
Last Post: October 4, 2006 6:49 PM by Lou Jacob
TiVo and Amazon to enable movies from Amazon Unbox
TiVo and Amazon are apparently working on a deal to enable TiVo to download movies directly from the Amazon Unbox service. Amazon Unbox provides a DVD quality file with each movie download that can be burned to DVD as a backup only and the DVD cannot be watched with a DVD player. More »
New Products from Sling and Neuros Top The News
This week so far has been a week with big announcements and big rumors surrounding two innovative electronics companies related to DVRs. Neuros Technology has released the beta of what could become the next generation of DVRs called Neuros OSD. The device is linux-based, fully networkable and very hackable with video recording and playback capabilities. A community member on Sling Community broke that there are three new Sling Media products that should be announced on September 28th. More »
Busy Week for DVR News
This past week was an extremely active one for new product announcements in the DVR industry starting with the much anticipated TiVo Series3 , DirecTV's HR20-700 and version .20 of MythTV. Also, FCC documentation managed to unveil the Slingbox A/V . What a week for DVR fans! More »
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