Yahoo’s forthcoming Go TV will offer a variety of video, movie, and TV related services. That in itself is not so interesting. What is interesting is Yahoo claiming they will provide “full PVR functionality” and “full TV tuning capabilities” “directly on your TV.” Both the press release and official site lack the kind of technical details we’re looking for… but I find it extremeley interesting that they’re using TiVo’s trademarked phrase “trick play” in the announcement.
We already know Yahoo! and TiVo have buddied up, so it wouldn’t be a huge stretch to expand that partnership. There’s not much concrete here, but plenty to speculate on… use those comments wisely.
Yahoo says:
- Full Personal Video Recorder (PVR) functionality, including trick play features and access to the PC for storage of content
- Full TV tuning capabilities to control your TV channels
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from what i got is that it uses a pc with tv tuner card..
"Get Yahoo! Go TV
Yahoo! Go TV is coming soon and will be available for all Windows XP PCs.
It's an easy to install, downloadable, lightweight, easy to use application that runs on any PC. It works with any remote control.
All you need to do is download the application onto your PC connected to your TV. And you're good to Go"
Thomas Hawk has more info here:
http://thomashawk.com/2006/01/yahoos-go-tv-wow.html
The prototype he played with is indeed a multimedia PC app. Their press release wording is either poorly written or they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Based on what TH observed, I'm guessing the former...
"Yahoo! Go TV integrates consumers Internet services, including video search and photos, into the television."
Perhaps this will be a icensed version of TiVo software for the PC?
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