Yes, I’m still here in Vegas and have a decent amount of stuff to share! I was briefed on the Comcast-Motorola-TiVo box and Digeo’s upcoming boxes. Yahoo also has some interesting stuff in the works and of course there’s the Xbox 360 as IPTV ‘cable’ box news. It’s just a matter of finding some time to get it all together.
In the meantime you can listen to two podcasts I did. In fact, you’ll hear them before I will! Let me know if they’re any good, otherwise I’ll pass. ;)
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The main question on all of this if when, when, when? Especially on the Comcast/Tivo box in my case - I am waiting for a comparison between that and the Series3 before I buy an HDTV.
Comcast-Motorola-TiVo boxes are slated to begin rolling out this spring. Sounds like some regions will get it before others.
Ars Technica has a pretty good article on the Tivo/Comcast port.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070109-8585.html
The most disappointing part is:
"There's no KidZone, remote scheduling, or home networking with the Comcast TiVos."
I don't care about KidZone, and I didn't expect home networking (since the S3 doesn't have it).
But I really was expected remote scheduling.
What I still wonder about (besides performance/reliability):
1) Can you choose IR codes, so two boxes can live in the same room easily (like on a real Tivo)
2) Does it save Guide Data to disk like a real Tivo, or lose it on reboot ala Comcast?
3) Is the Guide the same short description data Comcast uses, or do we get the longer into available on the Tivo (directors, guest starts, original broadcast date, etc).