TiVo has announced a comprehensive broadband video delivery approach for both Series2 and Series3 units: Peer-to-Peer Video Sharing Working in partnership with One True Media, TiVo is offering a breakthrough new service feature which will provide friends and families scattered across the country with an easy way to share their home videos, by sending them … Read more
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TiVo, Inc is expanding their pool of beta testers for the upcoming fall software release. Series2 owners can drop their service number in a hat and hope for inclusion. While this is an open call, the information about the beta cannot be discussed publicly. So, I better get the speculation and reporting out of my … Read more
Wow… how kick-ass would this be?! Other than the obvious movie licensing quagmire, they’d have to figure out the technology behind it. Series2 units only handle MPEG2, though the new Series3 also supports AVC. If Amazon movie downloads were to be offered on the S2, they’d have to change both the video format and DRM … Read more
Heavy video downloads have joined CNET and Rocketboom on TiVo. Those with broadband-connected Series 2 units can subscribe to a weekly 5 minute humor segment. As with Rocketboom, I’m not particularly interested (I want movie downloads, and I’m willing to pay) — but if this is up your alley, subscribe via Showcases. Speaking of Showcases… … Read more
I don’t care what Wikipedia says, I choose to believe post-herpetic neuralgia is an anxiety disorder caused by that large lizard who stared me down in Belize. Originally leaked to the public a few months ago, yesterday TiVo and Core Medical began piloting video downloads for physicians. While the initial Healthcasts service relies on leasing … Read more