Tag: TiVo
A/V geeks and open source hackers alike are sure to fall in love with the MonolithMC HD DVR system, which runs the Linux based MythTV platform.
The system “one-ups” TiVo by waiving monthly fees and completely ignoring DRM codes that limit what shows you can save. Not only that but the Monolith is also capable of running all kinds of open-source plugins, including weather reports and jukeboxes.
The Monolith packs a dual tuner which lets you record two shows at the same time (TiVO feature as well) onto an included 200 gigabyte hard...
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Well, it looks like someone cracked the DRM on TiVoToGo, making it possible to decrypt the files on non-Windows platforms. It is C code which reportedly runs on Linux, Solaris, and Windows. (I'm sure someone will port it to Mac if it doesn't run there already.) This is the Wiki reporting the development, and this is the project page on SourceForge. It is open source, BSD license. Right now it looks like a geek-level solution - you run it from the command line. But I'm sure someone will wrap it in a nice package to make it usable for the...
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TiVo has announced a comprehensive broadband video delivery approach for both Series2 and Series3.
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 directly to the television set. Rather than burning and mailing DVDs, friends and family will now be able to set-up their own private channel to send home videos directly to a TiVo subscriber’s TV set. (Available first...
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According to the NY Post. Amazon is in talks to allow users to transfer movies downloaded from Amazon's UnBox Video Download Service.
"Amazon, the giant online retailer that recently launched a digital video downloading service that competes with Apple's iTunes, is in discussions with TiVo about creating a feature that would allow users to automatically transfer online movie purchases to their TiVo set-top boxes, according to two sources familiar with the discussions.
The deal, if completed, could be a key step toward bridging the gap...
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Embracing a media technology once feared by commercial television as the industry's boogeyman, the CBS network has teamed up with TiVo Inc. to help promote its new fall shows.
In a first-of-its-kind deal between one of the Big Three U.S. broadcasters and the leading maker of digital video recorders (DVRs), TiVo users will be able to watch the pilot episode of CBS's upcoming sitcom "The Class" a full week before its prime-time premiere.
"The Class" pilot will be delivered to TiVo subscribers along with a separate package of brief clips of...
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TiVo reported a quarterly loss Wednesday that was seven times the size of its loss a year ago, largely because of hefty legal costs associated with a high-stakes intellectual property patent dispute.
In the three months ended April 30, the company, which makes digital video recorders, lost $6.45 million, or 7 cents a share, compared with a loss of $892,000, or a penny a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 50 percent, to $59.2 million, from $39.3 million a year ago.
Analysts, on average, were expecting a loss of $10.54 million, or 14 cents a...
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In a sudden twist of events, a Washington D.C. court has allowed the continued use of DISH PVRs, sold by EchoStar Communications.
"We are pleased that this morning, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. temporarily blocked an injunction issued by a Texas Court, while it considers a longer-term stay of that injunction," EchoStar said in a statement.
The ruling was the latest in an ongoing battle between TiVo, one of earlist companies to design personal video recorders, now called digital video recorders or DVRS.
"As...
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ConsumerFury contends that Time Warner Cable's Raleigh division responded to a recent customer inquiry on the matter by stating that "Time Warner Cable of Raleigh does not provide support for or allow TiVo devices on our cable network...CableCARDS will only be installed on cable-ready, CableCARD-slot-available television sets." Pretty harsh, especially considering the fact that Time Warner's policy may not even be legal: federal regulations concerning CableCARDS seem to indicate that providers must support them for any unidirectional TV,...
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The company's new Audience Research and Measurement division will initially utilize a random sampling of 22,000 subscribers to provide corporate customers will information about specific ads -- such as how many people viewed them during certain airings -- though the numbers will not be tied to specific demographic information.
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ToPo 3 years 4 months ago
TiVo has communicated to both the FCC and cable operators to prep them on S3's unique ability to house two CableCARDs for dual tuning. Letter specifically states the Series3 will hit retail "soon." No mention of price.
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