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TiVo To Support RealNetwork Formats

Posted by timothy on from the battle-of-the-proprietary-video-formats dept.

rtphokie writes: "The flurry of announcements coming form the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas has started with RealNetworks ' anouncement that it had struck deals to include its technology in an array of microchips and devices, including TiVo PVRs. This is the latest move in an effort to expand from the desktop to consumer devices."

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  1. Oh great... by Adversive · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now when you set up your new RealTiVo and you forget to uncheck ALL the boxes, its going to make it your default toaster and blender too.

    --
    Adversive
    My cat's breath smells like cat food.
  2. Great by British · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great, now we can watch "BUFFERING" on TV now, and have it solicit your email address for special offers!

  3. Real in a nutshell... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Real - a technology seeking a use.

  4. TiVo to Support Canada! by Spankophile · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's that you say? Not yet.

    Fuck.

  5. Re:Screw real player and mpeg... by AyeRoxor! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Two notes, smart guy :P

    1) DivX **IS** MPEG

    2) and so is DVD

    Hope you were sitting down...

  6. Re:Real = terrible by Lemmy+Caution · · Score: 3, Funny
    I agree completely. As far as media formats, closed-ness, spaminess, hideous installs and such goes, Real is at the bottom of the pile. Apple comes next, and Microsoft is only slightly better than Apple. If Microsoft can do me the favor of wiping out real, I'd consider forgiving them for some of their other faults.

    The optimum, of course, is free, open formats like MPEG. But no one sends cocaine and hookers to the hotel rooms of content providers and hardware manufacturers to support free and open formats, so it doesn't happen.

  7. Great! by asdfasdfasdfasdf · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can finally watch streaming video on TV!

    err. wait. That's what tv is.