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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. Great... by ZoneGray · · Score: 3, Redundant

    Ah, great... now as soon as you power on your Tivo, Real Player will prompt you to register with your e-mail address, install itself as the startup screen, add itself as a favorite recording, and make itself the default for everything else.