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Tivo 2 Features On the Horizon

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the boop-beep-ding dept.

Lemuel writes "Tivo has finally pre-announced its music and photo pictures for the Tivo 2. Users will be able to play MP3s and view photos that come from their computer. It will also be possible to program the Tivo via a web site. An official announcement is due in January. There will be revenue associated with these items. Only the remote programming sounds interesting to me, but I'm glad for anything that would keep Tivo afloat."

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  1. *sigh* by rhodesbe · · Score: 0, Troll

    you are pathetic, and the funny thing is that someday you will die.

  2. Soo... you're lazy? by autopr0n · · Score: 0, Troll

    1) I don't want to watch TV on my monitor. My TV is nicer. My TV is in front of the couch. My TV has a better picture. My TV has sound through my stero.

    It's not exactly hard to have your computer sound pumped through a sterio. Certanly not any harder then playing TV sound through a sterio.

    It's also not very hard to have the computer pump video to a TV as well.

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  3. if it aint HD by 14ghz · · Score: 0, Troll

    If it can't do HD... who cares? Oh yah... I forgot. there are cards that record HD bitstreams and regular analog NTSC right off air/cable and to your HDD... FOR FREE! tivo... pleeze. bob

  4. Re:Pre-announcing the pre-boarding by Per+Wigren · · Score: 0, Troll

    When else are you gonna record it, afterwards? That's the whole purpose of recording, to do it beforehand. Otherwise it doesn't really work, does it!

    I don't know about you, but I record my programs while they are running, not beforehand... ;)

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  5. Replay has the best technology, what's going on? by baja · · Score: 1, Troll

    OK, Tivo leaked some new features, but hasn't SonicBlue had most of those for over a year. I have had a DVR for almost 2 years, but it lacks some of the cool features Replay has had for a long time. I should have purchased a Replay last year. I want a Replay now, because it really can skip commercials (a friend has one), I won't have to fast forward through them like I do now. Replay came out with an Ethernet compatible network unit in 2001. They are the technology leader, Tivo is playing catch up. What is wrong with this picture? Replay is clearly a better product, costs less, has been around as long as Tivo (has the main patents), but they don't have a cult. This is nothing like the Mac cult, the Mac has always been the technology leaded and they are still more expensive. Tivo is well behind the technology leader and more expensive. Is it the early branding that they established using TV commercials all that's carrying them? What's up here?