TiVo++ from India

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Posted by timothy on Thursday March 20, 2003 @09:41PM from the still-testing-though dept.

charmer writes "According to a story in rediff, a company in India, Divinet Technologies, have developed a set top box that plays video cds, offers sms, email, chat, plays mp3s, acts as a game box, has a web cam, video on demand, and a digital VCR, and has a multilingual interface (a necessity in India.) And it looks pretty good too :-) No pricing given though."

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Real-Video-on-Demand, RealMedia by dpryo · 2003-03-20 21:45 · Score: 2, Funny

Is that REAL Video-on-Demand, or RealVideo-on-Demand?
Sounds Useful by n3rd · 2003-03-20 21:50 · Score: 5, Funny

You can watch a VCD that was recorded using your web cam of you playing video games while listening to MP3s.

Or you can read an SMS that tells you to check your e-mail that contains an chat log reminding you to record a show tonight.

Or you can chat with your web cam. Wait, that's not right. This device can do so many goddamned things I'm getting confused.
Stupid question by Zayin · 2003-03-20 21:52 · Score: 5, Funny

To begin at the beginning, a couple of questions: What costs less than a dial-up connection, but gives you broadband Internet access upto 10 MB per second? What uses your TV set to offer Real-Video-on-Demand, SMS, email, chat, unlimited MP3s, online gaming, video-conferencing, telephony, and interactive education? What doubles up as your VCD, Web cam, Karaoke system, jukebox and VCR?

Linux!

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Re:I have to wonder... by allrong · 2003-03-20 23:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Yes, for years the US has lead the world supplying useless acronyms (UA's) for anything vaguely technology or business related (VTBR). Judging from the article, it would seem that the Indians are catching up very strongly in this area (VSITA).

Maybe they've skipped actual innovation and gone straight for management and marketing.

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Scary stuff by Openadvocate · 2003-03-21 00:39 · Score: 4, Funny

They are evil

Ah finally Friday.

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But not only that, by ultraexactzz · 2003-03-21 01:01 · Score: 3, Funny

...It can tuck your children in at night, make a killer caeser salad, and can divide by zero.

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Re:Stretching by Eccles · 2003-03-21 02:49 · Score: 2, Funny

Any plans to come to the US soon?

Are you kidding? The MPAA and RIAA want Bush to invade India next now. "IP terrorists!"

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Programmer's Nitpick by TheConfusedOne · 2003-03-21 02:59 · Score: 2, Funny

Personally, I'd prefer to buy ++TiVo instead of TiVo++.

After all, who wants to spend the money on a TiVo so that the NEXT person can get the incremented one? :-D

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Only one problem with this box- by BluedemonX · 2003-03-21 06:55 · Score: 3, Funny

No matter what show you're watching with it, at random points suddenly they all start doing a song and dance number and the voices on the lead actors change to a screechy woman for the female lead and a velvety-slightly nasal tone for the male lead. After the dance number, the show resumes. And every romance scene has the camera cut to a shot of trees or something just before any two people kiss (or do anything more hardcore).

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