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AOL will launch TiVo-like Mystro service

Posted by Hemos on from the playing-catch-up dept.

Jason1729 writes "According to this article on Yahoo, AOL is launching its on version of a PVR service. The content will be stored at the cable provider and not in the local hardware. That seems to be a huge disadvantage because it will use a lot more cable bandwidth transfering the content for a single viewer. It sounds like they're doing it that way so they can restrict which shows you can use the service with (like lock out new episodes of network shows)."

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  1. Why this could work by Brento · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If AOL truly does it right and makes it 100% server-side, what do they put as a "decoder box" in your living room? Why not offer PC software so that you can access your Mystro account from anywhere, and watch your shows? I'd be all over that - being able to set up my laptop on the road in a hotel with high-speed internet and not have to suffer with the hotel's lousy cable.

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    What's your damage, Heather?
  2. Build your own Tivo Device www.mythtv.org by MrJerryNormandinSir · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You don't need to pay for service. I built a mythtv! And the programing info is generated by
    xmltv! For $0.00!

    Check out mythtv.org