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TiVo Home Media Rollout

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

ncstockguy writes "TiVo rolls out its new Home Media option next week. Subscribers with a Series2 DVR box can get some impressive new functions to their TiVos. They'll be able to screen digital photos on their TVs, listen to music stored on their computer hard drives on their home entertainment units, schedule to tape a show "remotely" through the Internet, and watch a recorded show in different rooms on different TVs. Some of the functions will require two or more computers connected either by WiFi or ethernet."

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  1. Life before the PVR by dtolton · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's a little suprising how much your view of Television in general changes when you get a PVR. When I originally bought mine I thought it would be a nifty little gadget, now it's painful to go to someone's home that doesn't have one. I'd forgotten how obnoxious commercial's can be.

    I hope they have some solid security built in with the Web Server, I would be devastated if someone hacked my Tivo and deleted all my scheduled recordings.

    What do you mean Dragon Ball Z didn't record?!?!

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    Doug Tolton

    "The destruction of a value which is, will not bring value to that which isn't." -John Galt
  2. Not such a great deal. by brocktune · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It costs $99 just to unlock the software. You still have to buy a USB ethernet adaptor. And for the old-timers like me, you have to get a series 2 TiVo. (And pay for a new lifetime subscription)

    All I wanted was to dump the crappy built-in modem that has died twice in 3 years and use my internet link to get the guide information.

    Stuff like this makes me want a roll-your-own PVR. (Gratuitous MythTV link)