Will New Apps Keep TiVo Afloat?

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 16, 2005 @08:13AM from the what-else-floats-in-water dept.

Dave Zatz writes "Tivo, struggling to keep customers and inch towards profitability as execs step down, has continued to shift focus from pure PVR functionality towards digital convergence. Tivo's recently released Home Media Engine SDK extends Tivo's capabilities as developers churn early Java apps out, including the eBay-developed BuyItNow and the independent Airport Express AirTunes remote control. The recently released Tivo To Go allows PC users to transfer shows to their computers for viewing, editing, and burning shows. Mac users aren't entirely forgotten - a hidden feature in the OSX Tivo Desktop 1.9 provides AAC music playback through the television."

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Eureka! It floats! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-16 09:22 · Score: 1, Funny

TiVo nowadays (ever since the Series 2 box) does a much better job of staying afloat than it used to. Unlike the current lightweight plastic model, those original Series 1 boxes were made of a weighty enough metal that the damn things just sank like a stone.