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TiVoToGo For iPods and PSPs
BushCheney08 writes "According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, TiVo is expanding its TiVoToGo service to allow recordings to be viewed on video iPods and PSPs. Files will be transcoded in real time and will include digital watermarks to try to cut down on piracy. The service begins beta-testing for select subscribers today, with a widespread rollout scheduled for early next year. An AP article is also available at Forbes."
TiVo's announcement comes as it faces stiffer competition from computer companies, cell phone providers and television networks that are scrambling to beam TV shows into any handheld device with a screen capable of playing video.
This is great news and I don't mean to be a troll but isn't it a bit disturbing that companies seem more focused on systems that promote vendor-lockin by controlling content?
Television is bascially a one-way pipe to a dumb terminal. I'd much rather see companies working toward bringing greater Internet access to these devices whereby consumers can shop for competitive content in an open market.
Just a thought.
"The sad part is that Apple Mac users will not be able to transcode the Tivo files for Apple iPods because of Windows DRM. I keep around an old Windows notebook just to covert Tivo files to AVIs so I can store them on my Mac Mini hooked to my HDTV. What a hassle. Tivo refuses to support Mac users and release a Tiger compatible version of their software [versiontracker.com]. Tivo is supposed to make my life easier by conforming TV to my schedule not to Hollywood's whim. Once my two Tivos die, I will never, ever give money to that stupid TV with legs and arms.
FU Tivo."
Explain please why it's Tivo's fault you bought a Mac.
Right...
How pathetic are you that you follow me from topic to topic and waste all your mod points at once modding me down?
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My question was
Why is it Tivo's fault you bought a mac.
The correct answer is "It isn't"
Everything in your post could have been edited out.
How pathetic are you that you follow me from topic to topic and waste all your mod points at once modding me down?
I wasn't serious, AC pussy.
Whatever you say, Kreskin.