All three companies are all at least partially owned by media conglomerate Vivendi, which owns Universal Music. Looks like they're trying to find some sort of system that works financially. Whatever it is, it's definitely not Pressplay.
I talked with Microsoft about ultimate tv recently and they said that there would be Ethernet connections in it to access the data guide via the Net. Of course they didn't mention anything about using it to transfer programs to computers, which is one of the big questions about both replay and tivo today. (One point for Microsoft for putting two satellite tuners in their box for PIP and recording different channels.) But none of them is talking about a date for incorporating 1394, which is a bummer, since that would do away with the decode/re-encode process that's so idiotic right now. Might have something to do with the MPAA... Anyway, I'm getting a DirecTivo any day to try out, so let's hope the thing works.
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All three companies are all at least partially owned by media conglomerate Vivendi, which owns Universal Music. Looks like they're trying to find some sort of system that works financially. Whatever it is, it's definitely not Pressplay.
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I talked with Microsoft about ultimate tv recently and they said that there would be Ethernet connections in it to access the data guide via the Net. Of course they didn't mention anything about using it to transfer programs to computers, which is one of the big questions about both replay and tivo today. (One point for Microsoft for putting two satellite tuners in their box for PIP and recording different channels.) But none of them is talking about a date for incorporating 1394, which is a bummer, since that would do away with the decode/re-encode process that's so idiotic right now. Might have something to do with the MPAA... Anyway, I'm getting a DirecTivo any day to try out, so let's hope the thing works.
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