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Yahoo! News - Andrew Kantor: CyberSpeak - Big drives, wide pipes will shift how we watch TV Andrew Cantor describes how bandwidth and cheap storage is changing the way we watch TV in this USAToday.com article.Whether it's a toddler, a...More
Comcast HDTV & DVR: Big Screen and High Def Score With Super Bowl Fans
Comcast Cable Survey Shows More Than Half of Fans Consider High Definition and Big Screen TV When Deciding Where to Watch the Big Game PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- America has spoken: high-definition television has taken its place, alongside friends...More
PACT Announces the Smart Media XPP Package for Multi-Standard Video Codecs
It integrates hardware and software IP for Multi-Standard Video Codecs and its a programmable platform for flexible Settop Boxes, DVR and Smart Cameras San Jose, CA (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) January 13, 2005 -- PACT XPP Technologies, the leader...More
TiVo or Not TiVo?
Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/13/2005 | TiVo or Not TiVo? The Philadelphia Enquirer is conducting an informal survey of users in the wake of DirecTV's announcement of it's own DVR and Comcast's recent DVR release. We are especially interested in hearing...More
Mac Mini as DVR
Yahoo! News - Update: Apple ups the ante with Mac mini, iPod, and Xsan The $499 Mac Mini, on display last week at CES promises to be the new multimedia hub of your living room.Tricked out with accessories that are...More
TiVo on hunt for new chief executive
TiVo on hunt for new chief executive | CNET News.com Here's coverage from C|Net.It's been a busy month for the company so far. TiVo used last week's Consumer Electronics Show to tout a number of deals and product plans. Among...More
TiVo Announces CEO Succession Plan
Ramsay to Remain Chairman of the Board January 12, 2005 - ALVISO, Calif. – TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), announced today that its Chairman and CEO, Michael Ramsay,...More
TiVo rebounds amid speculation
TiVo rebounds amid speculation; CEO says no sale Shares of digital video recorder technology innovator TiVo recovered and moved into positive territory Wednesday afternoon amid speculation that the company is for sale, but the company's chief executive has reportedly said...More
DVR reference design runs Linux, open source MythTV
DVR reference design runs Linux, open source MythTVEmbedded Software Group (ESG) is collaborating with Transmeta on a fanless digital entertainment center reference design based on Linux and open source DVR (digital video recorder) software. The Royal Linux Media Center runs...More
TiVo's Stock Is In Rewind
TiVo's Stock In Rewind TiVo's stock continues to fall since the DirecTV announcement. The company has lost nearly 30 percent since DIRECTV announced it would launch a rival DVR service.Get the full story here....More
Mitsubishi Announces WD-62825 HTDV/DVR
Mitsubishi HDTV Features Built-in DVR - Home Video News - Designtechnica News Mitsubishi has announced a new line of HDTV/DVR combo units including 5 TVs and one receiver/controller.The WD-62825 is a Digital Cable Ready 62-inch DLP(TM) HDTV display with a...More
Klegg EMC 280-DIVA Announced
Klegg Unveil 200GB DVR Press Release: Klegg have used CES 2005 to launch their EMC 280-DIVA 4-in-1 media center. Viewers can record up to 200 hours of TV to a built-in hard drive or, using the integrated DVD recorder; burn...More
Comcast Celebrates Overwhelming DVR Response by Giving Away a New HDTV to Its 10,000th DVR Customer
Comcast's New DVR Provides Unbeatable Value to Bay Area Residents SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Comcast announced a remarkable milestone: Less than a month after the introduction of the company's Digital Video Recorder (DVR) service in the Bay...More
TheArmchairGeek.com Technology News/Info Site Launched Earlier Than Expected Due to Traffic
Due to greater than expected traffic during the pre-launch phase, TheAirmchairGeek.com has been formally launced as the source for the latest news/articles/info on all of the best of technology: TiVo/DVR, VOIP, digital cameras, etc. (PRWEB) January 11, 2005 -- The...More
DVR Blog joins AnswerBlog Network
The Digital Video Recorder (DVR) Blog DVRInfoSpot.com, which provides the latest news on DVR technology has joined the AnswerBlog Network. (PRWEB) January 11, 2005 -- DVRInfoSpot.com (www.dvrinfospot.com) has become an official member of the AnswerBlog Network (www.answerblogs.com). The purpose of...More
DON LINDICH: Questions about TiVo
FresnoBee.com: Technology: DON LINDICH: Questions about TiVo Don Lindch answers a reader's questions about TiVo and gives a good intro to DVRs in general.Q: I currently use Comcast digital cable and want a DVR hard disk recorder. I'm only interested...More
Time Warner to Carry Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300 Multi-Room DVR
St. Paul Pioneer Press | 01/07/2005 | Multi-TV DVRs coming from Time Warner soon Apparently Time-Warner Cable has been testing the new Scientific-Atlanta 8300 Multi-Room DVR for the past several weeks and will be the first cable company to make...More
TiVo's Show Isn't Ending Yet
TheBostonChannel.com - Money - TiVo's Show Isn't Ending Yet With DirecTV's announcement of a non-TiVo DVR and the subsequent drop in TiVo's stock price, it's easy to question TiVo's future.Is it time to trade in your TiVo (TIVO)? After all,...More
DIRECTV Debuts Home Media Center at CES Trade Show
Digital Network System Provides Seamless DVR in Every Room Las Vegas, NV Jan 6, 2005 DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading and fastest-growing digital television service provider, today introduced at the International Consumer Electronics Show an advanced new receiver and networked...More
DISH Network Introduces Video On Demand At Consumer Electronics Show; New DISH Player-DVR 625 Makes Hit Movies Available to Satellite TV Customers
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2005--EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) and its DISH Network(TM) satellite TV service announced today that for the first time it will offer a Video On Demand (VOD) service called DISH On Demand. DISH Network will roll...More
DVRs forcing ad agencies into changing their messages
DVRs forcing ad agencies into changing their messages: South Florida Sun-Sentinel Now that digital video recorders are letting TV viewers zip past commercials, many in the advertising community can't help but wonder what will become of the traditional 30-second advertisements...More
STMicroelectronics and Scientific-Atlanta Raise the Bar Again for Cable Set-Top Technology
Innovative Atlas custom IC, co-developed by both companies, now in production Geneva and Atlanta, January 10, 2005 -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), the leading supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes, and Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. a leader in DVR and high-definition set-tops,...More
DVR technology puts TV's future in the hands of viewers
BBC NEWS | Technology | TV's future in the hands of viewers DVRs are reshaping the future of broadcasting.What this means, said Stacey Jolna, senior vice president of TV Guide TV group, is that the way people find the content...More
Silicon Image's SteelVine Architecture Can Be Used to Build Plug & Play
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Silicon Image, Inc. , a leader in multi-gigabit semiconductor solutions for the secure transmission and storage of rich digital media, today announced at the Consumer Electronics Show the availability of the SteelVineTM storage architecture...More
LG LRM-519 Announced
LG bows Windows-friendly set-top recorder - CNET.com LG Electronics showed there new DVD recorder with built-in DVR off at CES this week. It uses new osftware from Microsoft and wirelessly connects to your home network. Features Network media DVR/DVD recorderCompatible...More