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The box that has become synonymous with digital recording of television programs now has a mobile companion, the TiVoToGo service, for more restless viewers.
The service, announced Monday, allows subscribers to transfer programs to laptops--as long as copyright protections are in place.
Alviso, Calif.-based TiVo, the maker of the digital video recorder, is now pushing a no-cost automatic software update to its standalone Series 2 devices, except those belonging to subscribers with DVD recorders. The company plans to get TiVoToGo to DVD recorder subscribers later this year.
"Consumers don't want to be tied to their living room to watch their favorite entertainment," said Matt Wisk, chief marketing officer at TiVo. "With TiVoToGo, subscribers can take their favorite shows with them to enjoy on business trips or family vacations."
But subscribers won't be able to watch just any program on their laptops. TiVo has designed the to-go service to shun content that uses Macrovision copy protection technology, including pay-per-view and video-on-demand programming and commercial DVDs.
To transfer television programs onto a laptop, a subscriber must install the no-cost TiVo Desktop software on the portable computer.
The system encrypts the program during the transfer, so subscribers must use a password to decrypt and play back the show.
The automatic distribution of the TiVoToGo service is being conducted according to a scheduled rollout process. Subscribers who want high priority on the distribution list can go to the TiVo Web site to sign up. The TiVo Desktop software supports only Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems.
At this week's Consumer Electronics Show, TiVo plans to announce partnerships with companies that are developing new technologies and products designed to work with TiVoToGo.
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have just about surrendered to the PC. Next, we should see
software (not fromTiVo) to download video from the cable/
satellite box into H-264 format for storage in hard drives.
For those who have a TiVo, don't get too attached to the device.
It will be obsolete all too quickly.
USB? Ethernet? Bluetooth? RS-232 Cable?
A little follow up on the whole point of the article would be great.
SD
Get a clue TIVO, with Macs you can already do this using El Gato software.
Now I can watch Citizen Gates video getting a cream pie in the
face OR Citizen Ballmer screaming like Howard Dean at an MS
Keynote OR watch CES 2005 Keynote where the MSMediaPC
crashes with the blue screen of death while I am traveling the
globe...
Thanks MSTVTiVoPC!
Just what we all wanted for our New Year!
I think I will wait awhile for all of the "convergence zonies" have
calmed down a bit...
Happy New Year 2005!
Have fun!