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01-13-2003, 6:46 AM
LAS VEGAS--Personal-video-recorder designer Tivo Inc. said it had already developed a reference design to support digital televisions, and later this year subscribers will be able to network Tivos together and use them as a limited home media server.
With products like the Microsoft Media Center PCs rolling out to the mass market, consumer electronics manufacturers and PC vendors alike are rushing to stake their claims on the living room. But manufacturers like Tivo and rival ReplayTV, which have jumpstarted the personal-video-recorder market, have gained an early lead.
Tivo claims 500,000 subscribers and 1 million people have used its service. The company has still not achieved profitability, but hopes to reach breakeven later this year.
Tivo's DTV push will be rolled out with partners like DirectTV, which said it would develop a product based upon the design later this year. Tivo's design will support 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i, the highest echelons of digital content bitrates. The new Tivo will still offer traditional Tivo features common to the current Series2 boxes, including the ability to "pause" live TV, "Season Pass", and the "Wishlist" capability.
"Welcome to the world of high-def with Tivo," said Michael Ramsay, chairman and chief executive of Tivo, in a press conference here.
Read More Here (http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,817829,00.asp)
With products like the Microsoft Media Center PCs rolling out to the mass market, consumer electronics manufacturers and PC vendors alike are rushing to stake their claims on the living room. But manufacturers like Tivo and rival ReplayTV, which have jumpstarted the personal-video-recorder market, have gained an early lead.
Tivo claims 500,000 subscribers and 1 million people have used its service. The company has still not achieved profitability, but hopes to reach breakeven later this year.
Tivo's DTV push will be rolled out with partners like DirectTV, which said it would develop a product based upon the design later this year. Tivo's design will support 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i, the highest echelons of digital content bitrates. The new Tivo will still offer traditional Tivo features common to the current Series2 boxes, including the ability to "pause" live TV, "Season Pass", and the "Wishlist" capability.
"Welcome to the world of high-def with Tivo," said Michael Ramsay, chairman and chief executive of Tivo, in a press conference here.
Read More Here (http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,817829,00.asp)