| The
TiVo© Revolution
With the holiday shopping season
upon us I thought it would be a good time to take a closer look at a relatively
new consumer product called TiVo. Maybe you have heard of it.
It has revolutionized TV watching for some 800,000 families so far. Some
would call it a cult, but lets just say that it will completely change
your relationship with your TV.
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TiVo! What is it and how does it
work?
TiVo is two things:
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It is a special type
of computer called a Digital Video Recorder (DVR). It has a hard drive,
it runs Linux
software and it performs specialized tasks just like a computer. It
uses a screen (your TV) and a remote control. The TiVo unit
connects between your cable or satellite box (or even your TV antenna)
and records the show on the hard drive and then sends it to your TV.
- It is a subscription service that tracks the shows
that will be on TV for the next 14 days. Once per day it makes a short
phone call (or uses your broadband Internet connection if you have one)
to get information on the programs to be aired in the next 14 days.
This allows you to setup recordings in advance and TiVo will
scan all the channels you get and automatically find the shows you want
to record.
To see TiVo in action, click Next below.
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