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Itsme
11-21-2005, 05:49 AM
TiVo service expands to iPods, PSPs

TiVo is expanding its video-recording service so that users can transfer recorded television shows onto Apple Computer iPods or Sony PlayStation Portable.

The enhanced TiVoToGo feature being announced today will also add more copy-protection measures. Recorded shows will have digital watermarks that will follow the copied program wherever it goes, giving TiVo the ability to trace the origin of a transferred program that might get posted freely onto the Internet.

With its introduction in January of When TiVoToGo subscribers could transfer recorded shows to Windows-based PCs and laptops as well as portable media players. But the service was available only to devices compatible with Microsoft's Portable Media Center platform.

By adding support for the MPEG-4 video format, TiVo hopes to capitalize on the popularity of iPods and PSPs.

The new service will be available today for current TiVo subscribers as a beta test and for the general public in the first quarter of next year.
kgsilvas
11-21-2005, 05:54 AM
Sounds interesting. They needed to do something because their DVR market share has been seriously eroded.
mcs328
11-21-2005, 06:25 AM
Another win for Apple and a much need boost for Tivo. It's also good to see that there's a PSP option and not an all Apple FTW option. I know the PSP option might be niche because of the audience but it's a start.
zero2dash
11-21-2005, 10:53 AM
:stupid:
All of this DRM stuff is getting ridiculous. :disa:
It's nice that people who don't have the means/experience to transfer stuff will have an easier alternative, but please...cut the strings with the DRM.
cheapie
11-21-2005, 11:59 AM
i might buy a psp now. that would be great watching movies while flying. my lappy is too much of a pain to bust out on a trip. and the battery would die 1/2 way through the movie anyhow.
chadlnc
11-21-2005, 12:10 PM
i might buy a psp now. that would be great watching movies while flying. my lappy is too much of a pain to bust out on a trip. and the battery would die 1/2 way through the movie anyhow.

I just got a video ipod and used it on my last trip, it worked great.