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Live From CES: TiVo Series3

1BADGTP — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:51:25 EST

Finally, an update to the Series 2! Still sucks that you don't get wireless. External hard drive units are cool but I'm sure they'll be locked down so you can't move your shows from Series 3 to Series 3. I love my Tivo.

1BADGTP

Live From CES: TiVo Series3

MegaZone — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 21:57:48 EST

Palmer, Digital signals, from digital cable or ATSC, are recorded as-is, with no re-encoding. Basically just like DirecTiVo units record the satellite stream. Analog signals, from analog cable or NTSC, are encoded on the box into MPEG-2, just like with today's Series2.

MegaZone

Live From CES: TiVo Series3

palmer — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 21:31:00 EST

Has anyone verified that this thing'll record the MPEG-2 bistream directly without recompressing? The last thing we want is to recompress the already crappy picture we're getting.

palmer

Live From CES: TiVo Series3

raygundan — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:22:49 EST

Dan Max: Component and HDMI outputs. CableCard is a standard (mandated by law in the US) that lets 3rd-party manufacturers produce boxes that work on cable systems. You rent a card from the cable company, and plug it in, and suddenly your box can automagically decode their stuff without an external tuner. Nobody knows the cost yet, as near as I can tell.

raygundan

Live From CES: TiVo Series3

Dan Max — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:58:46 EST

FINALLY! This IS what I've been waiting for! What's the deal with cable cards though? I don't know a lot about those. Is it going to be DVI or HDMI, or just composite? AAAAannnnnnddd, What's it cost!?

Dan Max