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TiVo Plug-in for Windows Home Server

Jeremy Jones — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:51:08 +0000

HP released a free plug-in called mediasmart expander for TiVo. This is very cool since you can use the Windows Home Server as storage of your TiVo recordings.

— transfer shows from TiVo to a HP MediaSmart Server and back to TiVo

— view TiVo recordings stored on a HP MediaSmart Server

— watch TiVo recordings that are stored on the HP MediaSmart Server on any PC in the home using Windows Media Player

I wish DirecTV would release something like this. But I guess HP made the software and not TiVo which says a lot of HP.

Press Release below:
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 10, 2010 – HP today made available HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo®, a new software application that lets TiVo DVR(1) owners manage video content from an HP MediaSmart Server.(2)

With a high-definition (HD) DVR from TiVo, consumers can record and pause live TV, and access the world’s largest on-demand video store to watch hit movies, TV shows, music videos and cool web videos.

With the new software application, which is offered at no charge to MediaSmart server owners, TiVo customers can:

— transfer shows from TiVo to a HP MediaSmart Server and back to TiVo

— view TiVo recordings stored on a HP MediaSmart Server

— watch TiVo recordings that are stored on the HP MediaSmart Server on any PC in the home using Windows Media Player

Based on the Microsoft Windows® Home Server platform, the HP MediaSmart Server is a central repository for automatically backing up and accessing digital music, videos, photos and documents from multiple computers on a home network.(3)

The HP MediaSmart Server automatically organizes files across all Windows and Mac computers, streams media across a home network and the Internet,(4) and publishes photos to popular social networking and photo sharing sites.

“The HP MediaSmart Server is the ideal companion to TiVo. With the HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo, consumers don’t have to worry about running out of high-definition storage space since they can save their movies and shows on the HP MediaSmart Server and watch them on any computer in the home,” said Jason Zajac, vice president of Attach, HP Personal Systems Group. “Plus, consumers will benefit from all of the additional features the HP MediaSmart Server provides, such as backing up all Windows and Mac computers.”

Pricing and availability

The free HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo application can be accessed through the Windows Home Server Console of the HP MediaSmart Server EX90/EX495 and HP Data Vault.

(1) Requires TiVo DVR Series II, Series III, TiVo Premier and TiVo desktop software.

(2) Compatible with HP MediaSmart Servers EX490/EX495. HP MediaSmart Server, PCs and TiVo DVR must be on the same network.

(via UsingWindowsHomeServer)

DirecTV TiVo Won’t Be Premier

Jeremy Jones — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:58:26 +0000

The new TiVo Premier was announced just a few days ago and people were wondering if the DirecTV/TiVo deal would get the new stuff. The answer to that is no. While TiVo might be moving ahead with new software and hardware the DirecTV version will be on the old stuff.

“Their [DirecTV's] next implementation of us is not going to have this look and feel,” said TiVo’s Peter Aquino. “It’s based on the classic TiVo.”

This doesn’t bother me a bit. DirecTV has been making lots of improvements to their own DVR and I don’t see what TiVo is bringing to the table. But it has been a year and a half since their partnership so who knows if it will even happen.

(via highdefdigest)

The New TiVo Premiere

Jeremy Jones — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:29:39 +0000

TiVo after many years has updated it’s TiVo to Series 4. There are going to be two version, a base and a THX XL model. The base to have 320GB hard drive and the XL to have a 1TB drive. The UI had a refresh and is now featured in HD. I won’t pretend to know a lot about TiVo as I have never really liked their offerings. Some swear by them though. Since I’m not competely familiar with TiVO I’ll leave the TiVo news to Dave Zatz of ZatzNotFunny. His review of the new Premiere unit is a great read with a lot of information.

But where’s the improved whole-home DVR experience (like Moxi), additional tuners, Blu-ray player, social media apps (like FiOS), DLNA, user personalization (like Sezmi), etc?

The new TiVo Premiere looks nice but after reading over Dave’s post I still think Moxi is your best bet.

MythTV vs. TiVo

Jeremy Jones — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 +0000

http://www.dvrplayground.com/

This is a comparison of MythTV and Tivo. I’m not a big fan of Tivo and don’t understand why people would spend the money. This article is Part 2. If you have a Tivo then I suggest reading then build a media center.

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TiVo with comcast

Jeremy Jones — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:05:00 +0000

http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-6149494.html

Now you can update your Comcast DVR with TiVo software. No need to buy a TiVo box. I’m surprised this hasn’t happened before now. All you Comcast customers can record away with the TiVo interface. I’m on MediaCom and they are taking things away from us, not giving us nothing.

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