Will DRM cripple Vista's bid to be a Tivo replacement?
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| As you can see, Vista's Media Center is very polished and comes
| close to rivaling Tivo's interface. I keep thinking Vista?s Media
| Center is a house of cards though. None of the eye-candy is worth
| anything if the overall user experience is crap. Microsoft has
| caved into the pressure of the content providers, and has included
| some serious hardware DRM (HDCP), not to mention that CableLabs has
| to approve the configuration of every media center box. If HDTV is
| not fully integrated, a Vista box is a waste of time.
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http://www.floppyhead.com/2006/11/17/will-drm-cripple-vistas-bid-to-be-a-tivo-replacement/
Days ago:
TiVo to Expand Internet-Based Content
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| In its ongoing bid to be a central conduit of media, TiVo Inc. plans
| to broaden its digital video recording service later this year so
| users of its set-top boxes can download videos from the Internet and
| watch them from their television sets.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061114/tivo_video_downloads.html?.v=2
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