Intel to partner with TiVo on PC platform
You can already use your TiVo to record shows onto its hard disk and view later, but soon, you’ll be able to take TV shows from your PC and load them into a TiVo. Intel has partnered with TiVo on its upcoming media center monster, Viiv (or 64 in Roman numerals when put back-to-back). You will be able to pull shows and movies from your TiVo and put them on your PC, and vice-versa. This will turn out to be a wonderful thing, especially if you get on with the forthcoming Internet cable TV revolution!
Looking to boost the number of computers whirring away in living rooms, Intel Corp. on Wednesday unveiled its first list of companies whose products are expected to work with the chip maker’s upcoming Viiv entertainment PC platform. So far, about 40 companies that develop TV, movie, music, gaming and photo-editing products are testing and verifying services, programs and gadgets that will interact with the Intel technology, said Kevin Corbett, an Intel vice president in charge of content services. The goal of the Viiv label, he said, is to avoid consumer confusion and questions over interoperability. It also will ensure the products will work when the PC is being controlled from a distance via a remote control.Intel, which is best known for its Pentium microprocessor, followed a similar strategy in 2003, when it launched its Centrino technology for laptops. Along with a big marketing push, it worked to ensure that gear carrying the Centrino logo worked with laptops branded the same way. Digital video recorder pioneer TiVo Inc. plans to use the technology to make it simple not only to transfer from TiVo set-top box to a Viiv PC but also allow for the transfer of shows on the PC to a TiVo. Viiv also will make it easier to move the content to a DVD or handheld player.
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