Some of the WeaKnees staff came to CES to get the latest info. Much has been reported elsewhere about the TiVo Series 3 HD box with multiple tuners, etc., so we won’t go into the details again here except to reiterate that at this point, it looks like Multi-Room Viewing and TiVoToGo won’t be on this box initially. TiVo does seem to want to add those features pending both technical issues and DRM points.
Next, we wanted to get the word out about the new version of TiVo Central Online that’s in beta. It’s pretty nice – the search functionality is much improved, the guide is beautiful and uses color-coding (runs on an Ajax engine for fast updates on the client side), the TiVo Suggestions engine is in use here in effect. And one of the best features – the top recording lists. There is a list of the top ten prospective recordings of the new week – pretty nice, you get a tip off of what’s coming that people care about. This list is of recordings that people choose manually – not Season Passes. And there are more lists . . .
We’ll get more details posted here and we’ve got some pictures to upload also. But the news from TiVo is good – very good. In fact, there are some developments and new products that we can’t get into here, but we’re pretty sure the TiVo world will be very happy to see them.
More to come . . .