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TiVo to Support Video Transfer to iPod

riversky said:
Tivo doesn't support Mac and I am willing to bet that this will PISS off the motion picture companies/and TV guys that Apple will have a much more difficult time dealing with them for a "iMovie Store"
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wait til tivo finds out that the tv/movie industry is awash with mac users. let's see, i'm in the tv business and my main machine is a mac, why would i want to license something i can't even use myself at home?
 
EricNau said:
Were both 'TiVo' brand? On tivo's website they only show 3 models.
And tivo only has one monthly fee , for $12.95 a month (or a one time fee of $299).

Sounds like your new TiVo box isn't really a TiVo.
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Tivo software is in many models that Tivo doesn't currently sell directly on it's own site. Take for example their recent deal with Comcast.

Also, it's $6.95 per month if you either have 1) another Tivo subscription or 2) a lifetime sub already paid.
 
To those who are saying this won't work with the Mac:

Think it through. If it's compatible with the iPod, it has to be compatible with the Mac. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Windows Media DRM doesn't work with the iPod.

Whether it will be "officially supported" through TivoToGo for the Mac is another matter - but finding a work-around will almost certainly be trivial. Certainly easier than the current Mac work-around (disclaimer - the link is to one of my own pages). I would guess it'll be as easy as browsing the built-in web server on your Series 2 Tivo.
 
For what it is worth, even though tivo's website claims that tivo desktop does not work with Tiger, I have been using it just fine on Tiger. I am able to view my iTunes and iPhoto libraries just fine on tivo. While it doesn't yet support TivoToGo like the PC, the music and photo cababilities are much easier than on the PC because they use iPhoto and iTunes so you don't have to do anything more to get them to show up once you have downloaded the software and share them.

While it is a bummer tivo doesn't support aac, I suspect that has more to do with Apple not licensing that technology (they seem to want to keep that for themselves rather than license to anyone else - motorola ROKR is the only one I can think of).

anyway, if they do launch TivoToGo for the mac, that might just make me want to get a new iPod (though I kow their hope is that iPod video owners will buy tivo).
 
Aeolius said:
There are those of us who do not have Windows boxes in our homes, you know. ;)
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amen to that! (ok, so there's one rotting the garage [i got an iMac G5 (revision before camera), one rotting on my sister's desk [she has an iBook G4], and one on my mom's floor [she has an iBook (G3)]).

The only way apple would bless this is for it to be in the iTMS. I mean, really, how else would apple go with it?
 
EricNau said:
Were both 'TiVo' brand? On tivo's website they only show 3 models.
And tivo only has one monthly fee , for $12.95 a month (or a one time fee of $299).

Sounds like your new TiVo box isn't really a TiVo.
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Just because TiVo only sells three models on their site, doesn't mean there aren't many more out there. I may have exaggerated with 100 models, but there are dozens of models from many manufacturers. Here's a quick search on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref...50?search-alias=electronics-aps&keywords=tivo

And, as you can see on the DirecTV site, their basic TiVo service is only $5.99 a month:

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/imagine/TIVOPricing.jsp
 
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LordJohnWhorfin said:
Not quite. The DirecTV units do not and will not support video extraction. Hack it, hack it, hack it! Hacked DirecTV receivers ROCK :)
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I have 6 DirecTV with TiVo units all networked, and I can exchange shows between them or download to my Mac or video iPod with a single click. Hacking them is really not that hard, and TiVo Tool fills in the software blanks.

Also, someone said that TiVo Desktop does not work in Tiger. This is false. It works fine for me here on a PowerMac G4 and G5, and two PowerBook G4's.
 
greenstork said:
Just because TiVo only sells three models on their site, doesn't mean there aren't many more out there. I may have exaggerated with 100 models, but there are dozens of models from many manufacturers. Here's a quick search on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref...50?search-alias=electronics-aps&keywords=tivo

And, as you can see on the DirecTV site, their basic TiVo service is only $5.99 a month:

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/imagine/TIVOPricing.jsp
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I was referring to stand-alone models, not ones partnered with DirectTV, etc. Perhaps these are faster because it is tied (sp) into the system itself, but this is not the case with stand-alones.

And if you are paying the 6 bucks for an additional unit, then does this mean you are actually paying 19$ for both?

I think the software is pretty good, and I like that they are going the Comcast route. I also think they have to do this to survive. But again, it's just a matter of time before they are out of business or sold.
 
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joemama said:
And if you are paying the 6 bucks for an additional unit, then does this mean you are actually paying 19$ for both?
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You pay $5.99 for having any number of DVR's on your account. You also pay $4.99 for each extra receiver (DVR or not.) So if you had two TiVo boxes on your satellite account, you would pay $5.99 DVR fee plus $4.99 for the second box. In my case, I have 6 boxes, so I pay the DVR fee plus $24.95 for 5 additional receivers. (Keep in mind that each DirectTV TiVo has dual tuners, so I have 12 tuners active on my account.)
 
no thanks

Much better for me to copy the unrestricted, unwatermarked mpeg-2s directly from my ReplayTV, and then resize/convert them... :) For free, of course.
 
Working on it?

mahk said:
(despite them "working on it" for over a year, duping lots of Mac users into buying Tivos thinking they'll be able to burn their programs on DVDs)

If I remember right, it was about a year ago that TiVo said they weren't actually working on it and had no plans to support TiVo2Go on a Mac.

I bought a Humax Tivo box with a built in DVD burner. So I take my movies with me on DVD. Then there is DVDxDV....
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I just got this in an email from TiVo:

TiVo announces intention to support iPod!
Did you hear? TiVo announced the intention to support the new Apple® iPod and Sony PSP as early as the first quarter of 2006! You'll be able to use the TiVoToGo™ feature to transfer TiVo® recordings on your networked TiVo® box to your PC and sync to your video iPod automatically.

We'll kick off a beta program for this new feature enhancement in the coming weeks. Visit tivo.com/togo for updates or keep reading this newsletter and I'll keep you posted. And if you're at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, stop by for a demo.

(Confidential to my Mac buddies: I know, I know. But this announcement, while still PC-specific, bodes very well. Hang in there—we are targeting mid-2006 for Mac support for TivoToGo™!)

Ugh
 
You beat me to it, was just copying my email to submit... good things in the works, but it looks like Yahoo! took on the dynasty first, now if they will only support linking to people's .Mac accounts to share photos and such:

Go ahead, shout it from the mountaintops: TiVo teamed up with Yahoo! to offer TiVo Online Scheduling features on Yahoo! TV. So you Yahoo! TV users can now schedule recordings of your favorite TV shows on your networked TiVo Series2™ DVR from anywhere you access Yahoo! TV. (Don't yet have a Yahoo ID? Sign up and schedule away!)

Also starting this week, and also thanks to our friends at Yahoo!, you'll be able to check local weather and traffic, and view your friends' Yahoo! photo albums, right from the comfort of your couch. If you have a TiVo® Series2™ DVR connected to your home network you've already got what it takes to enjoy these new features. If not, well… hmmm… have you not been picking up on my none-too-subtle "It's really time to get connected, in a now-more-than-ever-kind-of-way" theme the past, oh, five newsletters? Because...

Geez, there's even more!

* Explore the latest and greatest in the music scene with Live365, the Internet's largest radio network. Tune in to hundreds of stations right from your TiVo® box.
* Buy local movie tickets. Check what's playing at your local theaters and even buy tickets in advance enabled by Fandango.
* Listen to thought-provoking or entertaining talk shows with the new podcast feature.

Look for a message on your TiVo® box to announce the arrival of these mind-blowing new features (your TiVo® Series2™ DVR is automatically updated as part of your regular TiVo® service (there's nothing you need to do), or if you just can't stand the wait, add yourself to the Priority List and take long, deep breaths.

Don't have a TiVo® Series2™ DVR? Time to treat yourself.



MattG said:
I just got this in an email from TiVo:

TiVo announces intention to support iPod!
Did you hear? TiVo announced the intention to support the new Apple® iPod and Sony PSP as early as the first quarter of 2006! You'll be able to use the TiVoToGo™ feature to transfer TiVo® recordings on your networked TiVo® box to your PC and sync to your video iPod automatically.

We'll kick off a beta program for this new feature enhancement in the coming weeks. Visit tivo.com/togo for updates or keep reading this newsletter and I'll keep you posted. And if you're at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, stop by for a demo.

(C[/i]
onfidential to my Mac buddies: I know, I know. But this announcement, while still PC-specific, bodes very well. Hang in there—we are targeting mid-2006 for Mac support for TivoToGo™!)

Ugh
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