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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 --- 64 days ago http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/ck-live/2008/07/aussies_get_tivo.html
 The new Metro has a good cover story on how Aussie streets aren't always paved with gold, what with compulsory super, stamp duty, toll roads, poisonous spiders under the barbie and so fourth. Yet our convict cousins still have a couple of lifestyle advantages. At least for geeks. Today Seven Media Group (owner of Channel 7 and Yahoo7 , among other properties) announced a TiVo box (for $A699), to be released in time for the Olympics. On the upside, it has no monthly subscription (unlike in the US). And it'll record any free-to-air TV channel - including HD broadcasts - using tags like the name of an actor to search for shows on its EPG, or to automatically record a show each time it's on - and similar shows as it "learns" your viewing habits over time. On the downside, the home networking functions will be disabled, so Aussies won't be able to stream content from their PC to TV. Nor will they be able to directly access clips from the internet. Both crimps are being billed as necessary to make the Aussie TiVo more "user-friendly" but their real function is to try and thwart now-rampant video piracy. TiVo and others would be better to give customers what they want - and how they want - by offering commercial IPTV and movie download services. They only have to look at the record companies to see what happens when you wait too long, or go to war with your own customers (Seven does promise a download service, but not until early next ye ... |
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