http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/ Engadget Comments for TiVo and Comcast officially tie the knot http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/
My guess is these will be like the DirecTiVos... basically a TiVo but with advantages and disadvantages. Of course, the big advantage will be dual tuner support and better picture quality (no re-compression). If the DirecTiVo boxes are a guide, the disadvantages will be some missing features and a lack of hackability.
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If they dont give us dual tuner/hdtv recording/ and working without a phoneline, I actually might have to stick with my current box. Dual tuners and HDTV recording is just too good.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/
Snippit from other news outlets:

Comcast said that a TiVo product for its customers would not be available until mid- to late 2006. Comcast also said it would just be using TiVo software, but not a TiVo box.

"Comcast is not using all of TiVo's technology," said April Horace, an analyst with Janco Partners, who questions how much the deal will add to TiVo earnings.

TiVo currently receives about a $1 per month in ongoing fees from DirecTV subscribers who signed up for a TiVo package. But both Horace and Sanderson said they doubted that Comcast agreed to pay anything higher than that.

"People will start dreaming big with Comcast," said Sanderson. "But I'm not sure the economics of this deal will be favorable to TiVo."

Horace added that since TiVo is developing new software for Comcast, she'd want to know how much, if it all, Comcast will be reimbursing TiVo for research and development costs.

The Comcast partnership is also not an exclusive one, so it's not as if TiVo has necessarily scored a big victory over its rivals. In fact, Comcast announced last week that it would be buying $1 billion worth of cable set-top boxes from Motorola
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Shortest "Death Watch" ever!!!

This deal comes awfully close on the heals of TiVo's recent patent activity. I smell a "cause and effect" relationship here somewhere.

Schweet.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/15/tivo-and-comcast-officially-tie-the-knot/Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM