Yep, TiVo is re-announcing
support for Rhapsody today, finally ready to roll out to Real / TiVo crossover customers. Real's hardware integration list, which includes
iRiver,
Nokia,
SanDisk,
Sonos, etc., gets finally getting another notch in the bedpost, and you get to thumbs up / down your music selections (thanks, TiVo peanut) couchside. It doesn't sound like you can do much more than stream tracks and Rhapsody radio from the cloud, though, so if you're expecting some crazy TiVo-centered device syncing or portable media integration, think again. And say, while we're on the topic of TiVo updates, not that we want to look a service-supporting gift horse in the mouth or anything, but we're
still waiting for
TiVoToGo and TiVoToComeBack for our Series3s and HDs, y'hear TiVo?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Cameron @ Oct 9th 2007 12:12AM
hey Jack Johnson deserves five stars hes the fucking truth!
mushrooshi @ Oct 9th 2007 12:18AM
What is love...
kuzu-b @ Oct 9th 2007 12:26AM
Why is everyone getting in bed with Rhapsody? I had a sandisk mpg player and I loved it, except for the fact that Rhapsody is possibly worse than iTunes.
mushrooshi @ Oct 9th 2007 12:37AM
Why is iTunes so bad?
I mean, theres iTunes U!
I have like downloaded several MIT Biology lectures there and now my biology teacher is letting us listen to iPods in class because we listen to lectures.
michael @ Oct 9th 2007 1:19AM
iTunes isn't a favorite of everybody.
I find iTunes to be a memory hog, and the software itself can be quite clunky sometimes. Especially on the Windows version. I find the placement of several of it's options placed in obscure locations, and it can be pretty hard looking for exactly what you want with so many hidden buttons and all. I mean, even WMP 11 does an awesome job with putting options in the right place.
Plus the fact that the latest version (how many come every month?) won't install on my computer. It's just a plain pest. The only thing worthwhile is that it has access to the iTunes store (the largest one there is), and it's the only place where iPods will sync (although not always successfully).
That frustration is leading for me to find some alternatives, preferably something that syncs with WMP 11's many services, or even the Zune, which I heard isn't too bad.
BTW: Your bio professor lets you listen to iPods during class? I mean, if you're there, shouldn't you be learning? Instead of the next day in class? Or if you're even listening to lectures, than the latest albums?
UnnDunn @ Oct 9th 2007 1:10AM
I think Rhapsody is turning into a seriously awesome service. I like the Rhapsody online website; I can listen to my library at work on Mac or Linux. And the Windows client is fast and responsive.
The community playlist feature is amazing, and the service works well with my Zen Vision M.
I'm going to have to choose between this and the new Zune service in the next few months, and so far it looks like Rhapsody is winning.
Bad Beaver @ Oct 9th 2007 2:32AM
Jack Johnson is not only popular, he is also a powerful treatment for priapism as I hear. Rhapsody is nice though, or at least it was nice when I last used it. I have to look into it again.