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I think that is why they are doing this. They can't actually share the clips, but they can send data that points to specific parts of data that both people already have.

Like, if I have the superbowl on my Tivo. And someone posts on a blog that says 'OMG THIS COMMERCIAL WAS THE BEST' and you click the link, and it jumps to that spot on your TIVO which in turn plays it on your HDTV.

Kinda cool. People could come up with a LOT of neat stuff for this.

Like a blog on LOST .. People can watch the episode, then dismantle it frame by frame and in turn LINK to those specific parts and share them across a web site for people to look into, and so long as you have that episode on your Tivo, you can watch it yourself.

Granted, people do this kind of stuff on YouTube, but its not every legal and you have to edit it, and do all this crud. But not anymore.

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Really, the more I think about this, the more giddy I am getting.

tivo://lost_s1_e5:12m56s15m45s/ could be embedded in your web site link and when someone clicked on it, and you have your Tivo connected to your pc, it'll tell the TiVo to go to Lost Season 1 Episode 5 and play it from 12minutes56seconds in to 15minutes45seconds. Then it appears on your TV if you have that episode saved on the Tivo.

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Thanks for that insight as prior I was just not seeing the point.
I think you are right though, that while it won't promote 'sharing' it will possibly greatly promote a new and easier accessed social aspect to television.
Sort of 'sharing' our feelings, thoughts, and jokes with each other about something we already have.
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