http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/ Engadget Comments for HP MediaSmart add-in adds TiVo compatibility, enables video transfers to and fro 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/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/10:
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That said, concurrent countdown started for when I'll buy a Tivo to replace my 2 completely free multi-room 722 series HDDVRs from Dish, which I only pay $7/month for service on (total):
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... might go to 8,999,999 sometime next week, it's a slow counter.... ]]>Mar 10th 2010 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/
Or until they shut down your Dish DVR due to the injunction. I would say the countdown for that is T minus 3 months. ]]>Mar 10th 2010 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/I'm pretty sure you can already do this with Tivo Desktop Plus or for free with many other user made programs.]]>Mar 10th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/
This is just stupid. why the hell do they need to transfer anything to anywhere?

It should send a copy over to the PC for playback on anything that is connected to the PC.

And in all reality, it should STREAM to the PC, so you can watch the content on ANY PC/MAC in your house, rather then transfer.

The further we move into the digital age, the more these stupid content creators, and hardware manufacturers get greedy.

I want multi room and device access to all of my DVR content WITHOUT transfers back and forth, and I want to be able to watch it all at the same time from any location.

Of course, what should happen is, iTunes should have a subscription service and SAME DAY release for TV shows as the air date. I would pay a fee to allow access to up to 5 shows at one time in their library. I could access it on any computer in my house, put it on my iphone/ipod. And allow everyone else in my family to do the same.

Full on-demand content will kill the need for the DVR and provide the content control that the creators and studios want.

If I wasn't wasting 90% of my cable bill on spanish and home shopping channels, or the joke of paying more for HD, I wouldn't be so angry.]]>Mar 10th 2010 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/
That is just stupid. period.]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/
When you "send it back" to the Tivo, the copy remains on the server. The "send it back" terminology is used b/c Tivo doesn't support streaming its recordings, it makes a copy of the recording on the Tivo.

Between Tivo's the transfer is usually faster than real time so you can watch the recording while its copying. But in some instances (such as when both Tivo's are under heavy load), the transfer is not faster than realtime. This situation is most likely why the older TiVo's probably don't stream their recordings.

Yes, streaming would be ideal, but TiVos have never supported streaming of its own TV shows. The newer Tivo should be fast enough to stream, but as of now, only copying the shows is supported.]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/
I'm pretty sure it does work that way. There is no requirement to delete it from the original TiVo. The assumption is that you would delete it after its backed up or it would delete automatically as the tivo fills with newer recordings.

You are making up limitations that I don't think exist.]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/
Hopefully it will be faster with the WHS add-in, but I doubt it.]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/
I agree about the slowness... but the question is, why does anyone want to pull stuff OFF the TiVo?? If I have an episode of SNL I want to put on a portable device, I just go download the torrent... it's way faster than transferring.

I do transfer content from my PC to my TiVo to watch it... and I do that quickly, easily, and FREELY with PyTivo.]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 22nd 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/
The FCC agrees, since they forced TW to stop overriding the no-copy flag on OTA programs, but their jurisdiction over cable programming is limited.]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/
FIOS doesn't seem to flag anything. FIOS TV FTW.]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/
PyTivo is amaing! But it doesn't transfer FROM TiVo TO PC... it's for the other way around... but like I said in a previous post, with torrents out there, I can't imagine why anyone would need or want to transfer soemthing FROM the TiVo in the first place.]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/
I was about to, the night of the Premier launch, buy a factory refurbished Series3 (since it was only ~$80). Page wouldn't load at all. I try again the next morning - they got rid of, somehow magically, every last Series3 on their webstore and replaced them with the frickin' Premier units that I didn't want to buy.]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://galleon.tv/

With Galleon I get automatic download of shows from my TiVo to my WHS share, can publish them back out, and can add other gadgets.

For non-TiVo-sourced stuff I want to play on my TiVo, I also have pyTivo running to transcode on-the-fly.]]>Mar 10th 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/Mar 10th 2010 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/hp-mediasmart-add-in-adds-tivo-compatibility-enables-video-tran/
All I want is a recording appliance with 2 tuners (and IR blasters to control cable/satellite boxes) that can schedule recordings and store the video files on an internal drive, external drive, or push it onto a NAS or other media server.

Then I can use media player appliances at each TV to play those recordings in any room with a TV.
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