Amazon and TiVo Partnership?
The New York Post claims that Amazon and TiVo are in negotiations about bringing Amazon's Unbox movies to your television screen. According to their sources, the potential new feature would allow users to automatically transfer online movie puchases to their TiVO.
This offers a similar service as Apple's pre-announced iTv device. Apple's iTv attempts to provide this computer-TV connection with a seperate set-top box which locally connects to your Mac/PC to play your iTunes downloaded content. Presumably, a TiVo version of this would provide similar functionality with Amazon Unboxed videos.
Amazon's Unbox service has received poor reviews since its launch.
This offers a similar service as Apple's pre-announced iTv device. Apple's iTv attempts to provide this computer-TV connection with a seperate set-top box which locally connects to your Mac/PC to play your iTunes downloaded content. Presumably, a TiVo version of this would provide similar functionality with Amazon Unboxed videos.
Amazon's Unbox service has received poor reviews since its launch.
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70 months ago
let's hope iTV + iTunes has the functionality to outperform the unbox + TiVo solution.
I'm not concerned at this point, I'm sure this is a "let's play catch-up" move whereas Apple has been designing and integrating their services behind the scenes for well over a year now.
I'm not concerned at this point, I'm sure this is a "let's play catch-up" move whereas Apple has been designing and integrating their services behind the scenes for well over a year now.
70 months ago
this is supposed to read apple and TiVo partnership, not amazon and Tivo, dangit
70 months ago
This is exactly what I posted that the iTV should do. remove the computer from the process and let the box connect and store the content.
70 months ago
Although I have no plans to buy anything from Unbox, their selection is really great. I've been watching snippets of the original Star Trek series. I'd buy them if they were on iTunes. Steve??? :)
70 months ago
I can't help but think that's good news. It's going to be a while before Amazon and TiVo gets the warts out their product, but in the long term we'll be seeing a real alternative to iTV/iTunes.
While iTV and iTunes may end up still being "better", competition can only improve things and keep the dominant player in check. It also creates incentives for the "second place" player to find ways of increasing their share, by including people who wouldn't normally want or be able to obtain either service.
I'm sure people will vote this as negative because it's competing with Apple, but I take the opposite view. It may be "competing", but in the end, both services and the created market will be stronger for it.
While iTV and iTunes may end up still being "better", competition can only improve things and keep the dominant player in check. It also creates incentives for the "second place" player to find ways of increasing their share, by including people who wouldn't normally want or be able to obtain either service.
I'm sure people will vote this as negative because it's competing with Apple, but I take the opposite view. It may be "competing", but in the end, both services and the created market will be stronger for it.
70 months ago
Will the "iTV" perform DVR (recording) functionality as well or is it strickly a playback device?
70 months ago
Will the "iTV" perform DVR (recording) functionality as well or is it strickly a playback device?
Based on the announcements, it's strictly a playback device.
70 months ago
Will the "iTV" perform DVR (recording) functionality as well or is it strickly a playback device?
The box as shown doesn't seem to have any inputs that would allow recording. Iger's mention of a disk drive leaves some possibility of downloads, but we'll have to wait for the box to arrive before we know what it really can do.
70 months ago
Wow, that was a scathing review. I hope Apple gets better reviews. As of right now it appears that it may take a deal with Tivo to save Unbox.
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