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DirecTV Buys ReplayTV
December 2007
From News
D&M Holdings announced Thursday that it had divested itself of the digital video recorder software brand
ReplayTV, which was purchased by satellite TV giant DirecTV. Terms were not immediately disclosed. “Although we valued this asset and the business was profitable, the sale of
ReplayTV® to DIRECTV makes the most sense for this business, its employees and us,” D&M CEO Eric Evans said in a statement.
ReplayTV launched in the late 1990s as a competitor to TiVo, but eventually lost out to its rival in the consumer market and was purchased by SonicBlue in 2001. SonicBlue later filed for bankruptcy -following a lawsuit
DIY: Build a DVR PC
May 2007
From E-Gear
By now, most people have been exposed to life with a Digital Video Recorder (DVR). Whether it’s an official TiVo brand box or a TiVo knockoff from your local cable company, most folks realize the benefits of being able to pause live television, rewind a touchdown that you missed or schedule regular recordings of your favorite shows. In short, there’s no going back to life without a DVR. As wonderful as they are, you probably know by now that not all DVRs are created equally. Are you at times frustrated with your DVR’s quirky behavior? Do you wish you had more storage
Shuttle and Sony Media Center PCs
July 2004
From Product Reviews
Media Mogul Match Up By Grant Clauser While DVRs, DVD recorders and media servers have wide appeal for media happy early adopters, it's on the PC side of things that this kind of convergence is really taking shape. Media Center PCs tie together your television and audio system and control everything through a simple interface that you can read across the room and access with a single remote. These multimedia managers catalog your music, play games, record TV shows, store digital pictures and make DVDs out of your home camcorder movies. Last year when Media Center PCs broke onto the scene, a
Alienware Media Center PC
July 2003
From Product Reviews
A/V mastery minus the mouse By Bernard Yee Alienware Navigator Pro XP Media Center PC $1,999 PVR, CD, recordable DVD capability 2.67-GHz Pentium 4 processor www.alienware.com Your PC rules your den, but what rules your living room? Chances are it's a cable box and a DVD player. If you're one of the true believers, a TiVo or
ReplayTV personal video recorder, maybe even a PlayStation 2, dominates the roost. Microsoft has also made a few attempts to nab control, with its UltimateTV, WebTV and, of course, Xbox. Its latest product is an extension to its Windows XP Pro operating system, the
Panasonic Showstopper TV
July 2001
From Product Reviews
The Future Should Look So Good by Grant Clauser In the future, all TVs should be like this. What I'm referring to is the Panasonic Showstopper TV's integration of a good television with a digital hard disc drive, an on-screen program guide and a service for searching and organizing your TV viewing. The future should look so good. Since Replay, TiVo and DishNetwork began making digital TV recording available via hard disc drives, the few people who have had the pleasure of using those products have, for the most part, raved about them. Many of them have also wondered why TVs can't be