Klopfenstein: I believe the home network may become a next great thing for reasons including:
1) the number of people with wireless home networks already who will approach the technology fearlessly
2) the current lack of portability of recorded shows from one DVR/TV set to another (the availability of this technology is already changing)
3) the inexorable march of increasing hard drive space and improving compression technologies
4) the paradigm shift from program schedules to people schedules
However, if you read my earlier posting, you will see why I would definitely reserve judgment on any Microsoft product for the foreseeable future. Why isn't it Microsoft that introduced and succeeded with "TiVo" first? Why is it that Microsoft took what could have been "the next big thing" in WebTV and killed it off? This is not Microsoft bashing, it's the reality of a computer software company trying to force feed its products into areas into which it has not been previously successful.
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01/08/2004 -- INTERNATIONAL CES -- Malata North America is debuting a revolutionary new consumer hardware platform that is destined to redefine the digital personal video recorder (PVR), according to Malata North America chief executive officer Henry Jung. Two models of the DIVA personal video recorder will be on display in the Microsoft booth, where the company will also hold a demonstration and press conference today at 12:15 p.m. in the Microsoft Theater, Booth #8323, Central Hall, Las Vegas Convention Center.
The DIVA is the first DVD/CD recorder to use Windows Media Video 9 to record over the air television programming directly on CD or DVD media. Taking advantage of WMV9's ability to deliver nearly three times the video storage of MPEG2 (and twice as much as MPEG4), the DIVA offers consumers the ability to record more than 11 hours of television programming onto a DVD (or nearly two hours on a CD).
DIVA Uniquely Combines Best of PVR and Digital Media Playback Capabilities
DIVA is an acronym: D -- DVD Player, I -- Internet Broadband Streaming Device, V -- Video Recorder (PVR), and A -- Audio/Video Playback of Digital Content on a Standard TV, including home movies made on a digital video camera and edited using Windows Media Video.
For more see:
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=61569
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