Once upon a time rachmiel shaped the electrons to say... > what are tivo's latest plans for releasing an hd player? > they used to say early 2005, then they said early 2006.
Actually they never said they'd have something in early 2005 - they showed off a working prototype in January 2005, but they said it wouldn't be out until 2006. Right now, and for a while, the timeframe has been mid-2006. > can someone explain to me why they haven't made an hd > player yet? (except for the directv one.) surely the > technology is there. and the market is there too, i > would guess. same goes for replay, no hd version. is > it pressure from advertisers? No, it is that the market hasn't been there. Really, the HDTV market is growing but it is still small. Plus the technology has only been there since mid-summer - CableCARD is required to handle cable HD, and it didn't roll out until summer. And CableCARD 1.0 has a number of issues, so TiVo is hoping to jump to CableCARD 2.0 - which is due in 2006. There were a couple of ATSC-only DVRs on the market - and they bombed and got killed. People just didn't seem to want DVRs that only did OTA ATSC HDTV. And without CableCARD DVRs couldn't record digtial cable, which means no HDTV on cable either. And with the market still being small, there hasn't been the economics needed to justify engineering and selling a box. Now things are coming together, and in 2006 there will be two HD TiVos - the standalone CableCARD system and the TiVo software for the Motorola 6412 cable HD DVR. -MZ -- <URL:mailto:megazoneatmegazone.org> Gweep, Discordian, Author, Engineer, me. "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171 <URL:http://www.megazone.org/> <URL:http://www.eyrie-productions.com/> Eris ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/eCTplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
