Nero LiquidTV: TiVo on your computer
LiquidTV, the latest offering from TiVo and Nero, bypasses the set-top box and brings digital television recording straight to your PC. Starting October 15, $199 will buy you the LiquidTV software, a standard TiVo remote, a USB DTV tuner/antenna, and the essential one-year TiVo pass. Those already sporting a TV tuner on their PCs can buy the software alone for $99 and use a mouse for navigation. The interface is crafted to look exactly like the one you’d find on your regular TiVo, so if you’re already familiar with the layout, you won’t have a new aesthetic to warm up to. You can also burn programs onto CDs or DVDs. Like the ordinary TiVo service, LiquidTV features WishList search, Season Pass recordings, and TiVo Suggestions. It records and pauses live TV, and even allows remote online program scheduling.
The pluses to LiquidTV are cost and storage. If you already have a TV tuner built into your machine, you save yourself the rather hefty cost of renting or outright purchasing a TiVo set top box. Storage is limited only by the bulkiness of your hard drive, and with prices of computer storage so low, upgrading your PC shouldn’t be a costly problem. The downsides are that it’s tethered to your computer, making the transition back to your television more of a hassle. And if your PC isn’t recent, these system requirements may take the fun out of planning a “House” marathon. Pricing information is sparse at the moment, but CNET, speaking with a company rep, believes LiquidTV’s monthly fee will be less than the $13 amount charged to most TiVo subscribers. Right now, LiquidTV will be available only on Windows PCs — no word yet on whether Mac-users can get in on the party.
Source: PC World
Comments(14)
bleh…Tivo sucks..monthly fee? Come on! SageTV is the way to go for Windows IMO but since SageTV isn’t advertised like I’m sure this will be… this will unfortunately sell.
Monthly fee for what? I’m sticking with Media Portal
this is for the nerds to sit in front of pc instead of couch
Pay a monthly fee for what media center does for free?
Also, with sites like this and RapidShare, who needs this other than the clueless and easily fooled froth-mouthed consumer?
psh get a slingbox!
plenty of free software packages that do the same thing. $13/month here and there adds up
Pft
Ill stick to my hacked virgin media
@3 you don’t have to sit and watch this on your PC.
Just commect the PC to your TV, piece of cake with a notebook, I do it all the time instead of burning disks to watch movies from rlslog. Many new homes are now built with a Windows Media Centre based server for use on all TV’s in the home, whether for gaming, surfing or watching movies.
Time to get with the program.
I can’t wait until this leaks and get keygenned…
Then we can interface it with free services thanks to a nice patch!
Who will win? WWW or 0day? XD
the price isnt that bad, it does come with a free year of the tivo guide.
besides without the remote or updates whats the point of the software? might as well install mythtv or other pvr software.
only thing i wanna know is if i install more than one card into a box will there be a remote conflict.
“this is for the nerds to sit in front of pc instead of couch”
uhhh, my pc is a 60 inch 1080p Pioneer Kuro hooked up to a quad core machine that i built. So, stop living under that rock and realize that a pc can be run from a couch.
haha. gives you more reason to sit in front of the pc instead of the couch then eh?
Monthly fee?? There are dozens (probably hundreds?) of hardware with software that does this for you with the one-time fee (priced $20 – $250.. most I’ve seen around $30-$40).
Why one earth would someone pay monthly on top? Am I missing something about the others that promise the same thing? If I open up the package of the one I’m planning on buying will there be a surprise inside demanding me to fork out money to keep using it?
I'm looking for something to use with a laptop which will receive QAM FIOS signals without renting an extra set top box from Verizon. Any ideas/?