[MacDV] Re: Replay

[Paul Russell]

>On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 06:43 AM, Thubten Kunga wrote:
>
>>Tivo 2 will have an ethernet port for that purpose along with Mac 
>>interface software. I don't think it's shipping yet. Anyone know?
>
>1. Tivo 2 has been shipping since at least last June. I know because 
>that's when I first saw one in a store.
>2. The purpose of the ethernet port is NOT file sucking as I 
>understand it. It's for rendezvous-related stuff. The file sharing 
>over ethernet would scare the MPAA too much, so I tend to think it's 
>not gonna happen that way.
>

I believe one of the TiVo/DirecTV combo boxes (Hughes ? Sony ?) also 
has USB ports - any idea what they are intended for ?

Paul

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