[MacDV] Re: Replay

[Thubten Kunga]

They might be for satellite broadband internet access with the DirecPC 
service. Just a guess.

k

On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 10:54  PM, Paul Russell wrote:

>> 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