TiVo announces PSP, video iPod support

Company to let users easily transfer saved shows from digital video recorder to popular portable entertainment devices.

As TiVo addicts will attest to, one drawback of the digital video recording service is its tendency to incapacitate viewers, chaining them to the boob tube as they struggle to catch up on hours of saved programming.

Now those hours spent away from the television don't have to be wasted as they were in the past. TiVo today announced that it is enhancing its current TiVoToGo feature to allow subscribers to easily transfer video files from their TiVo units to popular portable media devices like Sony's PSP and Apple's iPod. So when gamers tire of playing Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex on the PSP, they can fire up an episode of the TV show instead.

There are a couple of wrinkles of note to the technology, primarily that subscribers will need to buy new software to transfer the files over to their iPods or PSPs. Also, the technology will "watermark" the files so that they can be traced back to the originating account.

TiVo will begin testing the feature with select subscribers next week. A complete rollout of the feature is expected around the first quarter of next year.

20 Comments

  • commandercow011

    Posted Jul 24, 2006 9:52 pm PT

    good idea. only gotta get the tivo close enough to the computer. or does the tivo connect directly to the psp, ipod????

  • korn18m

    Posted Feb 28, 2006 11:15 pm PT

    Why would it include X360....?

  • ac2565

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 5:32 pm PT

    VERy old news

  • kingassman

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 2:35 pm PT

    I wonder if it includes xbox 360? It would be kinda pointless but still curious if it would work i am.(yoda) I might have to get TiVo.

  • heroes_of_might

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 1:51 am PT

    Let's see what we they provide us. Hope it's worth.

  • aceestes

    Posted Nov 29, 2005 9:03 pm PT

    WOW we can watch TV NOW!!!!! the next thing you kno the psp will be playing movies or something crazy like that.

    i wonder how im gonna fit a TV program on a 32 MB card.
    maybe i should just pay 200 dollars (almost as much as the system)
    and buy that 2GB memory stick

  • chriskedrowski

    Posted Nov 29, 2005 1:02 pm PT

    now if there is an upgrade for that i will let my 1.5 go but for now no need to update even for 2.6 or the web browser. Lets just hope it is going to happen

  • ben_forrest

    Posted Nov 29, 2005 9:26 am PT

    What about us Canadians? We don't get 'TiVo' up here. I have a Bell HD PVR though....

  • jjr10

    Posted Nov 28, 2005 9:31 pm PT

    i just have to get a psp now

  • jmgilmour

    Posted Nov 21, 2005 7:33 pm PT

    There are some good prices on Tivos right now....

  • andrewtyen

    Posted Nov 21, 2005 7:09 pm PT

    Sounds awesome

  • UptownHunter

    Posted Nov 21, 2005 4:04 pm PT

    This is great!
    Now how much does a TiVo system cost?

  • mylsd

    Posted Nov 21, 2005 3:52 pm PT

    cool in theory, but you still have to deal with commercials and copyrights, I'll stick to making my own MPG's, thanks.

  • lordsaddler911

    Posted Nov 21, 2005 3:46 pm PT

    That´s a pretty good lucrative way to make more money for Sony.
    I think that is a very stupid idea, because you can download (ilegally of course) TV programs and transfer them to PSP format and then downloading it to your PSP(Duh)

  • Digital-Devil

    Posted Nov 21, 2005 3:44 pm PT

    sounds pretty good to me

  • Raeldor

    Posted Nov 21, 2005 3:41 pm PT

    Nice idea, but shouldn't they be concentrating on releasing an HD box?!

  • Donkeljohn Site moderator

    Posted Nov 21, 2005 3:32 pm PT

    Excellent! Now I have something to do with my PSP. . . as soon as I start watching TV.

  • DanManX

    Posted Nov 21, 2005 3:28 pm PT

    I wouldn't pay for this service, especially when one can do it for free with just a little bit of technical know-how, and without the "watermark".

  • ReRush

    Posted Nov 21, 2005 3:27 pm PT

    Pretty cool for those who have a Tivo. It will act nicely as a temporary place before I burn to DVD.

  • darkheart73

    Posted Nov 21, 2005 3:20 pm PT

    AWESOME! A very smart move by TiVo, Sony, and Apple. I salute!

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