Portable Media Player – Your TiVo® DVR Recordings…Wherever You Go!

Introducing PoGo! Products mediaNOW™ TiVoToGo™ Enabled Portable Media Player
Take all your favorite TiVo® DVR-recorded programs To-Go!* Imagine watching your favorite shows in the car, airplane, hotel, or wherever you like!
Never before has there been so much freedom! mediaNOW™ Portable Media Player is the ultimate entertainment device for today’s demanding consumer. mediaNOW™ functions as a Camcorder and Digital Camera, MP3/WMA Player, Voice Recorder, FM Radio and MPEG1, MPEG2 (TiVoToGo™ transfers), MPEG4, Divx, and Xvid Media Player!

Now, *this* is interesting. :-)

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AMD Introduces the AMD Alchemyâ„¢ Au1200â„¢ Processor, Forges New Era of Portable Multimedia

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced availability of the AMD Alchemyâ„¢ Au1200â„¢ processor, a low-power, high-performance, system-on-chip solution designed to provide living-room quality video entertainment for consumers on the go. The Au1200 processor has been optimized for personal media players (PMP) and enables a new generation of conveniences and features, including scalable DVD-quality displays, effortless video content transfers directly from digital video recorders, and long-lasting battery life so consumers can stay mobile longer.

Why, yes, there will be a lot of news to post this week. :-)

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TiVo Unveils Next Generation Service Strategy at CES

Service to Integrate Broadcast and Broadband Content Delivery so Subscribers can Watch What They Want, Anytime, Anywhere
TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) unveiled its next generation service strategy, code-named “Tahiti,” once again setting the standard for the best consumer entertainment experience. With Tahiti, consumers will have an easy way to find and control content from any broadcast or broadband source. TiVo’s product and service platform will offer consumers broader choice in programming and the convenience to take their favorite shows with them to enjoy anywhere they choose.

Also, keep an eye on the TiVo @ CES page.

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TiVo Developing High-Definition, Digital Cable Ready DVR

TiVo�® DVR with CableCARD Will Offer Flexible, Fully Featured Platform for Accessing HD Broadcast and Broadband Content

CNN just mentioned TiVo shares are up 6% today, and they just had pictures from the show of the HD prototype. :-)

I’ll be at the show later today (it hasn’t officially opened yet, it is 9AM here).

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Breaking free of cable’s stranglehold

Cable television companies are not among the exhibitors at the Consumer Electronics Show here. But their influence is everywhere, as equipment makers seek to work with–or bypass–the cable industry’s bottleneck control over the way most Americans watch TV.

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