<![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> @Schalliol: MegaZone has already answered that question:

[www.engadget.com]

"The Series3 platform (the 'Series3' and TiVo HD) have hardware that can decode H.264 - the codec YouTube is using now. The Series2, being older, does not. Simple as that - the S2 can't decode YouTube video as it only does MPEG-2."

"Al - not on the TiVo's CPU it can't. The first Series2 units have a 166MHz NEC MIPS CPU, later models went to a 242MHz Broadcom SoC, and the S2DT is a 266Mhz Broadcom SoC. And not all of the CPU power is available for video decoding, of course - just a fraction.

The TiVo has a weak CPU because it doesn't *need* a powerful, general purpose CPU - because it uses hardware for encoding and decoding. It is more cost effective to use dedicated hardware than a powerful CPU and software decoding."

"The TiVo HD *is* technically part of the Series3 family. The original box in the family didn't have a specific name and everyone just called it the 'Series3'. The TiVo HD is another box in that family, but it was branded 'TiVo HD'. BOTH are technically Series3 platform units.

You will need a broadband connected original S3 or TiVo HD to access YouTube. They have H.264 decoding hardware - older S2 units do not."

USA2Mexico0

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> Why not include Series 2 in this? It doesn't seem like there should be a problem with using this service on a Series 2. It's not as though we're seeing HD on YouTube.

Schalliol

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> I really wish that for once, those morons at Tivo would fix bugs in the the core functions of their DVR before adding yet more irrelevant crap like this. I didn't buy a Series 3 to watch Youtube videos. I have a computer for that. When my Series 3 misses recordings, crashes, and loses Cablecard pairing info, I could give a damn whether it talks to Youtube or Rhapsody or Yahoo.

I will never purchase another Tivo product ever again, and for the life of the company will continue to advise friends and coworkers to avoid them as well. They have gone from a market leader and innovator to sleazy shysters.

matto

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> Cool. I wonder if this is an indicator of a future, wider deal with Google as a whole.

Vagabum

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> I love my TivoHD but this is a worthless advancement. Even if Youtube had content I consistently wanted to watch (which it absolutely does not), the video quality is barely suitable for my 19" monitor. It'll look terrible on a 42" or bigger HD set.

Wake me up when it has access to Netflix or the SDV dongle comes out.

RalphWiggum

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> Yeah...youtube's still got some decent content on it even if it is poor quality a lot of the time.

What Tivo needs to focus on is either HD VOD or lighting a fire under Amazon's ass to get HD downloads.

ParJoe

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> @CapitalC: That's what YOU want, that doesn't mean that's what a majority of TiVo owners want. Personally I'd rather have YouTube than custom renaming (in 6 years of using TiVo I don't remember ever needing/wanting that), or storage folders - I'm single, all the shows on my TiVo are mine. TiVo has added many features I don't use - like KidZone - but I accept that they're useful for other users. (I know people with kids who use it.) And TiVo is a business - what is going to sell more units and give them a higher ROI? Adding YouTube support, or allowing users to rename shows? Somehow I think YouTube support is going to be a lot more of a selling point and a better investment of engineering resources.

And TiVo has repeatedly offered lifetime transfer deals - to the Series3, the Series2DT, and the TiVo HD.

MegaZone

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> @Y2KGTP: No, it is the Series3 and TiVo HD only.

MegaZone

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> Gah. Tivo totally doesn't listen to their customers.

I don't want YouTube. I want them to add custom renaming of shows (which were incorrectly named by the listings), the ability to create my own storage folders (so I don't get my wife's Law & Orders and CSI episodes mingling with my son's cartoons) and the option to get rid of that advertising crap at the bottom of my main menu - NO, I don't want to "Get HBO's 'In Treatment' - FREE!".

Oh, and I'd love to be able to transfer my lifetime subscription to a new box. Work on THAT will ya, Tivo?

CapitalC

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> Isn't youtbe working on providing HD (or HigherD) content?

pilott

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> would've been somewhat interesting had XBMC not already done it about 2-3 years ago...

rgshredder

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> @highfloydelity: I've seen it advertised here in the Philly market, but no one I know actually has one. We all have our own Tivos, or shake'n-bake DVRs.

tamoko

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> @Y2KGTP: Does anyone *have* the Comcast Tivo?

I haven't seen it offered in my area yet.

highfloydelity

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> @MrMaestr0:


many things suck when they start out. Remember the Apple Newton?

Google wouldn't spend those big bucks for rubbish...

vote Obama

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> Does this also apply to the Comcast Tivo?

Y2KGTP

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> I agree. Why is adding Youtube to a video device seen as the holy grail. The video quality on youtube sucks and to be honest most of the content does too. So why would I care that my Tivo hooked up to my HDTV can play some pixelated crap?

MrMaestr0

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> Point being...?

Zaxxon Q Blaque

]]> <![CDATA[TiVo Getting YouTube]]> Who wants YouTube? We really want XTube instead.

HJTravels

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