{"id":214,"date":"2008-03-12T10:16:35","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T16:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.89.31.222\/~wkblogco\/?p=214"},"modified":"2008-04-11T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2008-04-11T21:56:18","slug":"tivo-announces-youtube-downloads-for-hd-tivos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/2008\/03\/tivo-announces-youtube-downloads-for-hd-tivos\/","title":{"rendered":"TiVo Announces YouTube Downloads for HD TiVos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TiVo has announced another avenue for internet downloads: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\">YouTube<\/a>. A <a href=\"http:\/\/investor.tivo.com\/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=298767\">press release<\/a> says downloads from YouTube will be available later this year to TiVo HD and TiVo Series3 hardware. Presumably, this will be in the form of a software update, and the DVR will need to be connected to broadband.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/Picture%2015.png\" alt=\"Picture 15.png\" width=\"141\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s great that this will be an officially supported option, and will be yet another way to get video content into a TiVo directly without the use of an intervening computer, there remain a few problems with the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>First, the service only covers the HD TiVos. Considering that YouTube videos are not generally uploaded originally at HD quality, why shouldn&#8217;t this option be available to Series2 users with broadband connections as well?<\/p>\n<p>Then, also, this feature has existed for a while on competing video platforms, like Media Center PCs, and the AppleTV. Not to say they shouldn&#8217;t also add this to the arsenal of video download methods, but it doesn&#8217;t seem to be a huge factor in gaining users to other platforms. In many ways, YouTube is suited best to a computer, since a computer makes the searching process faster, using the keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>With the changes on the video download andscape this year, we&#8217;re hoping for more content from larger providers. Netflix, iTunes, and now Hulu are pushing a lot of video out there. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/2007\/11\/amazon_unbox_on_tivo.html\">Amazon Unbox<\/a> on TiVo is great, but let&#8217;s get another big player on the roster!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TiVo has announced another avenue for internet downloads: YouTube. A press release says downloads from YouTube will be available later this year to TiVo HD and TiVo Series3 hardware. Presumably, this will be in the form of a software update, and the DVR will need to be connected to broadband. While it&#8217;s great that this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}