Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Will an SDK save TiVo?
A few weeks ago, TiVo released an SDK that allows developers to build custom apps for a standalone TiVo using the Home Media Engine.
Considering how stagnate TiVo itself has been over the past year in terms of innovation, the SDK is really starting to produce some cool stuff.
The most recent app imports your Flickr account into TiVo. Another lets you access eBay. While much of this stuff is already doable with an HTPC, to be able to do it using TiVo's solid UI and fantastic remote is definitely a key difference.
Some readers over at the PVRblog are claiming that this type of stuff may be enough to save TiVo. I hope so; however, they need to get these updates to the 60+% of their users who have DirecTiVo and have (so far) not been able to get any of the new features like Home Media Engine and TiVo to Go.
For now, I am just going to bug the developers over at Meedio to create a Flickr plugin that does the same thing.
A few weeks ago, TiVo released an SDK that allows developers to build custom apps for a standalone TiVo using the Home Media Engine.
Considering how stagnate TiVo itself has been over the past year in terms of innovation, the SDK is really starting to produce some cool stuff.
The most recent app imports your Flickr account into TiVo. Another lets you access eBay. While much of this stuff is already doable with an HTPC, to be able to do it using TiVo's solid UI and fantastic remote is definitely a key difference.
Some readers over at the PVRblog are claiming that this type of stuff may be enough to save TiVo. I hope so; however, they need to get these updates to the 60+% of their users who have DirecTiVo and have (so far) not been able to get any of the new features like Home Media Engine and TiVo to Go.
For now, I am just going to bug the developers over at Meedio to create a Flickr plugin that does the same thing.
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