TiVo Online: This is Not the Cloud DVR/Web Interface You’re Looking For

Talk to any TiVo owner and it’s clear they love the things. They rave about how functional it is. The user interface is what makes the pricey box and its monthly fee worth it, they say. You could call that DVR from the cable company a “TiVo,” but you could also try to pass off Hydrox as Oreos, they’ll add with a sneer. (Full personal disclosure: … Continue reading TiVo Online: This is Not the Cloud DVR/Web Interface You’re Looking For

Aereo to Rise Again as…TiVo?

Aereo was one of those things was too good last and that was way ahead of its time. It was a cloud-based streaming DVR for broadcast stations that attempted to skirt the fees cable operators paid to them by setting up miniature antennas that the service claimed it was using to capture the over the air transmissions. Smartphones and tablets could access it — if … Continue reading Aereo to Rise Again as…TiVo?