As we stated last week, no one from PVR Wire was able to attend
CES 2006, although the Weblogs Inc. Network was there in force in the shape of the mighty Engadget team, and myself and
Todd did our best to keep track of all the latest PVR-related developments at the gadget expo.It's no real surprise that the big news at CES this year centered around video, and in particular PVR devices, both for use in the "digital living room" and on the move. For us, the most significant news centered around four main things: the Toshiba Gigabit S, Google's Video Store, the BSkyB-Microsoft deal and the sneak preview of the Series 3 TiVo.
Here's a roundup of everything we blogged over the course of the event, in case you missed any of it:
- Time Warner 'Starts Over' with new network PVR service
- Vongo launches movies, TV shows, and concerts on up to three portable devices for $9.99
- iSee 360 turns your iPod into a video recorder
- SkipJam extreme PVR bundle announced
- MediaREADY 6000 launches
- Slingbox set to go mobile
- Humax LCD TV with built-in DirecTV
- UHAPI Forum adds personal video recording functionality specification
- Thomson introduces Lyra X3000 PMP
- Sony ramp up LocationFree with software development kit release
- Humax show off new DirecTV-compatible PMP
- Akimbo/Thomson Internet VOD player on the way
- BSkyB shares up on Microsoft broadband announcement
- TiVo cancels CES presentation
- TiVo Series 3 details
- Toshiba Gigabeat S launches
- Google Video Store announced at CES
- Samsung releases handheld PVR
- Slingbox coming to the U.K.
- Remote recording from Acogito
- Protron DV-220 will revolutionize the way consumers access digital media
And the only thing left now is for Apple to release a Mac Mini PVR tomorrow at MacWorld...
1. Apple isn't going to intro a Mac Mini PVR, and if they do, it will suck (less functionality than Tivo unless you've got a compatible Mac in the house; expensive since the basic Mini is $500; NO HD since the Mini is a 90 pound wous).
Posted at 9:08AM on Jan 10th 2006 by Jake