Is This Your TV?
Funny, when you try to find a definition on the Web for Direct
TV, nothing comes up that adequately describes what it is.
It's a euphemism for Satellite TV.
However, direct TV has come a long way.
Now you can get local network channels sorted by zipcode, such
as NBC, CBS, FOX, and ABC.
In its basic setup the DIRECTV DVR can automatically record your
favorite shows, record two shows at once, pause live TV, replay
and watch in slow motion which creates your own instant replays.
Competition amongst satellite TV companies is fierce, so you
should shop around to get the best deal. Quite a few companies
offer 4 room installation for free and free installation and
supply of the dish when you sign up for at least a year's worth
of satellite programming.
In the UK you can get a Sky+ personal video recorder that you
can send text messages to in order to program it.
In the UK this summer you will be able to watch a new Aussie TV
channel from Thomas Cook TV and Enteraction.
HBO is considering the launch of a spin-off channel for the
UK,.France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Japan. Simon Sutton, HBO
International's president, told an audience at the Oxford Media
Convention that the broadcaster is mulling a move into the UK,
France, Germany, Spain, Italy or Japan.
The UK Discovery Channel will launch high definition HD early
this year offering more than 1000 hours from its library and its
own programming.
Europeans trying to censor the Internet by regulating Direct TV?
Citing the Television Without Frontiers directive, which governs
broadcasting rules across the EU, British Culture Secretary
Tessa Jowell Jowell said that plans to introduce regulation of
the Internet for the first time would damage business prospects.
Amazon.com may launch its own shopping channel. Amazon has
started or will start a weekly TV talk show with Bill Maher, and
it is now being rumoured that it may launch its own TV shopping
channel to be integrated with Maher's show. Whether you have
direct TV or Cable you can now for an additional monthly charge
get a TIVO Box.
What is a TIVO Box? It is a digital TV Program recorder that can
record up to 300 hours of programming. Wow! That means you can
now record 12 days and nights of TV straight. So you can go on
holidays for 12 days and not miss a thing. It also pauses,
rewinds and slow motions live TV.
TiVo can even skip repeats.
It has very elaborate search functions that can search for any
movie, hockey game, or cooking show. And here is something
really fascinating: With a Series 2 box you can access it from
the Internet!
There is also a TIVO Digital Music Player which allows you to
play MP3s through your home entertainment system. And things
don't stop there. There is a TiVo Digital Photo Viewer which
allows you to store digital photos on your computer, and show
them on your TV.
If you have 2 TVs the kids can watch on the floor in the living
room while you watch your favorite show in the basement. And for
flying entertainment; you can download programs from your TIVO
onto your computer and watch these programs on your computer on
the plane.
That's flying entertainment. You can also transfer shows from
your TIVO to DVDs and replay them on any DVD player or any new
generation of portable device.