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YouTube on TiVo: It's about time
Digital video recorder TiVo is set to release a software upgrade that will let users access YouTube videos on their televisions, the company announced Thursday. The deal with the Google video-sharing site, originally announced in March, is scheduled to start rolling out in a few weeks.
TiVo owners will need a Series 3 or TiVo HD box to be eligible for the software upgrade, which will be further extended in the near future to allow them to log into their own YouTube accounts to access playlists and the like.
It's not terribly revolutionary. The Apple TV box has given owners access to YouTube for over a year now. TiVo already lets viewers watch select online videos and podcasts--but in downloadable form, not streaming form.
And as my colleague John Falcone has put it: now, where's my Hulu box?
Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline.
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Disappointed they are not adding this to the Series II Tivo, but I guess I will have to upgrade when I get my new HD TV in the future anyway..
Where do I sign up?
I LOVE new technology. This is the another step towards merge of internet and television which in still in the future (for most part).
I get a kick out anyone that has something negative to say about youtube (or tivo) I think youtube is awesome and has sooo many cool videos and informative information.