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A man looks at a Tivo display. US digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc. and Germany’s Nero AG unveiled a product on Monday that allows the popular TiVo capturing of television shows on a personal computer. Photograph by : AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan
U.S. digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc. and Germany‘s Nero AG unveiled a product on Monday that allows the popular TiVo capturing of television shows on a personal computer.
Nero LiquidTV/TiVo PC brings the digital video recording (DVR) features of TiVo to Windows-equipped PCs, TiVo and Nero said in a statement.
Users can watch and pause live TV on their desktops, record TV shows on their hard drive and transfer shows between home computers, they said.
TV shows can also be exported to other devices such as Apple iPods and Sony PlayStations or burned to DVDs.
“With Nero LiquidTV/TiVo PC, we are providing a next-generation DVR application that integrates the renowned TiVo service with the PC,” said Nero chief executive Udo Eberlein.
“This solution is truly a platform on which our vision for liquid media — where content can be easily accessed anytime, anywhere, and on any device — will become a reality.”
The Nero LiquidTV/TiVo PC software can be installed on PCs with Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems.
It will go on sale in the United States, Canada and Mexico on October 15 at a cost of $199ars. That includes a one year subscription to TiVo.
Existing software programs, including Windows Media Center, also allow for the recording of television shows on a PC.
TiVo, founded in 1997 and based in Alviso, California, has had skyrocketing success with its set-top service which enables viewers to automatically record programming, skipping over commercial breaks.
Nero, which has its headquarters in Karlsbad, Germany, specializes in software solutions that allow consumers to enjoy music, pictures and video across platforms.
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