Archive for the 'Digital Video Recorders' Category

Appeals Court in Favor of Automated DVR Ad-skipping

Sunday, July 28th, 2013

TelevisionThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit confirmed a lower court’s ruling that Dish Network’s Hopper, a DVR that automatically skips commercials when playing back recorded content, does not violate copyright law. Whether or not the decision is appealed, this case will produce a landmark ruling.

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/…
(via Kim Komando)

DVRs Are Having An Effect On Network Advertising

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

TiVo

This is not completely unexpected. Tivo rocked the television world when it introduced the DVR.

http://arstechnica.com/…

Dual-Tuner TiVo

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

TiVo

To resounding cries of “What the #$*! took so long?” TiVo has released a Series 2 DVR with dual tuners, enabling users to record two shows at once.

http://www.tivo.com/…