14 DAY TRIAL // Multimedia devices, like every other technological product, have seen some improvements of their own, though the latest such product from TiVo doesn't possess quite all the features one might wish for.
It looks like the anniversary of the PC did not even get close to distracting the IT industry from going about with its tasks.
Granted, the fact that thirty years have passed since the announcement of the first personal computer is no small matter, even though IBM executives are already melancholic over the fact that the segment has begun to decline.
Regardless, the PC revolution happened alongside that of the multimedia industry, the two exhibiting something akin to an interdependent relationship.
One of the things that resulted from the appearance of new media storage solutions were so-called multimedia players (like CD/DVD/Bly-ray players), set-top boxes, etc.
One such product is the TiVo Premiere Elite DVR, a retail version of the Premiere Q (Q stands for quad-tuner).
The product has a storage capacity of two terabytes (a rough equivalent to 300 hours of HD recording) and can record and/or watch content from four sources at the same time ()the aforementioned quad-tune feature exists to allows this).
There are two disadvantages that users will have to live with, however, although only one of them is strictly related to the feature set.
Specifically, while Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA), for networking with other MoCA-enabled devices, is present, digital cable compatibility implies that no OTA broadcasts are supported. The other issue is that only service providers will be offering this item for sale.
No pricing and release details have been revealed, but speculations place it in the $600-$800 range, though $500 could be just as likely, and still a bit too high for a DVR.
For comparison, the Premiere XL sells for $299. Fall should dispel some of the lingering mystery.