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...only companies that offer status. "We want to pitch the really hot companies to build our own brand value," she explains from her ancillary San Francisco office overlooking the Bay Bridge. "We look like we're cool because we have TiVo," she adds, referring to the new digital VCR company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's That Buzz I Hear? | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...again? To program your own all-Luke Perry channel? To add impromptu bathroom breaks to live broadcasts? Replay Networks and TiVo, creators of new digital-TV recording devices, are popping the question, working to persuade you to add yet another cube to the towering ziggurat of entertainment--cable box, VCR, DVD and video-game player--on your TV table. They say their new gadgets could just change TV itself in the process, a possibility that has the networks more than a little nervous. Lawyers have been summoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Come PVRs | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

Personal video recorders, or PVRs (also called "digital video recorders" and "personal TV"), save programs to internal hard drives that can hold 10 to 30 hours of programs. Sounds like a VCR, but there's a big difference: using a phone line, the players download program schedules that pop up on the screen, where you click on a show rather than punching in times and channels and hoping you have got it right. This feature is free with Replay, while TiVo charges $9.95 a month, $99 a year or $199 lifetime. The ReplayTV box, currently sold only online, starts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Come PVRs | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

What spooks the nets is that PVRs could, theoretically, strip out their ads and insert ads of their own, and ultimately upset the entire system of ad-based TV. "These boxes are not a simple piece of consumer electronics, like a VCR," says Bert Carp, attorney for the coalition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Come PVRs | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...first stereo receiver made specifically for the PC. (A Mac version is expected later.) Why would you want one? Instead of being limited by traditional computer speakers, you can now use virtually any speakers, including the ones on your home stereo. The device, somewhat smaller than a VCR, pumps out 30 watts per channel, has "virtual" Dolby Digital (which simulates five-speaker "surround sound") and has a digital signal processor that allows one-button access to a variety of preset audio mixes. CD players have been offering that last feature for a while--you can simulate the echoey acoustic footprint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sound Machines | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

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