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TiVo to launch multituner HD DVR in 2006?
I'm confused. First, I read over at Engadget that TiVo cancelled its press conference in favor of a streamlined "talking points" presentation that recaps some of the company's recent expanded service offerings (integration of Yahoo services and plans for PSP and iPod versions of TiVo To Go)--essentially, no big news. Then, less than four hours later, details of a swanky new TiVo Series 3 box appear, complete with photos. Engadget lists a LiveJournal blog that can also be found under the URL tivolovers.com as the source, and clicking through, the details are juicy indeed: a CableCard HD TiVo that seems to have every conceivable bell and whistle one could wish for. But as Thursday night was drawing to a close, there was no official word from TiVo on its Web site.
While the information presented (and the photos, certainly) have a ring of truth to them, it's worth looking at this news with a skeptical eye. After all, TiVo announced at CES 2005 that it was planning a dual-CableCard HD model for 2006. But is this the final version of that fabled über-TiVo, or merely a possible prototype of what TiVo may be planning?
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