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MyReplayTV
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Remote Control redefined: program your ReplayTV server over the Web.
BoyCaught is a weblogger who, while deeply-versed in many web technologies, is hardly a geek. Witness the fact that most bloggers (who have a personal video server) seem to have TiVo. Witness them as they write about their TiVo boxes, about how cool they are, about how TiVo runs Linux, blah, blah, blah ... all for a monthly service charge. Well, about eight months ago, BoyCaught purchased a ReplayTV unit instead. Personally, it seemed cooler. And it didn't come with a monthly fee for the channel guide, which is the cornerstone of the box, when you think about it. It also didn't have any geek street-cred (and it's really just a damn shame that fools won't be talking about it on Slashdot.)
To BoyCaught, it just looked great on top of the set, and the software upgrades continued to make it an easier-to-use, increasingly valuable device. And then bad news came in the Fall, when the ReplayTV company announced it was going to stop selling boxes, and instead focus on OEM deals, backend technology and services. The spectre of having a soon-to-be-orphaned piece of hardware loomed large. Well, MyReplayTV is one of their first services, and it is muhf*ckin' cool. It allows remote-recording, program editing, and video server management directly over the web. It tells you how much disk space is left. It lets you search for shows. It provides detailed summaries of shows you've recorded. It lets you erase shows you've already seen.
Discounting the non-trivial, possibly privacy-broaching fact that BoyCaught's viewing patterns and preferences are now out there, the promise is immense. If you can program your video server from just about anywhere, you could share it with others, and of course, marketers must just be drooling over that prospect. And what if you used your Internet-ready PDA? Or think about this: programming your own channel, and then syndicating it with a data format like RSS.
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