Video Tour of TiVo CES Suite!!!

[Southie Boy]

I've been arranging (with the help of TiVoPony) for a company named Sima Products to do a tour of the TiVo suite at CES today at 3PM Eastern, noon pacific. They will be using a new product of theirs called Xstream to do the video tour. You will have the opportunity to ask questions while the tour is ongoing.
To take part, go to:
http://www.simaproducts.com/xstream/
at noon pacific, and click on the play arrow in the video box.
If, for any reason there is a hold up, or they are running late, I will post details in this thread.

[gonzotek]

I've been arranging (with the help of TiVoPony) for a company named Sima Products to do a tour of the TiVo suite at CES today at 3PM Eastern, noon pacific. They will be using a new product of theirs called Xstream to do the video tour. You will have the opportunity to ask questions while the tour is ongoing.
To take part, go to:
http://www.simaproducts.com/xstream/
at noon pacific, and click on the play arrow in the video box.
If, for any reason there is a hold up, or they are running late, I will post details in this thread.Cool, thanks for the heads up!

/edit: I may be in transit at 3pm EST, any chance the video will be archived?

[Southie Boy]

Sorry, no archiving. If you don't catch it live it will be lost to the ethers.

[ZeoTiVo]

Sorry, no archiving. If you don't catch it live it will be lost to the ethers.
so the Microsoft Server is still busy and won't feed me the public beta of Windows 7. Looks like I will have the bandwidth for the video feed.
Thanks for setting it up, look forward to what TiVo has to say about the new search stuff.

[Mindflux]

20 minutes to go on this. Though I can't get any video to stream, it's just perpetually loading.

[Southie Boy]

There is a notice in the top right that confirms, Not currently live. Tune in at 12pm PST

[Mindflux]

There is a notice in the top right that confirms, Not currently live. Tune in at 12pm PST

Ah thanks! I missed that :) :up:

[gonzotek]

OK, I'm staying where I am for this, here's hoping it'll be worth the time :).

[Mindflux]

still not live, it's now 3:01.. :P

[NotVeryWitty]

Just like Tivo to miss another deadline. :p

[Southie Boy]

I just spoke to the crew, they are on their way. Could be another 15 min. Not TiVos fault.

[ZeoTiVo]

still not live, it's now 3:01.. :P
hello, is this mike on? Or is it just that this is all the coverage needed for CES this year ;)

[Enrique]

I just spoke to the crew, they are on their way. Could be another 15 min. Not TiVos fault.I hope they get there soon. I have to go to work at 2:40! CST

[Southie Boy]

I hope they get there soon. I have to go to work at 2:40! CST
I hope so too. I did all I could to coordinate this, the rest is up to the Vegas gods.

[gonzotek]

... the rest is up to the Vegas gods.A notoriously fickle lot, they are. ;)

[Deanq4]

now it says live at 3:40pst... bah

[ZeoTiVo]

now it says live at 3:40pst... bahYah, some of us don't have to be at work at that time :D

[gonzotek]

"TiVO live at 3:40 PST. Send questions!" Is that correct? Not for another 3+ hours?

[txporter]

BTW, it appears like Replay Media Catcher might work on the stream.

[Deanq4]

up now

[gonzotek]

It's live now.

/edit: And now it isn't. Was a pre-show test. They'll be back in a few minutes, they say.

[Southie Boy]

They are still trying to get the tour going as we speak. 3:40 was a unilateral decision, that will hopefully be reconsidered.

[Deanq4]

guess it was 3:40 Est

[NotVeryWitty]

So, was that Bob P. (Pony) who just walked by?

[Mindflux]

It's up but the audio isn't clear by any means.

[NotVeryWitty]

I'm not getting any audio at all...

[ZeoTiVo]

hey, I have an idea - ask someone a question ;)

Pony is singing - now that is worth the whole thing :D

[gonzotek]

I'm not getting any audio at all...

No audio here now either.

[gonzotek]

hey, I have an idea - ask someone a question ;)

I've asked a couple, bob answered one (i think) of mine during the minute or so of test. I asked if he could comment on the public hme sdk, he replied that he couldn't comment on anything not yet announced.

After that I asked if he could talk about the TiVo Search beta, specifically the new scheduling-within-HME features.

[NotVeryWitty]

Here we go -- sounds clear now.

[GusMan]

I hear audio and a decently-streamed picture.

[bigpuma]

Good to see the Office is more popular than Oprah. :D

[ZeoTiVo]

I've asked a couple, bob answered one (i think) of mine during the minute or so of test. I asked if he could comment on the public hme sdk, he replied that he couldn't comment on anything not yet announced.

After that I asked if he could talk about the TiVo Search beta, specifically the new scheduling-within-HME features.

I asked if the TiVo Search Beta would be more integrated into Series 3 UI or is that slated for series 4?


bummer - instead of a good Q&A with Pony and crew we get treated to pause ads and Comcast in New England. :( Isn't CES supposed to be about upcoming things??

[gonzotek]

bummer - instead of a good Q&A with Pony and crew we get treated to pause ads and Comcast in New England. :( Isn't CES supposed to be about upcoming things??Stream died just as he was getting to Q&A, and he already stated that he can't comment on un-released things. Understandable, but disappointing nonetheless.

[bubba1972]

So was the new HD search interface coming in a future software release? I missed a lot since I had to restart the stream every few minutes after it ate up all my memory and the video froze.

[Mindflux]

So was the new HD search interface coming in a future software release? I missed a lot since I had to restart the stream every few minutes after it ate up all my memory and the video froze.

It's already there on HD boxes. Under Pictures & Showcases.

[ZeoTiVo]

Stream died just as he was getting to Q&A, and he already stated that he can't comment on un-released things. Understandable, but disappointing nonetheless.
Right - I was hoping my question might squeak by the future release monitor since I threw in series 3 :) but it is likely Pony never saw the question as the Q&A did get cut off which is a bummer as Q&A seems to be the only worthwhile thing from CES. Everything they showed is indeed out and available to the public already.

[TiVoPony]

Hey all,

That was fun. They did tape the entire thing, and will be putting it up on their website (they said it was xstream.me) after the show.

Yep, their feed died just as we were getting to the Q&A. But they did show me the queue of questions, it was almost uniformly stuff I can't talk about. I really like my job, you guys don't want to get me fired, do you? :)

Anyways, I hope the long distance tour of the booth was fun for you all. There's a lot going on here at TiVo, and I wanted to make sure you saw the whole enchilada. Except the secret stuff. ;)

Cheers,
Pony

[Enrique]

it was almost uniformly stuff I can't talk about.You know you can, you're just being a big meanie.:p;)

[Southie Boy]

Pony,

Thanks for rising to the challenge, I doubt if this would have been pulled off if it were not for your involvement. By the way, there were a significant number of participants at the TiVo board on Investorvillage.com that were viewing the tour as well.

Thanks again.

[berkshires]

Sorry, no archiving. If you don't catch it live it will be lost to the ethers.

Man, what happens in Vegas really does stay in Vegas.

I really like my job, you guys don't want to get me fired, do you? :)


Just give us a list of things you can't answer. We'll make it up from there.

[scandia101]

Hey all,

That was fun. They did tape the entire thing, and will be putting it up on their website (they said it was extreme.me) after the show.



That would be xstream.me