[Diana Collins]

We have three levels of VDI, all connect to the same terminal. Mine is the "mid level", we have one with more horsepower, and one with less for people who mostly use MS Office.

The beauty of the setup is I have the same machine/horsepower available to me at my desk, my neighbors desk, the conference room, on my smartphone, iPad, laptop, Chromebook, etc.

I have set up such systems. They are VERY complicated to build and configure. But, they save the company a lot of money, since VMs are generally used. As a result they buy big enterprise servers (HP specializes in these) that can support multiple workstations. This is a lot cheaper than buying equivalent hardware for each user (which for some percentage of time will be sitting idle). IOW, it is about efficiency and cost, not a "central server" environment. If the server hosting your session goes down, the VM just gets moved to a different server with only a few minutes down time. As noted, it also makes your "PC" follow you wherever you go.

 

[MisterMidnight]

I would love to upgrade my TE3 Bolt to the new Edge, as I've had issues here and there with my Bolt. But TE4 is a deal breaker. I checked out TE4 on my sons Bolt and absolutely hated it.

 

[Joe3]

So if they put the option to have the old guide and the option to transfer you'd be against that? Even if you didn't use those options and you couldn't even tell they were there at all?

That makes no sense.

At some level it may make sense. If you think about what could be the motive here, what and who benefits the most from what to us seems like backward thinking. It may all start to make sense if you consider possible alternate motives and that people can freely misrepresent themselves for those personal motives. Then it may make sense since it's much harder for something not to make sense once all the facts are revealed.

 

[JoeKustra]

So, in other words, one person's "So Cool!" is another person's "Sucks S***!". Works for me.

 

[foghorn2]

So, in other words, one person's "So Cool!" is another person's "Sucks S***!". Works for me.

 

[HenryPolk87]

TiVo Plus and it launches in October for free to the 22 million households worldwide that still own TiVo products. TiVo will make recommendations to customers on what to watch across the services they subscribe to. It will look similar to the way that the Apple TV app surfaces shows you can watch.

Early next year, the company will release a dongle that costs about $50 - pricey for similar products but far cheaper than its set-top boxes, which can cost upwards of $300. For now, the device is built to run on Google's Android TV, according to Shull. The dongle can be plugged into the back of a TV and will load up TiVo's service for broadband customers and also use AI to make recommendations, similar to TiVo Plus, but as a hardware solution.

TiVo Plus will include video on demand services from content provider Xumo, entertainment company Jukin Media and newspaper publisher Gannett. That's a pretty slim offering to start with more to be announced in October. Shull said TiVo is still in talks to add other services, such as Netflix (NFLX), Hulu, Amazon (AMZN) Prime, NBC, SlingTV, YouTube and TikTok.

 

[PSU_Sudzi]

Full link for reference (apologies if already posted somewherE else already).

TiVo, the digital video recorder from the 2000s, wants to make a comeback - CNN

 

[Mikeguy]

"Early next year, the company will release a dongle that costs about $50 - pricey for similar products but far cheaper than its set-top boxes, which can cost upwards of $300. For now, the device is built to run on Google's Android TV, according to Shull. The dongle can be plugged into the back of a TV and will load up TiVo's service for broadband customers and also use AI to make recommendations, similar to TiVo Plus, but as a hardware solution."

Part of the good news being: there are plans for TiVo for 2020, and it will be here. Now if the danged TiVo Mini Wireless Adapter just would issue.

"TiVo Plus will include video on demand services from content provider Xumo, entertainment company Jukin Media and newspaper publisher Gannett. That's a pretty slim offering to start with more to be announced in October. Shull said TiVo is still in talks to add other services, such as Netflix (NFLX), Hulu, Amazon (AMZN) Prime, NBC, SlingTV, YouTube and TikTok."

Ah, the little guppies.

 

[tarheelblue32]

TiVo Plus will include video on demand services from content provider Xumo, entertainment company Jukin Media and newspaper publisher Gannett. That's a pretty slim offering to start with more to be announced in October. Shull said TiVo is still in talks to add other services, such as Netflix (NFLX), Hulu, Amazon (AMZN) Prime, NBC, SlingTV, YouTube and TikTok.

Well if they don't get TikTok on board it's completely worthless.

 

[pfiagra]

Now if the danged TiVo Mini Wireless Adapter just would issue.

I'm more interested in seeing the apps for Roku, FireTV, and Apple TV get released.

 

[Mikeguy]

I'm more interested in seeing the apps for Roku, FireTV, and Apple TV get released.

That, too.

 

[Joe3]

Full link for reference (apologies if already posted somewherE else already).

TiVo, the digital video recorder from the 2000s, wants to make a comeback - CNN

What am I not getting here. According to this article, TiVo Plus is offering content that is less than what you see on TiVo app Vewd. I think this CEO from the Weather Channel gets excited easily. Perhaps, something he carried over from being so close to watching the weather at his old job.

 

[BigJimOutlaw]

Interesting. That's a lot of news. At least Shull recognizes their stagnation.

I want more apps but a separate device defeats half the purpose unless it's capable of keeping the DVR experience seamless (no noticeable compression, skipmode intact, etc). But that's not likely. I guess it's not for my use case. Still, nice to see them expanding retail.

 

[Mikeguy]

What am I not getting here. According to this article, TiVo Plus is offering content that is less than what you see on TiVo app Vewd. I think this CEO from the Weather Channel gets excited easily. Perhaps, something he carried over from being so close to watching the weather at his old job.

Except that, "there are discussions" with Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, NBC, etc. Now, whether they result in anything is yet to be seen.

 

[BigJimOutlaw]

Article was updated and now says it'll launch with those services.

"TiVo Plus will include video on demand services from Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube, content provider Xumo, entertainment company Jukin Media and newspaper publisher Gannett. More will be announced in October. Shull said TiVo is still in talks to add other services, such as NBC, SlingTV and TikTok."

So... I guess Plus is also limited by the apps available for its given platform. Apps like NBC, SlingTV, Tiktok (barf) are more likely to be available on the dongle than the DVRs.

List of Xumo channels for smart TVs:

XUMO » Channel Lineup for XUMO on Smart TVs & Roku

 

[Mikeguy]

Article was updated and now says it'll launch with those services.

"TiVo Plus will include video on demand services from Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube, content provider Xumo, entertainment company Jukin Media and newspaper publisher Gannett. More will be announced in October. Shull said TiVo is still in talks to add other services, such as NBC, SlingTV and TikTok."

So... I guess Plus is also limited by the apps available for its given platform. Apps like NBC, SlingTV, Tiktok (barf) are more likely to be available on the dongle than the DVRs.

List of Xumo channels for smart TVs:

XUMO » Channel Lineup for XUMO on Smart TVs & Roku

And so, either the article originally was incorrect, or TiVo had a good morning of negotiations.

 

[Mikeguy]

List of Xumo channels for smart TVs:

XUMO » Channel Lineup for XUMO on Smart TVs & Roku

There are some interesting channels there. Although the NBC "Today" channel listing probably should be updated to not show Matt Lauer.

 

[janitor53]

Article was updated and now says it'll launch with those services.

"TiVo Plus will include video on demand services from Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube, content provider Xumo, entertainment company Jukin Media and newspaper publisher Gannett. More will be announced in October. Shull said TiVo is still in talks to add other services, such as NBC, SlingTV and TikTok."

So... I guess Plus is also limited by the apps available for its given platform. Apps like NBC, SlingTV, Tiktok (barf) are more likely to be available on the dongle than the DVRs.

List of Xumo channels for smart TVs:

XUMO » Channel Lineup for XUMO on Smart TVs & Roku

hmmm...does that mean YoutubeTV or just the youtube website?

 

[pfiagra]

In case you missed it, this TiVo user has an Edge:

Great TiVo Customer Service

 

[Mikeguy]

I asked that and they said no. As a matter of fact, they said that an upcoming build (don't know when) would stop Bolts from downgrading to TE3.

Was it your impression that this was limited to the Bolt boxes, or would this change also apply to the Roamio boxes as well?