TiVo will be unveiling a Series2 recorder sometime in August (brand new look). The Series2 will be sporting DVD burning capabilities! TiVo"s month fee will be $12.95, or a one time fee of $299 (for the life of the recorder).
New digital video recorders using TiVo"s service will be coming out this summer.
The San Jose, Calif.-based company will unveil a Series2 recorder with a new look in mid-August, and licensing partners Toshiba and Humax are expected to release DVRs with DVD-burning capabilities, according to TiVo. Pioneer Electronics, another TiVo partner, announced Wednesday that its DVD rewritable drive, the DVR-108, will be a recommended component of TiVo"s DVR and DVD burner reference design.
The combination DVR and DVD boxes will allow consumers to record television programming and then burn it to DVD-R or DVD-RW discs. The Pioneer drive is capable of recording and writing to DVD+R and DVD+RW media as well, but TiVo"s design limits users to only DVD-R and DVD-RW discs. Partnering with manufacturers to expand the number of products that can tap into TiVo"s service is a key part of TiVo"s strategy to increase its subscriber base. Fees for TiVo"s service are $12.95 per month or $299 for the life of the recorder. The service allows consumers to pause and record live television broadcasts and program boxes to record future shows.