Yesterday, it was reported in the San Jose Mercury news in
part that Best Buy and TIVO are entering a partnership that includes
"exploring adding TiVo software to Best Buy's store-brand
televisions..." We are excited about the possibility of combining the
TiVo experience with our Insignia product line to offer our customers high
quality and affordable solutions for easily browsing and
finding the ever increasing amount of content available on the
internet. At Insignia, we have been experimenting with a lot of
services connected to the TV and other devices for a while now.
And it is clear that more and more customers will begin to do the
same thing. But it is also clear that an affordable, well-designed
and simple solution is not yet available for mainstream
customers whose primary entertainment system starts with the TV.
Pandora and Hulu, for example, are two services that that are being widely
used. For now they are being primarily accessed through the computer
and mobile phones. CrunchGear commented that "The HDTV brands
of Insignia and Dynex probably need something to help them stand out
against the big boys of Sony, Samsung and Panasonic. I don't
know about you, but an embedded TiVo would sway my buying decision." While
the TiVo and Insignia teams begin exploring the possibilities, we would
also like you to help us understand all the possibilities. What are
your thoughts? How do you see the Internet and TVs coming together? What
applications do you care about? If you could have one feature on a connected
TV what would it be?
Scott Burglechner, Insignia's Director of Brands and
Marketing
Nigel Waites, Insignia's Director of Engineering and
Technology Platforms
CrunchGear http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/09/best-buy-and-tivo-get-in-bed-hdtvs- with-built-in-tivos-are-con...
San Jose Sun Mercury News http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12788859?source=rss
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/technology/companies/09tivo.html
Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/09/tivo-and-best-buy-alliance-to-yield-c o-branded-dvr-tivo-softwar/
TiVo http://tivo.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=395
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Message Edited by Matthew-INSG on 07-16-2009 10:18 AM
