- Dishing Video on the Go
EchoStar Communications Corp. is preparing to roll out a line of portable media players, allowing subscribers to transfer content from digital video recorders to the “PocketDish” devices. The launch of the PocketDish, which spokesman Mark Cicero said would be available through Dish Network retailers as early as this week, will ......
- Pioneer Joins The TiVo Camp With PVR/DVD Recorders
NEW YORK— Pioneer became the latest consumer electronics manufacturer to unveil personal video recording products based on TiVo's middleware and program listings services. In total, the company announced one new entry-level DVD-RW/-R recorder and three combination DVD recorder/personal video recorders — two under the Pioneer brand and one under Pioneer's ......
- Coby Unveils Portable Media, MP3 Lineup
LAS VEGAS — Coby will unveil its latest portable media players, DVD, MP3 players and more at booth 14444 in the Central Hall. Coby's latest portable media players include the 20GB PMP4320 and the 30GB PMP4330 models which each feature 4.3-inch screens, SD memory card slots, A/V outputs for use ......
- V-Pods Record Directly From CD Players, TVs
Monrovia, Calif. — Amax, a U.S. distributor of consumer electronics, has begun marketing a trio of flash-memory portable media players and video-capable MP3 players that record audio and video directly from consumer electronics devices such as CD players and TVs. Multiple companies — including Axiom, Cowon, LG and Samsung — ......
- TiVo Downloads May Be Slow
Dish Network customers with the company’s new PocketDish portable media players can transfer an hour-long show from their digital video recorders to the handheld units in about five minutes. That blows away the two-hour estimate TiVo executives give for how long it would take customers to transfer content from their ......
- This Just In
Comcast May Enter TV-to-Go Business Philadelphia — Comcast Corp. may be considering marketing portable media players under the brand “Anyplay.” The nation’s largest cable distributor obtained a trademark for the brand on Sept. 5, according to a filing at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The trademark gives Comcast rights ......
- RealNetworks, Microsoft Look To Extend Beyond PC
As legitimate digital music gears up to move beyond the PC, RealNetworks and Microsoft are looking to extend their reach into such products as set-top boxes, mobile phones, portable media devices, and car stereos.