Courtesy of Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing, a new device is on the horizon that records one month’s worth of all TV programming, not just the choices the viewer programs in advance.
The prototype demo’ed at London’s OpenTech conference works with all channels aired in the UK, but it isn’t a stretch to imagine something like this working with all channels —broadcast and cable?—in the U.S.
What the Promise does is grab the entire broadcast TV multiplex — all the channels being broadcast in the UK — slices them up according to the free, over-the-air electronic programming guide, and stores an entire month’s worth. Why program a TiVo to get certain shows for you when you can record every single show on the air, all at once, and then use recommendations, search, a grid, or any other means you care to name to figure out which of those thousands and thousands and thousands of hours of programming you want to watch.
Cynthia Brumfield at 9:09 AM|Comments(0)
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