TiVo Steps Closer to Online Video

ByNalts

tivoman.jpgThe news continues to develop about TiVo’s move to online video. Reports DailyTech:

The new version of TiVo Desktop will be called TiVo Desktop Plus 2.4. Users will also be able to watch web-video content on their TVs as well as save them onto their TiVo DVR unit for later playback. The new software will cost subscribers a one time fee of $24.95 but will be free to those who already have version 2.3. TiVo Desktop was also made available in a universal binary format for Mac users earlier this year.

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