TiVoToGo

Taking the "couch" out of "couch potato"

TiVoToGo is the portable person's favorite TiVo feature. In a world that has in recent years increasingly become fascinated with handheld devices and online capabilities, TiVoToGo offers a unique way to watch television. Users who want to finish watching the hockey game but still have to catch the latest episode of The Sopranos can record the latter and watch it the next day on the bus ride to work.

How Does it Work?

TiVoToGo gives users the ability to transfer the shows, sporting events and Saturday afternoon movies from the TiVo box to a Windows PC. From there, a few more possibilities open up, such as downloading the shows to portable devices, like an iPod Video or PlayStation Portable (PSP).

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Like most transfers that sound this handy and / or cool, there are a few hurdles that must be crossed before you find yourself immersed in the New Jersey mafia via a handheld. The process is easiest when done with TiVo's partner in TiVoToGo, Sonic. Sonic released MyDVD 6.1, a program that gives users the ability to edit and convert their TiVo files.

Here are some of the other notable features that accompany TiVoToGo:

  • To and Fro: As of August of 2005, TiVo had also introduced software that converts MPEG2 (cable or satellite quality) video from a PC to a TiVo DVR for playback on a TV. Cool stuff.
  • BurnToGo: Pick up TiVo's Humax DVD Recorder and you can actually use the built-in DVD-RW drive to rip your shows onto DVD . This option is good for those who don't want to fool around with programs like Nero.
  • GlobalToGo: TiVoToGo has an online scheduler that allows a user to program recording times. It's a step in a different direction from TiVoToGo's other features, but, admittedly, still mobile.

    • TiVoToGo offers a number of pretty cool features. It's no wonder that the program has become one of TiVo's most popular, especially now that podcasting has gotten big.

    It's not all good news, however. TiVo's next venture is Series 3, which has no immediate plans to incorporate TiVoToGo. It's one of a few problems with TiVo's new direction, and a concern for anyone interested in the technology or its future.