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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

DVR And Wireless Transfer Of Movies

I'd like to take a break from discussing movies and instead focus on where I see DVR technology leading us in the next few years.

Right now, some of us have souped-up cable boxes that not only receive HD programming, but also can record it -- digitally! This new technology still has kinks in some areas, and one limitation is the amount you can store. Between 30 and 40 hours seems standard at some basic level. But it's great that we can record shows to watch later, on our own time. And we can skip the commercials!

What's next? Bigger hard drives. Slowly the amount you can record and save for later, without watching and deleting, will increase until it reaches the point where every movie ever made can be stored on your DVR box.

Well, that's great, but what if I want to watch something I recorded, but in another room? Transfer technology will be developed. First there will probably be a small box with a card that you can insert. You have one of these boxes hooked up to your DVR box (or built-in), and another hooked up to your non-DVR TV. (Sure, maybe DVR will come standard with all TVs soon, but maybe not.) You insert the card in the box near the DVR, download a movie, and take the card to your other TV, insert it, upload the movie, and watch it.

The next step - wireless transfer. Beam a movie from one DVR box to a non-DVR TV, to your iPod, to your computer, to your phone, to your LCD walls. The future's looking pretty bright!

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