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[Pvrwire.com] PVR Wire: If you're one of the unfortunate people who pre-ordered Sky's HD Sky+ PVR service, only to be told that you wouldn't be be able to watch the World Cup in wonderful HD glory because BSkyB's technology partner's let them down, then you'll be relatively pleased to know that your HD box will be installed soon.

 [Oreillynet.com] Why I Won't Buy an Apple iTV (or whatever it's going to be called ...: If Apple were to do this right, the result would be a piece of software that would turn any Mac into a complete media/home theater center which would replace nearly all of the hardware (and software) that people collect to deal with multimedia (VCRs, DVD players/recorders, standalone audio hardware of all kinds etc). You could take a single Mac, plug it in to an LCD display or DLP and an audio power amp (or receiver) and with no other hardware replace all of the standalone hardware previously used for entertainment of all kinds.

 [Gizmodo.com] Apple iTV: Wirelessly Stream Content To Your TV - Gizmodo: Could be really convenient to download movies and watch them through this iTV (glad they are changing the name). But, at $300, plus $10 for each DRM laden, less than DVD quality movie -- it will be only Apple fan boys doing this.

[Bloggingstocks.com] Apple iTV a competitor to TiVo? - Blogging Stocks: But it will be interesting to see how large the hard drive will be, and whether iTV will be able to be modified to work as a DVR by 3rd party programs or even Apple itself thanks to the hard drive. All this makes for iTV being a very interesting salvo in Apple's battle to become a media company with media solutions, and certainly an exciting development in Apple's quest to become the center of the digital entertainment arena, linking both the traditional entertainment area and the new.

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