TiVo + YouTube coming soon?

May 30, 2008 | In Movies & TV, Technology | No Comments

I’ve been hearing some rumors around the Web that we’re soon going to see video sharing site YouTube sharing its content on TiVo. This isn’t a new situation for the Google owned YouTube as content can be watched on devices like the Apple TV.

As a user of TiVo, this is somewhat exciting news. The idea of getting YouTube directly on my TiVo means a lot more content opportunities. I’ve seen the experience on Apple TV and it’s pretty smooth. Having used TiVo’s partnership with Amazon Unbox service, I expect a pretty strong quality to come out of this.

There are more partnerships that have been talked about, but a rumored Netflix partnership has apparently stalled. I would love to see Netflix Watch Now on my TiVo.

TiVo CEO Tom Rogers also talked about a new vision for TiVo, opening the device to a whole house experience. Currently I’m able to share content between my two TiVos (living room and bed room) which is nice, but to do it through one box in a more seamless manor would be exciting.

All this is making me feel good about holding off on upgrading to an HD TiVo had this point. My standard def box is doing me pretty well. I just have to ignore the HD QAM video I can watch. Soon though, hopefully.