After reading the review in Yahoo, I would say this isn’t a workable solution for most computer users, but would appear to geek-heads who can work through the multiple steps to set it up. I could see it being bundled in a PC however.
Read Yahoo! News – REVIEW: Proving That a PC Can Rival TiVo to learn about how $80 software and a video card with capture capabilities can turn your PC into a TiVo-like device.
The upside for sacrificing all the geek-sweat needed to set this up? TiVo costs $13 per month. Beyond TV is subscription free. Or I should say, is currently subscription free. This may be a business model of giving away the razors to get the rights to sell the blades.
As more and more families move to this method of viewing TV, we will see more and more embedded commercials or fee-based TV watching.
[Via Boing Boing Blog]
[Note: This is a scheduled post written earlier.]