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So Nero and TiVo have announced a new hardware / software package called LiquidTV that allows you to use your PC as your TiVo. Thats pretty cool. My question though is how does this partnership make sense in relation to the DirecTV & TiVo partnership?

Why should I have to buy a special hardware box from DirecTV when I can just use my PC? Assuming that by using my PC I'll have more control (legitimately or not) over the content that TiVo records, I can't see a reason to use their locked down box.

There will be support for exporting some recorded content to a PSP is awesome. I have one and I'd love to watch some movies on it while traveling without having to buy those stupid Sony UMD discs.

One drawback, having a PC in the living room really won't thrill the wife. So if I can combine this with some type of wireless capability so that I can stream the downloaded content from wherever the PC sits to my flat screen upstairs that would be the ultimate awesome. My XBox 360 can probably do this through Microsoft Media Center capability. Guess I'll have to do a little research.

More details on LiquidTV on Gizmodo:

http://gizmodo.com/5056132/nero-liquidtv-software-builds-a-whole-tivo-in...