On Thursday I said that Media Extender’s will have a short life span and here is the reason. Not so far in the future, maybe within 3-5 years we will have one enabling device that will do absolutely everything. No longer will we have several black boxes of circuit boards all connected together by a mish mash of cables, we’ll have one device: The Ultimate DVR.
The Ultimate DVR Features:
- Record TV and schedule recordings
- Smart recording where the DVR chooses the best shows for you to watch based on what you watch, the actors you like etc.
- An all in-one recordable HD DVD and Blu-ray drive.
- Fast forward and rewind live TV
- Ability to receive to OTA broadcasts and IPTV broadcasts
- Ability to play all media from any PC in the house over a home network
- A built in browser for internet surfing
- A built podcast/vodcast aggregator so you can subscribe to online radio and TV shows
- Ability to send live TV, recorded TV, and video from anywhere on your network, over the internet, so you can watch TV anywhere (like a Slingbox).
- A built in smart TV guide that highlights shows of interest to you and also connects you to related internet video.
- An instant recommendation feature that tells you the best thing to watch right now (a recording, a live TV show, an on-demand show, or a vodcast), you can specify genre.
- A unified search which searches media on your home network, recorded shows, TV schedule, online video and vodcasts.
- A video on demand service where you can rent and buy movies online direct from your TV and save them to you DVR.
- Ability to upload your videos and recordings to a website to share with other people who use that DVR.
- Integration with popular Portable Media Players (PMPs) so you can take video on the move.
- Ability to control any PC on your home network and view that PC as if you are using it.
- An in-built games console for playing games, you can play games online and buy and download games online through your TV.
- A hefty hard-drive with the ability to use Network Attached Storage or hard drives on other PCs if you need to.
Can you think of anything else to add?
