Tivo and Amazon to offer PC-Free Download Service

Tivo and Amazon.com have teamed up to offer an online rental or download service right to your television without the need for a pc. Unlike companies like Apple and Netgear which both offer great products to stream your media from a pc to a television, Tivo series two and three will be able to use Amazons unbox feature to rent movies for between $1.99 - $3.99 or have the option to purchase them for between $9.99 - $14.99 which is about what it cost to get movie rentals or purchases, this just makes it a little easier. One problem with the service is that Tivo recommends you have a 5 Mbps broadband connection to be able to download a movie in about an hour, but many people still don’t have that kind of broadband access. Another thing about this setup is that you will have to pay for your subscription to tivo as well as your purchases from Amazon, so I really don’t know if this convenience is really worth the money. With Amazon’s huge library of movies and television shows to choose from people will have lots of content to choose from but let’s not forget itunes offers movies and television shows without any subscription fees. While I think people want media on demand I still think that with all the cost of the Tivo and Amazon setup the digital media receivers are still a better option for right now.