Stories about: ReplayTV

Digital video recorders have forever changed TV viewing habits. TiVo, the product now synonymous with "digitally recording TV," has led the charge -- outlasting rivals such as ReplayTV in part due to a trouble-free setup and a novice-friendly UI.

Today's corporate end-users are far more tech-savvy than their productivity with IT tools indicates. After all, screen-deep in IMs, widgets, and elaborate consumer Web apps, they're proving themselves well-versed in the production and distribution of content as facilitated by the consumer Web 2.0 craze. Yet to surface this hidden expertise in an enterprise setting requires a deeper understanding of what draws end-users to these technologies and how these consumer technologies are reshaping end-users' tech expectations in the workplace.

Am I crazy, or did someone add a hyphen to Spider-Man? I instant-messaged InfoWorld Editor At Large Ed Scannell that question and got a quick reply: "Yes, you are crazy -- but, yes, the hyphen is new. Good film, though." I knew it! After all, there's no hyphen in Superman. Or is there? Will Super-Man suddenly start to look acceptable?

AOL Time Warner and electronics manufacturer Samsung Electronics agreed Tuesday to jointly develop and market the media company's next-generation set-top box and other consumer electronic products.

It was a bad night for Ogakor. in the fifth episode of this year's CBS TV phenomenon Survivor: The Australian Outback, the remaining members of the hapless "tribe" stranded in the Australian outback competed to win a crate full of luxuries like toilet paper, blankets, spices, shampoo and toothpaste. But Ogakor lost out to rival tribe Kucha. "I am getting very frustrated," said Ogakor member Colby Donaldson. "If we don't turn up the heat and turn this runaway train around, there may be a meltdown for the Colbster." So, while the metaphor-happy Colbster was off under a eucalyptus tree bumming, Kucha was celebrating. Its members descended on the box of goodies. Painted on the crate was a huge red bull's-eye, the unmistakable logo of one of the show's main sponsors, Target (TGT) .

So the boob tube doesn't do it for you anymore and you're convinced theJerry Springer Show is a sure sign of the apocalypse. To the rescue is a cavalcade of idiot-box IQ boosters that let you chat, shop, and play games using your TV from the comfort of your recliner.

Next week, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to hand down its first decision aimed at preventing the Napsterization of the movie business.

Take total control of your TV with personal digital TV recorders, now equipped with improved show-selection features and more memory than earlier incarnations possessed. These so-called hard disk recorders--basically hard drives in VCR-size boxes--let you specify what you want to see, when you want to see it, and with what special effects. Using an HDR to fine-tune your entertainment options is amusingly addictive--and the device's powers are light-years beyond any VCR's capabilities.

The future of TV may be high-definition and digital, but many viewers still face a huge roadblock: the $3000 to $6000 budget-busting price of any TV capable of displaying HDTV.

New couch-and-mouse toys are in the works for the 27 million Americans who simultaneously watch TV and surf the Web.