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Killer apps for 12gb "reserve space" on TiVo?
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Posted by: jmccorm

I've heard a number of people give theories about the use of the extra 12gb of space for TiVo units with large amounts of storage. And even theories that TiVo themselves are monitoring message boards and what-not to come up with great ideas to do with it. What killer apps are lurking out there?

The DVCRs are so popular because they take an existing "push" stream of information, and filter it into a customized form at the user's home. This has worked very well for video, but are there other formats that could take advantage of this? Yes.

One of the most apparent streams this could be applied to are the DMX music channels over cable, or the DirecTV Music Choice channels. On Music Choice, each song is accompanied by information about the title, artist, purchase information, etc.

Enter the integrated DirecTV and TiVo units, which would have the ability to read that information. Now you can have your TiVo unit store music in the same way it stores television shows. Maybe you can dedicate a few hours to a theme (80's music) and then select which songs you want to keep. Or you can select a certain artist or title to be stored. In any case, you've got your own personal jukebox. Who knows, it might even be worth an extra $5 a month.

There's also another popular alternative (which I have seen used in the past for other platforms). As we know, TiVo is Linux based. And Linux is capable of playing games, applications, or more. "Blessed" applications would be sent over a stream (DirecTV, cable, whatever), and the TiVo box would store them. Users would be given a pay-per-view style option of using them. Can you smell revenue?

Other options exist, but require more work. Like a news cast that is divided into stores, which are inidivually accessable and the such. This could be the REAL future of interactive television.

What do YOU think?