TiVO-like time shifting capabilities have come to the PC. At the Intel Developer Forum, Rakesh Agrawal, CEO of thirteen-man SnapStream, took his PVS software through its paces for The Register USA's 's pleasure, Andrew Orlowski writes .

It does two clever things. First it does the job of a DVR (digital video recorder) like a ReplayTV or a TiVO, complete with the electronic program guide. Secondly it streams live or recorded streams to a portable device across an 802.11 network.

This was why SnapStream was on the Compaq booth: the client in question was the iPaq. PVS can also burn shows to a DVD, so you can record them on your PC, and then veg out on the sofa in front of a real TV set.

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