| Real demos "TiVo for DVDs" in court |
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| by Jake Widman | |
| Thursday, 30 April 2009 | |
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Priced at less than US$300, the Facet product would come with a hard drive big enough to hold 50-75 ripped DVDs. Testifying in the lawsuit brought against RealDVD by the Motion Picture Association of America, Real CEO Rob Glaser showed how the box's interface made it possible to scan a list of stored titles and select one for viewing. Glaser pulled up an episode from a boxed set to show how quickly a consumer could start watching a stored film. The interface could also display a description of the movie and cover art. Glaser credited inspiration for the Facet to time he spent with a Kaleidascape , a DVD copying and delivery system, while his wife was pregnant and confined to the house. But the Kaleidascape system costs thousands of dollars, making Real think they could build the "Chevy" to Kaleidascape's "Porsche. CONTINUED Page 2 |
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