• Reuters, Monday, December 19, 2005 10:48 AM

Remember ReplayTV? Along with TiVo, it helped create the digital video recorder revolution. Both arrived on the scene at approximately the same time, and both offered similar features and similar price points. But ReplayTV, backed by Time Warner and others, faltered, taking a back seat as rival TiVo stormed to a huge market lead. Today it is expected that ReplayTV will reemerge from the shadows, this time not as a manufacturer of hardware but rather a provider of software that will enable personal computers to behave as DVRs. According to a Reuters report, ReplayTV will seek to sell off its remaining inventory of DVR units as it transforms itself into a software company. Pricing details for ReplayTV's new PC-based product will be made available early in the new year, the company told Reuters.

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