2005-08-09, 07:23 AM
This looks interesting
The BBC is experimenting with a digital video recorder that can store the entire output of free-to-air television for a week or more.
The project, codenamed Pandora, aims to understand how users might navigate programmes. It is intended to answer questions about what television will look like when viewers have access to thousands of hours of on-demand programming.
A prototype of such a device caused considerable interest when it was shown at the Open Tech conference in London.
It includes 3.2TB of hard drive storage. That is around 20 times the amount of storage in the largest Sky+ recorder. It is sufficient to record entire multiplexes of channels for days on end.
The BBC is experimenting with a digital video recorder that can store the entire output of free-to-air television for a week or more.
The project, codenamed Pandora, aims to understand how users might navigate programmes. It is intended to answer questions about what television will look like when viewers have access to thousands of hours of on-demand programming.
A prototype of such a device caused considerable interest when it was shown at the Open Tech conference in London.
It includes 3.2TB of hard drive storage. That is around 20 times the amount of storage in the largest Sky+ recorder. It is sufficient to record entire multiplexes of channels for days on end.
