ReplayTV Inc. Wins CES 2001 Innovations Award for Personal TV Software; Company Also Launches MyReplayTV, `The Ultimate Remote Control'.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2001 Honored for a third year in a row at the International Consumer Electronics Show, ReplayTV Inc. has been named a 2001 Innovations award winner for its personal television software and a 2001 Innovations award winner for its personal television hardware. Today at CES, the company also launched previously announced, MyReplayTV, a revolutionary feature that gives people an entirely new way to interact with television programming and related information. With MyReplayTV users can now access the ReplayTV service and control their ReplayTV or Panasonic ShowStopper showstopper - A hardware or (especially) software bug that makes an implementation effectively unusable; one that absolutely has to be fixed before development can go on. Opposite in connotation from its original theatrical use, which refers to something stunningly *good*. digital video recorders See DVR. via the web. Held in conjunction with CES, Innovations 2001 honors only the very best products and technologies in design, engineering and software. Winners are selected by a panel of 25 prominent judges, including journalists, leading engineers and industrial designers. Product evaluations are based on weighed criteria such as value to users, contributions to quality of life, innovative qualities, aesthetics aesthetics (ĕsthĕt`ĭks), the branch of philosophy that is concerned with the nature of art and the criteria of artistic judgment. and overall excellence. More than 500 entries were judged this year among 12 categories. ReplayTV is on display in the Silver Pavilion of the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. Jan. 6 through Jan. 9. With MyReplayTV, customers using a personal computer can log on to http://my.replaytv.com and control any digital video recorder powered by ReplayTV software from anywhere in the world. Whether at the office or the airport, they can log onto the web site, view their personal ReplayTV channel guide to find shows and set-up recording options just as easily as if they were at home on the couch On the Couch is an Australian television program formally broadcast on the Fox Footy Channel and it focuses on the current issues in the AFL. This is now broadcast on Fox Sports after the closure of Fox Footy Channel. The show airs on Monday night and is hosted by Gerard Healy. . A ReplayTV owner from California who is on a business trip in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of can take advantage of ReplayTV's advanced software technology right from the hotel room. They can remotely search for shows, actors, directors, themes or movies simply by typing in names. MyReplayTV gives people more convenience, choice and control in their television viewing even when they are away from home, assuring they won't miss their favorite shows. Availability ReplayTV software can be found on the ReplayTV ShowStopper from Panasonic, which is available from consumer electronics retailers nationwide. ReplayTV's software technology and service solutions are available to manufacturers of set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. , DVRs, home-media servers and networked-entertainment products. About CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) CEA is a sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance, Arlington, VA, www.eia.org) A membership organization founded in 1924 as the Radio Manufacturing Association. It sets standards for consumer products and electronic components. ), the 75-year-old Arlington, Va.-based trade organization representing all facets of electronics manufacturing This article presents a typical manufacturing process of an electronic assembly. Component manufacturing Components such as resistors, capacitors and integrated circuits are generally made by specialized contractors. . CEA represents U.S. manufacturers of audio, video, accessories, mobile electronics, communication, information and multimedia products which are sold through consumer channels. CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES, the world's largest annual trade event showcasing consumer electronics products. About ReplayTV Inc. ReplayTV Inc., is the leading provider of turnkey software and services that enable platform partners and network operators to deliver revenue-generating personal television and digital video recording services. Mountain View, Calif.-based ReplayTV Inc. is the inventor and creator of personal television and provides software technologies and service solutions to manufacturers of set-top boxes, DVRs, home-media servers and networked-entertainment appliances. For more information, visit the ReplayTV website at http://www.replaytv.com. ReplayTV and MyReplayTV are trademarks of ReplayTV Inc. All other products and brand names as they appear in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. All specifications may be changed without notice. Note to Editors: ReplayTV graphics and product photographs are available online at http://www.replaytv.com/photos. |
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