“TiVo has introduced a scaled-down version of its service that consumer-electronics makers can embed into other devices such as DVD players.
Known as TiVo Basic, the service includes the key digital video recording functions available in the company’s full service, including the ability to pause live TV programs and record them onto a hard drive
The basic service will not search for a program by name or create a Season Pass to record all episodes of a particular program, functions offered by the full service. It will display only three days of program guide information, compared with the 14 days in the full service.
Devices with TiVo Basic will be upgradeable to the full TiVo service for $12.95 a month or $299 for the life of the device–Tivo’s standard service charge” [News.com]