TiVo might have 
kick started the DVR revolution, but it quickly found itself shoved aside by cable companies, who offered the same services without a sizable up front cost to customers and a much lower monthly fee.
As the holidays draw near, the company’s about to launch its most aggressive hardware counteroffensive. The question is: Will it matter?
The trickle of pre-CES news has been 
fairly dull stuff so far, but Panasonic has taken things up a level with an announcement out of Japan this morning.
The company plans to introduce a new line of Viera TV sets that will allow users to record HD television programming directly onto an SD, SDHD or SDXC memory card (the same kinds found in most digital cameras).
Tivo’s March court victory over EchoStar may be short-lived. 
A U.S. Appeals Court has granted the parent company of Dish Network a rehearing on the battle over the long patent dispute between the companies. Tivo says it has a patent on the “time-warping” technology in DVRs, allowing viewers to watch one show while recording another.
Chris Morris: Journalist 