TiVo, of course, pioneered the modern concept of the personal video recorder (PVR), which lets TV viewers "time-shift" when they want to see programs, pause live TV, skip through commercials and all the rest.
You can, of course, pause live TV and skip around, but the scrub bar also shows up when you're watching recorded programs.
Accompanied by small, sleek Joey(TM) units, the Hopper enables customers to pause live TV in one room and continue watching in another room.
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Boxee co-founder Idan Cohen joined us at Expand and mentioned some of the other updates the team is working on, we'll see if oft-requested features like the ability to pause live TV are added any time soon.
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From today, Sky customers will be able to take even more control of their main TV experience through the app, using it to change channels as well as pause, play and rewind TV with a swipe or tap of their fingers on the screen of their iPad.
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The Wireless Receiver also has full Total Home DVR capabilities to manage and play back recordings and pause and rewind live TV from any TV in the home.
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YouView's unique programme guide lets users go back in time, so they can watch shows from last night or last week even if they forgot to record them, as well as record, pause and rewind live TV.
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Digital video recorders--the cable industry's answer to TiVo (nasdaq: TIVO - news - people )--allow users to record programs on a hard drive inside the cable box, as well as to pause or rewind live TV.
Watch, pause, and rewind live TV on your Mac.
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Have full control (Play, Stop, Pause, Menu) of my DVD player, TIVO, and High Def TV, all wirelessly from my PSP.
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It means that when consumers watch TV shows and movies, they could potentially be able to do more than just play, pause and stop.
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