YOUR next computer could replace your video recorder—at least, that’s
the promise from a Canadian software house called MGI. The Toronto-based company
this week teamed up with British electrical retailer Dixons to launch a PC that
doubles as a 13-hour digital video recorder (DVR).
The launch challenges plans by video industry giants such as Philips, Sony
and Panasonic, who want consumers to buy a new generation of set-top boxes that
record many hours of TV on a built-in hard drive. These are already on sale in
the US. But MGI thinks viewers will not want to keep adding…
