As more complex functions are added onto a PVR-incorporated Set-top Box (STB) to be in line with a recent trend in digital convergence, consumers may benefit and enjoy all the convenient features of a PVR. At the same time, consumers, however, need to be more intelligent to understand the complexity of the high-tech mechanism in terms of connection, set-up, configuration, maintenance, contents management, etc., most of which are not designed as user-friendly for high-tech dummies.

To help consumers enjoy its convenient features with less hassle, most PVRs come with a subscriber service that may or may not charge a monthly fee. The online service combined with an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) enables consumers search for what they want, and watch when they want it. However, services and devices from current PVR service providers and equipment manufacturers still do not meet the consumers’ demand in terms of user-friendliness, accessibility, content management capability, HD viewing capability, etc., limiting consumers’ capacity to entertain a PVR in daily life. ACOGITO provides consumers our own HD PVR-incorporated HD STB with our own service through the open market, maximizing the consumers’ joy with a PVR and expanding its use into everyone’s life.

ACOGITO is proud of announcing the world’s first Remote Control XML (eXtensible Markup Language)-enabled HD PVR incorporated with a HD STB product, the ACO HD PVR, that allows consumers remotely control / schedule / record their favorite programs, and manage their recorded contents through wired / wireless devices such as desktop / notebook PC, cellular phone, PDA and so on. The consumers can make a recording in ACO HD PVR anywhere in the world by clicking onto the easy-to-use ACO-SERVICE website.

As a result, a consumer can experience the new way of watching TV with the least hassle from the set-up to the continued daily use. ACOGITO believes that the combination of the state-of-the-art ACO HD PVR and the best-of-breed ACO-SERVICE would bring the use of PVR closer to everyone’s daily life.