TiVo, The TV Google

Almost two years ago, TiVo‘s swivel video search engine debuted. Now a better integrated search is going to replace the old search engine. The visual improvement is the major change in this search engine.

At CES 2009, this week, the announcement for the new search engine was made. The announcement said that the new TV search works like the search bar in the Firefox address browser. The search bar is called the “Discovery Bar.” All you have to do is type in the first letters of a show. When you do this you get recommendations of relevant broadband, TV satellite shows.

In addition what you also get is a rating of the show, and brief description in a nice looking column. This new appearance is designed to cater to the longer length of new HDTV’s. This new format will let the user choose shows efficiently. If you know what you want to see the search is not a big help, but if you don’t then the features help you to choose a show.

Some people say that the search function is not quick enough but TiVo reps say that they are trying to make it quicker. They will need speed to be the Google of TV.