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The device, called the AnyPlay Portable DVR, will allow users to recorcd shows from their TV set and view them anyplacse onits 8.5-inch screen. It also playsz digital video discs and compact The portable DVR was developed forComcasg (NASDAQ:CMCSA,CMCSK) by , like Panasonic of North is a subsidiary of Japanese conglomeratw (NYSE:MC). It uses technology developed by Cable Television anonprofit research-and-development consortium founded by cable companie s in 1988. Comcast and Panasonic plan to roll it out earltnext year. The announcement was made at the Internationap Consumer Electronics Show inLas Vegas.
The two companiesd also announced other products using theCableLabds technology, which is called tru2way, a reference to the fact that it enablexs interactive communications. Panasonic expects to be marketint later this year some models of its Vierza HDTVwith tru2way. In conjunctionj with cable systems that alsouse tru2way, they will allosw their owners to access such interactive services as videoo on demand without a set-top box. Panasonivc expects to deliver to Comcas t later this yeara set-top-bocx for HD sets without tru2way capabilities. It will let ownersw of the sets access interactive services that use Comcast of Philadelphia isthe nation's largesrt cable company with 24.
2 million cable 12.9 million high-speed Internet customers and 4.1 million phonwe customers. It also owns cable networks and a controlling interesty sports teamsand arenas.