fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20 | reply to ColorBASIC
Re: Ditch the contract and you may have a deal
For once, we agree. |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
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You're right.. however, the point remains that you think the advertiser is getting their ads there for free? No. Therefore, Tivo is gaining revenue from the advertiser.. so how about that $17 fee?? Shouldn't it come down more?
You need a Tivo subscription to use the device that you purchased. (My views are different on the free-for-service boxes) So what's with the 1 year, 2 year, and 3 year pricing levels? This TRULY and CLEARLY is a penalty for not coughing up the money fast enough. Like I said, with out their subscription, you have a door stop.
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Couch Potato
What?
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join:2004-08-29
Evansville, IN | reply to ColorBASIC
$17/month ?! an HD DVR here costs $13/month to rent from the cable company, why would I pay for the HW then pay a monthly fee also ?! |
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ColorBASIC
8-bit Fun
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join:2006-12-29
Corona, CA
| Some people believe that the cable company DVR software interface is so horrible that they're willing to pay more, or pay the same (by prepaying) to get the TiVo's software interface.
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keeska
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join:2007-04-06
Sedona, AZ
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Some people believe that the cable company DVR software interface is so horrible ...
For me the TiVO interface is not that good. I was glad when DirecTV dropped TiVO in its new HD box. On the other hand I agree - the Cable DVR interface is so bad it makes anything else look good. I would have thought the Cable companies would have put more pressure on SA and Motorola to do a better interface. |
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matrix3D
join:2006-09-27
Deep River, CT
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Let me quote my original post:
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With WoW, at least I can understand that some, if not most, of the monthly fee is used to pay for bandwidth and server maintenance and upgrades.
I already acknowledged that it costs money to maintain the servers and pay the people that do so. However, I pointed out that what TiVo is saying amounts to: "Pay us $300 for this DVR that SHOULD be able to record and timeshift WITHOUT our advertisements listing service but doesn't unless you pay us a monthly fee so we can make money off of you AND the advertisers." They're sucking through both ends of the straw. |
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sporkme
drop the crantini and move it, sister
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join:2000-07-01
Morristown, NJ
 ·Optimum Online
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said by ColorBASIC  :You need it to order PPV though the box. I'm not sure what else you would need it for. Not even for that. Post-hacking, I got leery of the call and unplugged the line. I was able to order PPV via the website just fine.
I'm just really, really hoping that DTV and Tivo team up again, and that if they do they keep the same monthly fee. $6 I'll do, but not $17.  |
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
·Teliax VOIP
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Using screen scrapers, in violation of the terms of service of the various websites that offer listings. Zap2it is cutting off their XML based service soon.
In addition to the listings, there is the work involved in updating the software, (sometimes) subsidizing the box, bandwidth, running the servers to aggregate the information for TiVoCast and Swivel Search, and whatever other stuff they do that the unit queries their servers for. |
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK | reply to ColorBASIC
Thanks to my previous lifetime service, I pay $6.95 a month.  |
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