http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20211516 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:47:00 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:47:00 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20211834 Dogfather : I've had TiVo's since the first Christmas they were out and the ads are getting worse and worse. My SA Series 2 is full of ads. Ads on virtually every page of the UI, lame pulsating thumb banner ads during programming when I'm trying to watch a movie trailer, even ads now when I go to delete items I've watched. Showcases, which used to be about new programs is now just full of Crazyfox and American Express bullcrap. This is in addition to it's weekly recording to lame infomercials, that you can't turn off without go in an canceling the recording manually every week. And those infomercials then get a prominent location on the GUI's home screen.

Lexus, Norton, Crazy Fox, Sony Blu-Ray, AmEx, tons of ads. You don't have Showcases? You've never seen a thumbs up banner during programming? You've never seen an ad on the deletion screen? The only TiVo I had that didn't were my 2 HD-TiVos.

Hell I've even gotten Buy Sheryl Crow CD System Message spam (eg You have an Important System Message). It's ridiculous, especially for $13-$20 a month (depending on TiVo's pricing scheme that month).

And to ADd insult to injury, we're all blessed with awesome TiVo DRM to insure that TiVo is anything BUT TV our way. It is certainly intrusive.

My TiVo is FULL of crap like this

Sweet FFD banner ad

John Adams DRM.JPG Sweet HBO DRM, TiVo HBO's Way

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20211834 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:23:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20211792 NOCMan : What ad's are you talking about? I've been a tivo user for years and I see no ad's. They have one place for ad's and that's in the small area in the main menu where it asks you to look at a product, movie preview etc. It's not intrusive at all.

Please do not comment about something you do not use.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20211792 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:15:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20211516 Dogfather : You would think the 50 zillion ads in their GUI would have made them profitable.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20211516 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:55:36 EDT