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Re: Time Warner tuning adapter said by mlcarson:It takes their so-called techs multiple visits just to get a cable card working. Add in the tuning adapter, and it's a total disaster. The cable companies do not want any equipment on their system but their own which they can rent to you. They want to make it hell for anybody who tries to use a Tivo, Moxi, or similar piece of equipment. I was a TivoHD user but just dropped cable TV completely in favor of satellite. Satellite requires a proprietary receiver but at least it's a piece of equipment worth renting -- unlike anything the cable company has. Cable is trying to meet the demands of customers by investing and upgrading it's system.. it's more than just video. There are customers that still want competition to current phone providers.. customers want faster internet, they want more HD. Sooooo, you say that (in the same posting) that they don't want you to have any equipment unless you rent it? You do realize that until just recently, and in current days, more than 50% of cable customers didn't even have a cable box, right?
The conspiracy theory that cable doesn't want other equipment is an old and failed one. Tivo has been around for years doing just that. Some models of Tivo would interface directly with the DCT2000 box via a cable connection even.
The SDV complaint is just the next step in the evolution of the back and forth between cable/satellite and tivo. Maybe people will understand why satellite ditched their relationship with Tivo. Tivo has their in with cable at the hand of the government.. kind of a mandate. On the other hand, too, tivo customers need to realize what cable has said for years.. "when technology changes, a phone call will get you an upgrade at their expense, not yours".. where's Tivo, the DVR service when something changes? .. quick to sell you another piece of hardware that only works if you pay them to use it - even though it's perfectly capable of operating WITH OUT their service.. right?
I don't disagree with some points you say, however, you're trying to make an assesment and place blame solely at the feet of cable when Tivo has MUCH to be at fault for. I wonder where Tivo is with disclaiming that "Your purchase of a Tivo box today does not guarantee that it will function with all current cable company offerings. Tivo cannot guarantee that your equipment will work at all times in the future".. afterall, this is the land of disclaimers.  .. they won't do this.. they SHOULD do this as by not they are being ingeniousness because Tivo can't guarantee that their box will always work. And, I really doubt the government is going to retard an entire industry so that a VERY SMALL amount of Tivo users will have uninterrupted use of their box. |
