MarkyD
Premium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK
clubs: | Thank Goodness
Now the stupid rumors of Apple aquiring Tivo might take a rest... |
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enOehT
Premium
join:2003-05-17
Langhorne, PA | Apple is going to acquire Tivo?  |
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ColdFiltered
join:2005-01-25
Atlanta, GA | And they will create TiVoPOD |
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enOehT
Premium
join:2003-05-17
Langhorne, PA
| said by ColdFiltered  :And they will create TiVoPOD I am waiting until they come out with TiVoPOD Express, the wireless super small version. |
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odog
Cable Centric Vendor Biased
Premium
join:2001-08-05
Norcross, GA
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check.....checkmate in 4
great move for both of them. If somehow comcast gets exclusivity on the Tivo "tech" watch them exploit like they are attempting to redefine the word.
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
 ·Comcast
·WOW Internet and C..
| said by odog : If somehow comcast gets exclusivity on the Tivo "tech" watch them exploit like they are attempting to redefine the word. Which is why Tivo entered a non-exclusive agreement as per the article. |
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bigboy
join:2000-12-04
Palo Alto, CA | reply to enOehT
Re: Thank Goodness
Actually I'm going to wait for the TivoPod Shuffle. I won't know what I'm watching next.... |
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shashinka
join:2000-09-16
West Boylston, MA | LIFE IS RANDOM |
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Bobb
Premium
join:2001-02-16
Kent, WA
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The problem with these Tivo type services is the ripoff monthly or lifetime payment. Stupid! Like trying sell VCRs a decade or two ago and charge a monthly charge, VCRs would have had the same low sales.
If Comcast does it right and it's a minimal charge, like $5, I might for the first time consider one for the wife.
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roamer1
sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
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Re: check.....checkmate in 4
said by imrf :said by odog : If somehow comcast gets exclusivity on the Tivo "tech" watch them exploit like they are attempting to redefine the word. Which is why Tivo entered a non-exclusive agreement as per the article. On the *satellite* side exclusive agreements make sense, but on the *cable* side they make no sense at all given that no single MSO covers the entire US. Why the heck would Comcast lock away technology from companies that don't and never will compete with them like Time Warner?
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Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL
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Re: Thank Goodness
Comcast isn't going to redefine TiVo simply because DirecTV also offers TiVo.
And the nice thing about TiVo with DirecTV is that it's only $5 a month extra.
I just got it today and it's burning a hole in my seat to get home and play with it.
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
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| said by Wills :because DirecTV also offers TiVo. Not for long. Tivo and DirecTVs contract expires at the end of 2006 and DirecTV already has their own DVR lined up. You will more than likely see that DirecTV will not extend the contract with Tivo because their system probably costs them less. This contract is one of the saving graces for Tivo, without it they are toast, and their sales show it. They have just reached 3 million customers this year, and it has only taken them 8 years to do so. DVRs from Motorola and Scientific Atlanta surpassed that number last year. |
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NOCMan
Verizon Fios User
Premium
join:2004-09-30
Flower Mound, TX | reply to MarkyD
Comcast has completely botched their DVR delployments and most people complain that Tivo is better than the crap comcast has.
It's any wonder why they'll work with Tivo now.
Not to mention the Triple Play threats from Fiber Rollouts. |
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staticx57
join:2002-01-24
Toms River, NJ
clubs: | reply to shashinka
tivopod photo? |
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NoNameRightNow
@69.15.x.x | reply to imrf
Comcast supplies all new customers with the DVR box from Motorola that have digital cable even if they don’t subscribe to the DVR service. |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | No they don't. Regular digital customers get either the DCT-2000, DCT-1700, or the DCT-2500 for Motorola systems. Only people who get the DVR service get the DVR box. |
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NoNameRightNow
@69.15.x.x | Yes they do. My brother just subscribed to Comcast and he got the new box all he has to do is call and they will turn on the DVR service. I think they do this BC of the video on demand service that any of there digital customers can use. |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
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| said by NoNameRightNow:
Y I think they do this BC of the video on demand service that any of there digital customers can use. No, they wouldn't do it because of VOD, any digital box can use VOD. If your brother got a DVR, which is highly unlikely unless his local office ran out of the 6 other kind of boxes they have, then he lucked out. That is not normal policy. What is the model of the box he received. He probably got the DVT-6200, if anything. |
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
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said by enOehT :said by ColdFiltered :And they will create TiVoPOD I am waiting until they come out with TiVoPOD Express, the wireless super small version. That automatically randomly selects TV shows for you!
That way, when you get caught watching TV that is less than "presentable", you can blame the TiVoPOShuffle.
Brilliant!
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ifarrell
join:2000-08-10
Willow Spring, NC
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said by enOehT :Apple is going to acquire Tivo? And do you have proof?
All I've seen is rumours which you can take with a pinch of salt.
More likely now Comc(rap)ast will take over TIVO if anything were to happen but it won't |
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