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join:2004-03-05
Knoxville, TN | Yep, Glad they want to get it right before deployment. Wish all software makers would do that! 
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join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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| Re: Yep, Yeah tivo likes to give out quality products albeit they are usually a bit crippled, but they are solid and stable.
On the other hand I think comcast may be back peddling because tivo didn't give them the ok.
Side note. Why would they rape us for a tivo add on to the boxes. Why not just role out the tivo firmware to every dvr for free, I mean really we already pay a small fortune for a dvr now.
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codee
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join:2001-10-01
Minneapolis, MN
| Re: Yep, A small fortune for a dual-tuner HD DVR? Do you realize how much the HD Tivo cost currently? They cost around $700-800 unless there happens to be a good deal online somehwere. The Comcast Dual-tuner HD DVR is (in my area) $5 more a month then a standard cable box......seems like a much better deal to me! If it breaks I can get a replacment the same day if needed at a service center for free.
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join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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| Re: Yep, said by codee  :A small fortune for a dual-tuner HD DVR? Do you realize how much the HD Tivo cost currently? They cost around $700-800 unless there happens to be a good deal online somehwere. The Comcast Dual-tuner HD DVR is (in my area) $5 more a month then a standard cable box......seems like a much better deal to me! If it breaks I can get a replacment the same day if needed at a service center for free. Personally I think its a good deal, and don't really feel like I'm paying a small fortune for it $16 for the box and then $12 for the "jack" and then add the $3 for the remote. you really think your getting a good deal ? I don't , I am waiting for cable card based converters that may support the VoD , not that I even use it.
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itsmethee
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join:2002-06-29
Champaign, IL
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| Re: Yep, said by BosstonesOwn :said by codee :A small fortune for a dual-tuner HD DVR? Do you realize how much the HD Tivo cost currently? They cost around $700-800 unless there happens to be a good deal online somehwere. The Comcast Dual-tuner HD DVR is (in my area) $5 more a month then a standard cable box......seems like a much better deal to me! If it breaks I can get a replacment the same day if needed at a service center for free. Personally I think its a good deal, and don't really feel like I'm paying a small fortune for it $16 for the box and then $12 for the "jack" and then add the $3 for the remote. you really think your getting a good deal ? I don't , I am waiting for cable card based converters that may support the VoD , not that I even use it. THose rates are crazy. I am just glad I am not in your market. I am paying $5 over a regular box.
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clickie
join:2005-05-22
Monroe, MI
| Translation
"We need to make sure it can be successful both from a technology and from a market standpoint,"
Translation: We need to figure out a way that this thing doesn't compete with our On-Demand service and doesn't put us in a position of strengthening Tivo so it can enter into agreements with our competitors.
Successful in Comcast's opinion is wildly different than the consumer's view of successful. | |
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Loker
Premium
join:2004-07-11
Fargo, ND
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| Re: Translation said by clickie :
"We need to make sure it can be successful both from a technology and from a market standpoint,"
Translation: We need to figure out a way that this thing doesn't compete with our On-Demand service and doesn't put us in a position of strengthening Tivo so it can enter into agreements with our competitors. What? the "thing" IS a comcast DVR and it WILL support on demand and all other functions available in the iguide.... | |
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dariena
join:2005-04-24
Germantown, MD | Comcast Tivo > DirecTivo? It the Comcast Tivo doesn't support the home media functions of the regular Tivo(middle finger to DirecTV), then they shouldn't even bother. | |
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squid7
Premium
join:2006-09-02 | What... TiVo need to perfect more advertisements and popups? Now I'm occasionally getting ads on the confirm delete (of program) screen. They're getting ridiculous with the zillions of ad placements. I like the service but damn... | |
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footballdude
Premium
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
| Re: What... said by squid7 :Now I'm occasionally getting ads on the confirm delete (of program) screen. Actually, that seems like a great place to put ads. I can completely ignore them and with one button push I can make them go away.
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join:2006-09-02 | Re: What... But like the new pricing scheme, the constantly increasing ads can irrate customers to the point they make them go away by cancelling and going with one of the many DVR competitors. | |
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58ef2c0
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join:2000-05-11 | What do you get ads for, and on which programs? I have yet to see even one, and if my wife had she'd certainly have told me about it...
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join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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| Re: Disappointing....but acceptable said by Nightfall :I have been waiting to get back onto Comcast TV but I can't leave my Directv Tivo thats for sure. Man, the Tivo is just awesome. If we are waiting until next year, the price of the series 3 may be down enough to justify paying for that instead! I guess we will wait and see. I went to dish network and I love their vip 622. I liked the directivo my parents had but they lacked enough hd content to keep me interested.
I am only still with comcast because they offered a good retention package
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
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| Re: Disappointing....but acceptable said by BosstonesOwn :said by Nightfall :I have been waiting to get back onto Comcast TV but I can't leave my Directv Tivo thats for sure. Man, the Tivo is just awesome. If we are waiting until next year, the price of the series 3 may be down enough to justify paying for that instead! I guess we will wait and see. I went to dish network and I love their vip 622. I liked the directivo my parents had but they lacked enough hd content to keep me interested. I am only still with comcast because they offered a good retention package Yea, the comcast retention package is very nice. The Tivo is the biggest thing for me. It is good to hear the Dish DVRs are much nicer than they were a few years ago.
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@raf.com
|  How stupid is this statement: ?
He himself _knows_ that the TiVo interface makes the current Comcast set-top user interface look like a pile of steaming dog shit in the midst of an Alaskan winter, yet he is making these mootly standoffish, 'cautionary' statements about whether the TiVo would succeed from a technological/business standpoint.
Talk about hidden, double agendas ... I do respect Comcast, but when some dimwit VP comes out with statements like this, what are we supposed to think of the company?? It just looks really bad, almost as bad as having an oil-industry sponsored environmental study on the planetary effects (or "lack" thereof) of global warming ... | |
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | If Comcast is this far behind... ...I guess we can assume Cox hasnt even started thinking about Tivo? | |
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Comcast Tivo Gets Time Shifted