 b10010011
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join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA | Lame All I want my Tivo to be is a glorified VCR like it already is.
I am perfectly happy using a computer to access web content. | |
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58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | Re: Lame We're also talking downloading programs, so it's not quite the same as "WebTV". They've already pushed that update to mine. | |
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join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: Lame said by RadioDoc  :We're also talking downloading programs, so it's not quite the same as "WebTV". They've already pushed that update to mine. That would be a plus to some people BUT with all the ISP's complaining about bandwidth hogs as it is, and many of the cable companies pushing their own DVR service, I can see a fight brewing over this. | |
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58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| Re: Lame Oh I don't doubt it. Best outcome is that those ISPs wake up and quit pretending to provide 'unlimited' service and instead use this as a tool to sell higher bandwidth (read:$$$) connections. In an uncharacteristic display of customer-centric behavior, my provider (SBC) is not playing that game and doesn't much care how much bandwidth you hog. They even allow servers on 'residential' connections.
It's going to take TiVo or something similar to get true VoD--independent of some cable company's marketing department--off the ground. It'll be interesting to watch who starts shooting at it first once it's airborne. | |
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Varlik
Without Honor You Will Never Be Free
Premium
join:2002-01-06
Anderson, SC
| said by b10010011 :All I want my Tivo to be is a glorified VCR like it already is. I am perfectly happy using a computer to access web content. Bu Bu Bu But you'd miss out on all the extra advertising and special offers that will come out of these partnerships.;):D
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"Sir SIR! We don't use DHCP servers. We only use IBM & Microsoft servers." From there my call to tech support went steadily downhill. | |
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Jon
Premium
join:2001-01-20
Lisle, IL | "It won't be available to the 2.7 million... who get TiVo through DirecTV."
That figures  | |
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58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | Re: "It won't be available to the 2.7 million... That's up to DirecTV. | |
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JaM4150
Premium
join:2005-10-27
Matamoras, PA
clubs: | I wouldn't count on DirecTV adding those additional features. If I'm not mistaken: Isn't DirecTV now pushing out their own private label DVR's? If so then I'd expect emphasis on their DVR box over TiVo's. | |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
 ·T-Mobile US
| Where are the service for transferable videos? I deactivated my Tivo 1st gen long tiome ago, back then when I dropped DirecTV for its shitty HD lineup and service - but I'm ready to reconsider Tivo *IF* I can really transcode my shows to my PSP. Then I am willing to buy a standalone unit immediately. | |
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Corey Haim
join:2005-03-26
Austell, GA
| Re: Where are the service for transferable videos? I doubt it will be available for Directv users like myself. Seems we get the shaft everytime. Directv is trying to get out of the tivo business and market their own DVR to their customers. This really sucks. No tivo-to-go, on tivo on video ipod, and now this. | |
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PlasmaMan
@bcvloh.ameritech |  How about something useful like HD
Tivo looks crappy on my 42" plasma. Real crappy. | |
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SterlingJ85
Obama 2008
join:2000-11-19
Millville, NJ | Re: How about something useful like HD Uh TiVo has had an HD unit for a LONG time!
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bbrlogue
Learning New Things Daily
Premium
join:2003-12-07
Alexandria, VA
| not for me I don't like using my TV to access content on the internet. I love Tivo, but the unit is slow and the TV resolution is poor. I don't want to sit in front of TV and get frustrated while navigating these content. If I really want to be a couch potato, I'd be better off connecting a computer to the TV and HT system. But the first reason why I got a Tivo was to make my time in front of the TV more efficient to begin with. | |
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Tivo Snuggles up to Broadband
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