DirecTV dumped Tivo a couple of years ago and I absolutely miss them. DirecTV thought "How difficult could it be to make a DVR?". Well in their case, extremely difficult. The announcement that DirecTV is partnering again this year with them has me waiting with bated breath.
While I don't care at all for Tivo serving out ads while I'm fast forwarding, I don't think this is all THAT big a deal. They don't superimpose them over the show itself when it's playing, and you can still skip over the ads just as fast. And I can still skip over your average commercial break in a few seconds. Their DVRs also still have a lot of features that most of the crappy cable company ones (the ones offered here anyway) don't. I really like the multi-room-viewing, video transfers to/from computers and portable devices, storage expandability, streaming video from the Internet on the DVR, and UI that is actually nice and convenient. And no, I'm not a shill for them.
TiVO needs to understand that people are paying not only for the recording features, but also the "feature" of avoiding ads.
Windows and Mac OS already make it relatively easy to record from TV input. And they won’t serve you ads while you fast-forward. People should ditch TiVO for a PC-based solution.
not in the fat american slob angle sort of interesting but in the idea that tv advertising is trying emulate the "click through" concept of internet marketing. this is the beginning of the future and the sure sign any hold outs and doubters out there that the internet is the media outlet to emulate, not TV, and that TV is going to sooner or later go down the path of print media.
oh, i'm sorry, i forgot to snark. uhmm... how about this:
god, i can't wait until i can push a button on my remote control when those pfizer viagra ads come on and i will instantly get a hardon.
@Unfun: I mean Jesus, I'd take a fucking Boboli with some Ragu on it over that turd-pie. I think I last ate this stuff 6 years ago, it STILL repeats on me.
@BadUncle: Seriously! Am I the only one who, almost nightly, drools in front of my keyboard, endlessly scanning Seamlessweb or menupages, awash in options, replete with uncertainty, stomach growling, eyes tearing, unable to make a goddamn decision?
@CodePink: Fine, that's probably good. And I do like Pizza Hut breadsticks too, at least back in the day I did.
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Windows and Mac OS already make it relatively easy to record from TV input. And they won’t serve you ads while you fast-forward. People should ditch TiVO for a PC-based solution.
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not in the fat american slob angle sort of interesting but in the idea that tv advertising is trying emulate the "click through" concept of internet marketing. this is the beginning of the future and the sure sign any hold outs and doubters out there that the internet is the media outlet to emulate, not TV, and that TV is going to sooner or later go down the path of print media.
oh, i'm sorry, i forgot to snark. uhmm... how about this:
god, i can't wait until i can push a button on my remote control when those pfizer viagra ads come on and i will instantly get a hardon.
ok?
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Now this is pizza, made by an old Italian guy in Brooklyn, with real cheese, tomatoes, olive oil, and basil.
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Also anyone who orders Domino's pizza in New York deserves to be eradicated, like vermin.
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@BadUncle: Seriously! Am I the only one who, almost nightly, drools in front of my keyboard, endlessly scanning Seamlessweb or menupages, awash in options, replete with uncertainty, stomach growling, eyes tearing, unable to make a goddamn decision?
@CodePink: Fine, that's probably good. And I do like Pizza Hut breadsticks too, at least back in the day I did.