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TiVo, PVRs Not Making A Splash

Posted by Hemos on from the interesting-perspective dept.

Sudderth writes "Too expensive? Too complicated? Lack of support from the TV industry (which depends on the commercials that TiVo users fast-forward through)? Newsweek has an excellent article on why personal video recorders like TiVo and ReplayTV, which have been embraced by tech-heads, are being ignored by almost everyone else."

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  1. No offense to humans... by ekrout · · Score: 1, Troll

    No offense to humans, but most people are generally too friggin' stupid to understand how to set their VCR clocks. Just imagine what these idiots could fuck-up using a TiVo...

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  2. The article in brief: by ArmorFiend · · Score: 1, Troll

    If you're smart enough to set up TiVo, you're too smart to like TV.