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An Offer Tivo Owners Can't Refuse

Posted by michael on from the they-control-the-vertical dept.

An anonymous reader pointed us to this little tidbit. The BBC paid Tivo (company slogan: "TV Your Way") to force owners' boxes to record some new program they wanted to push, which looks incredibly exciting. UK Tivo owners seem a little upset.

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  1. Don't see what the big deal is... by Anomolous+Cow+Herd · · Score: 5, Informative
    I mean, yeah, the stuff is there on your TiVO, but it's not like it takes up recording space or anything. All it does is sit at the bottom of the main menu for a couple of days. It doesn't even get in your way if you're trying to record something else. It's all quite rationally explained in the third link in the article (which I just know 2/3 of slashdotters won't bother to read).

    I fail to see what the big hoopla is about, or why this is even posted to Slashdot. After all, this isn't even the first time that this has happened.

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  2. Re:Oh no! by Draoi · · Score: 5, Informative
    Does it force you to play them?

    No, it doesn't. The thread mentioned above, covers this in detail in TiVo's response ....

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  3. Re:Oh no! - Read the article by Glorat · · Score: 5, Informative

    No it doesn't force you to play it. It doesn't even force you to *record* it. It will only record it if it's doing nothing else. It does not take up any recording space allocated to the user. In fact the only intrusion is that you get an extra choice in your menu of recorded programmes

    Now, this is a scheme for them to make money with minimal intrusion. I honestly can't see anything wrong with this as it is not intrusive in the slightest

    Again, read the article