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Inside the Cult of TiVo

Posted by timothy on from the hundreds-more-arrived-too-late dept.

StudMuffin writes: "A group of TiVo enthusiasts from over at the TiVo Community Forum recently got together. About 100 people showed up to roast weenies and swap TiVo hacks and screen names. This is just plain cool, if you ask me. TiVo rocks. Of interest, however, was the representation of the TiVo company and the fact that they didn't fight to stop hacking their product. Does this relationship between hi-tech companies and hackers act as a model of how this relationship can work? TiVo even seems tolerant of really hardcore hacks as discussed on /. in the past."

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  1. It has been tested.. by pigeon · · Score: 3, Funny

    On the site:
    "The installation is not that hard, and it has been wife tested..."

    1. Re:It has been tested.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      If you don't see that as funny you either don't know many women, have been beaten down by a ballbuster, or are a ballbuster yourself. If women had run the world, we would still be in caves if we had even survived. They wouldn't have let us have stupid gadgets like fire and the wheel.

  2. Missed the TiVo Gathering? by shmuc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Have no fear, a VHS Cult Gathering for us 'old school' hackers is bound to be scheduled.

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  3. Replay tv weenie roast? by frankmu · · Score: 2, Funny

    so are there any plans for a replay tv weenie roast? ;)

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  4. The poor mascot by dr_dank · · Score: 2, Funny

    The event wrapped up with an appearance by the plush TiVo mascot -- which was greeted with hugs from TiVo's youngest fans

    ... and the mob of screwdriver-wielding geeks that nearly killed him trying to install a bigger HD.

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  5. Re:Not really... by bubbaD · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually the third-party manufacturing in Mexico is an elaborate money laundering scheme run by Steve Jobs, which finances an atomic Death-Ray for Bill Gates as part of his plan to rule the world!

    I hope this clarifies the subsidy/manufacturing issues.