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Slate Predicts The End Of TiVo

Posted by timothy on from the jury-is-still-out-watching-tv dept.

wiredog writes "Slate has an article about why TiVo (the company, not the idea) is destined to fail. It suffers from the same first mover disadvantage that did in the Newton and the Amiga."

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  1. Let me Guess? by Anenga · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    End of Tivo and rise of UltimateTV? Give me a break.

    This article is pure FUD from Microsoft, who are a competetor of Tivo ("UltimateTV"). They point out that Tivo will fail because it's hard to use? Hell, Rosie O'Donnel uses the damn thing! My friend has one, and his parents know how to use it! I think the remote is very intuitive, and well designed.

    We aren't giving people credit here. We act as if they can't do anything. That's the problem with us (the USA), were too much of a low-context society. In Japan, they would expect you to know how to setup a computer or program Tivo, because they set everyone on a higher threshold automatically. In the US, everyone thinks everyone are idiots! In some cases, that is true... but it's annoying when people try to explain things to me as if I'm an idiot.

    What do they think is "next generation"? If you've seen Microsoft's website you'll notice they're trying to get you to watch TV on your computer and have Windows take over your TV. Um, no thanks. I like my TV and computer seperate. Why the hell would I want to watch TV on some crappy small LCD monitor when I can watch it on a specially designed [for TV] HDTV? Tivo works great because it layers over the TV, but doesn't take it over.

  2. slate? really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Guys, it's Slate... I guess their corporate master's bum still burns from the failure of *their own* commercial PVR system...