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Rabid TiVo Fanaticism

Posted by michael on from the evangelical dept.

surfacearea writes "The New York Times [free reg] is running an article that, without sounding like over-the-top blatant product placement discusses the reasons why TiVo owners are at times frighteningly fanatical. Personally, I won't bother to find out first hand until they slap a recordable DVD drive in there."

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  1. Re:Google partner link. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Alright asshole, you definitely just copied my comment.

  2. gimme a break; learn to use a VCR! by nekron-99 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've been doing all that tivo stuff with my trusty VCR for the last 10 years. I don't have cable or subscription fees. I just look at the TV schedule and program my VCR. I actually have two VCRs; I can watch one while I record with the other. Why would anyone pay $350 for a Tivo, then pay $40/month for cable, and then pay $13/month for Tivo's subscription scheduling crap. Looks like the Tivo company is the real winner here. I can't believe that slashdotters can't simply program a VCR! Another advantage to VCR is that I can make a tape library and save the programs I watch as long as I like. Skipping comercials is a breeze with the fast forward button on my remote. What am I missing here?!

  3. Re:Almost 50% of the *voting* public voted for Bus by benzapp · · Score: -1, Troll

    Har Har Har, you're just so fucking funny.

    Or so incredibly closed minded you can do nothing but let your teachers drill you full of their emotional bullshit.

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    I don't read or respond to AC posts
  4. Re:For FREEEDOM! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you're watching enough television to require a TIVO, you're already kind of dead. Dead in a way that will probably prevent you from wrapping your mind around this post. Free will is life. And in exchange for your cheap entertainment you poke holes in your psyche from which your free will escapes.

    So you might as well tell them to come pick it up tomorrow. Mentally hobbled, dead, what's the difference?

  5. Re:Almost 50% of the *voting* public voted for Bus by pauldy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why is this post not moded to troll?

    TGD, Do you prefer week-minded vacillators that do nothing in office but spend a lot of time talking in circles and getting head jobs in the oval office? I know for an adolescent immature mind this would be a dream come true but it is not something I would consider a valuable trait in the leader of the free world.