TiVo Will Die

Espectr0 writes "Yahoo! News has a PC Magazine-reprinted story about why they think the TiVo will die because of rising competition. From the article: 'It's always hard to write an obituary, especially when the subject is still alive. It's especially hard for me, because I love the little guy like a brother. But, alas, TiVo will die. I was one of the first reviewers to get my hands on an early TiVo box. I compared TiVo with ReplayTV, and although I really wanted to like ReplayTV, TiVo won my heart over.'"

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Re:What you say?

[enrico_suave]

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Personally, I've got a video card which allows me to record to HD whatever, whenever I want without any fees. When I can do that, why should I buy a Tivo, or even Replay?

The value-add in these devices is in the user interface and scheduling capabilities, not their raw ability to capture video frames.

That's why you roll up your sleeves and install knoppmyth or the like and get yoru listings for free (using xml2tv or the like) or if you HAVE to have windoze their are free and payfor solutions out there that integrate those features...

To the original poster... you might like doing it that way (and I like doing it that way) but my wife/grandmother et al.... they'd prefer a settop box like tivo...

*shrug*

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