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The Programmer Who Could Save Tivo

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the didn't-know-it-needed-saving dept.

Damon Darlin from Business 2.0 writes "We just posted a story on Arthur Van Hoff, the programming legend who now works at TiVo. He was one of the Java geniuses at Sun (has almost as many patents as Bill Joy) and started Strangeberry, which Tivo bought in January. the story tells how his Strangeberry software will be given away to developers of web content. The next generation Tivos will then be able to recognize web content and direct it to the appropriate home device. This could be the stuff that saves tivo because none of the set top boxes will have this ability.

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  1. Nice Feature, but.. by Klar · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The next generation Tivos will then be able to recognize web content and direct it to the appropriate home device. This could be the stuff that saves tivo because none of the set top boxes will have this ability.
    While this is a cool feature, I'm not sure if it alone will be able to save Tivo. There are so many cheaper alternatives, and I'm sure they will be able to add a similar feature in too. Personally when I'm watching TV(which I almost never have time for as of late), I don't wanna be reading stuff online, I just want to relax and watch a movie or show.
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    1. Re:Nice Feature, but.. by MarsDefenseMinister · · Score: 5, Insightful

      TiVo is $99 now. There's no reason for a geek not to have one. I paid $400 for mine, and it is worth every penny.

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  2. patents != genius by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    come on now, don't we know better than to gauge the intellectual capacity of someone by how many patents they hold?