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TiVo User's Fears Explored

Posted by Zonk on from the give-me-my-control dept.

elrous0 writes "In spite of TiVo's continuing insistence that recent appearances of 'red flag' recordings are mere "glitches," the AP is reporting that customers are beginning to get nervous about the new content-blocking feature added in a recent TiVo upgrade. The story quotes Matt Haughey, of PVRblog.com, as saying 'TiVo would be of limited utility in the future if the studios were allowed to do this with regular broadcast content ... This is like cell-phone jammers. What if you couldn't talk on your cell phone? If customers can't do something with their TiVo that they could in the past, they will stop using it.'" We've touched on this topic in the past.

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  1. Re:DRM is the issue, not TiVo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOOK! An inane first post from TMM modded insightful! WooHooo! All is right with the world!

  2. A cell phone jammer? What a great idea! by Richard+Steiner · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I see at least one person driving and talking away on their cell phone during my short 8-mile jaunt to/from work every day, often changing lanes or turning without signalling and doing other things which compromise traffic safety, and I'd love to be able to carry a portable jammer in my car so I could *terminate* their unsafe conversations and help them to concentrate on the multi-ton metal object they're supposedly "in control" of...

    IMSNShO, the use of cell phones while driving in a moving vehicle should be treated the same as drinking and driving -- the associated risks are roughly similar.

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    At least we can still get high quality cocaine on eBay.