I love TiVo. What it can do that no other PVR can is the Wishlist.
Example: I tell it I want anything with "Star Trek" in the subject, and I DON'T get ST episodes that I've seen 100 times, but I do get any show ABOUT Trek that airs. No Cable, Media Center, or Myth PVR can do anything like this, and this is TiVo's strength in a nutshell. Likewise, Season Passes that are smart enough to only get new episodes, or ones that it knows it hasn't gotten before.
Sadly, I agree with the posters here that TiVo is doomed. Why? Terrible (nonexistent) integration with high quality/HD signal and inputs! Sure, there's an HD DirecTiVo for $1000, but I don't use satellite, even if I was willing to spend that much. And the only connection options for the thing are Coax, composite, and S-video. I can understand no DVI, but where the hell are the component inputs?
My beloved TiVo is now the weak link in my otherwise all-digital HDTV stream. With no sign of improvement in sight.
It's no accident that we're the first society to develop widespread ADD.
I can't help but wonder if Katz intended to say "coincidence" here vs. "accident." Is he really implying that ADD (assuming here it's a real, diagnosable disorder) was intentionally created by marketers intent on fragmenting attention to more messages? That seems pretty unlikely, as well as counterproductive.
However, substitute "coincidence" in the phrase, and it seems more likely, if not somewhat obvious.
(Not just trying to jump on the Katz-bashing bandwagon!)
For anyone annoyed enough by popups to go to the trouble, there are several free/shareware programs out there that will kill them for you. Just click here and pick yoself one.
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I love TiVo. What it can do that no other PVR can is the Wishlist.
Example: I tell it I want anything with "Star Trek" in the subject, and I DON'T get ST episodes that I've seen 100 times, but I do get any show ABOUT Trek that airs. No Cable, Media Center, or Myth PVR can do anything like this, and this is TiVo's strength in a nutshell. Likewise, Season Passes that are smart enough to only get new episodes, or ones that it knows it hasn't gotten before.
Sadly, I agree with the posters here that TiVo is doomed. Why? Terrible (nonexistent) integration with high quality/HD signal and inputs! Sure, there's an HD DirecTiVo for $1000, but I don't use satellite, even if I was willing to spend that much. And the only connection options for the thing are Coax, composite, and S-video. I can understand no DVI, but where the hell are the component inputs?
My beloved TiVo is now the weak link in my otherwise all-digital HDTV stream. With no sign of improvement in sight.
It's no accident that we're the first society to develop widespread ADD.
I can't help but wonder if Katz intended to say "coincidence" here vs. "accident." Is he really implying that ADD (assuming here it's a real, diagnosable disorder) was intentionally created by marketers intent on fragmenting attention to more messages? That seems pretty unlikely, as well as counterproductive.
However, substitute "coincidence" in the phrase, and it seems more likely, if not somewhat obvious. (Not just trying to jump on the Katz-bashing bandwagon!)
For anyone annoyed enough by popups to go to the trouble, there are several free/shareware programs out there that will kill them for you. Just click here and pick yoself one.