First of all, I think just about EVERYONE who owns a PVR can say that the device has INCREASED their TV viewing.
Speaking for my wife and I, we watch about 3x more TV than we used to (not necessarily a good thing;) ). Not only that, we we are able to follow a weekly series better because we can "catch up" because of the TiVo.
When in the past I would TAPE a show, I would zip ahead about 2 minutes & watch the show.. only seeing about 20 seconds worth of commercials per break because when you record at the slow speed you can't really "view" anything when you FF. W/TiVo I FF but can see the gist of the commercial. Sometimes I will go back & watch the commercial if it or the product interests me. I'm sure I'm not alone in this, several of my friends agree. SO ACTUALLY... TiVo causes me to WATCH MORE COMMERCIALS THAN I USED TO. When I used to watch LIVE TV, those were 2 minute bathroom or kitchen breaks, so I didn't watch commercials then either. If the companies got smart they would take advantage of the 2-way communication available with this technology & target their ads better!
But they won't because they are idiots & would rather I went back to my old ways of not watching any commercials at all.
AS for VOD from cable... yeah right!! They get enough of my money every month, no way I'm gonna pay per view a movie that I already rented from BlockBuster 3 months ago! The PPV is always WAY WAY behind the video release.. That's why they dont get MY money. Anyone else agree?
TiVo has increased TV viewing for both myself, and my wife DRAMATICALLY. When we had to look around for a tape & program the VCR, we didn't bother. Especially when you watch a show that you have to follow on a weekly basis to get the most out of it. If you have a few episodes on TiVo, you can watch them & catch up very easily & conveniently. Having to determine which tape, where on the tape etc.. we usually end up losing interest in the show, or just not seeing the whole story. TiVo has increased our television viewing about 3x normal. NOT that that is a good thing....;)
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First of all, I think just about EVERYONE who owns a PVR can say that the device has INCREASED their TV viewing. Speaking for my wife and I, we watch about 3x more TV than we used to (not necessarily a good thing ;) ). Not only that, we we are able to follow a weekly series better because we can "catch up" because of the TiVo.
When in the past I would TAPE a show, I would zip ahead about 2 minutes & watch the show.. only seeing about 20 seconds worth of commercials per break because when you record at the slow speed you can't really "view" anything when you FF. W/TiVo I FF but can see the gist of the commercial. Sometimes I will go back & watch the commercial if it or the product interests me. I'm sure I'm not alone in this, several of my friends agree. SO ACTUALLY... TiVo causes me to WATCH MORE COMMERCIALS THAN I USED TO. When I used to watch LIVE TV, those were 2 minute bathroom or kitchen breaks, so I didn't watch commercials then either. If the companies got smart they would take advantage of the 2-way communication available with this technology & target their ads better!
But they won't because they are idiots & would rather I went back to my old ways of not watching any commercials at all.
AS for VOD from cable... yeah right!! They get enough of my money every month, no way I'm gonna pay per view a movie that I already rented from BlockBuster 3 months ago! The PPV is always WAY WAY behind the video release.. That's why they dont get MY money. Anyone else agree?
TiVo has increased TV viewing for both myself, and my wife DRAMATICALLY. When we had to look around for a tape & program the VCR, we didn't bother. Especially when you watch a show that you have to follow on a weekly basis to get the most out of it. If you have a few episodes on TiVo, you can watch them & catch up very easily & conveniently. Having to determine which tape, where on the tape etc.. we usually end up losing interest in the show, or just not seeing the whole story. TiVo has increased our television viewing about 3x normal. NOT that that is a good thing.... ;)