So yes, Comcast would have been a good decision for the stock called Tivo (maybe), but a bad decision for the concept called Tivo (freedom).

What’s that wisdom about early adopter product failing during the lul between niche and mass? Apple Newton anyone?

Tahiti is a great name for the next generation of Tivo software. It’s a fantasy island where the world is always sunny and the drinks always have little umbrella’s in them. It’s the right idea – maybe to early – but much like Tivo itself, inevitable.

So you can’t fault Ramsey for not being double jointed enough to both thumb his nose at the rules of the game, and then not be willing to suck up to the very model that he was helping to explode.

I’d argue this is a natural part of the revolution/evolution of both distribution and content. And that’s good.

Om Malik sums up the Tivo debate here My two cents: Tivo is code for a movement, not a company or a box. Tivo means- media that you control, not that controls your life. When people like Michael Powell call it a “God” machine, they’re not praying to…

The New York Times writes today that Mike Ramsay, CEO of Tivo, had the opportunity to do a partnership with Comcast last summer. According to the Times: Yet, at the last minute, Michael Ramsay, TiVo’s chief executive, decided to pull…

the new york times is reporting (registration required) that tivo may (once again) be in trouble. there’s talk that a blown deal with comcast may be one of the reasons why. as a supporter of tivo since the very very early days, i do not want to see …

COMMENT: AUTHOR: Paul Robinson

While some people have gone absolutely berserk over Tivo, let’s not forget that perhaps 75% of the functionality of a $350 Tivo has been available for 20 years with a VCR you can buy for (currently) $50 from Best Buy or Circuit City, or $125 from Tweeter, and that you can get a large percentage of the remaining difference with a combined DVD Recorder and VCR for less money ($225) from Costco .

The sole means of revenue – since it’s my understanding the boxes cost Tivo more than they charge for them – was that ‘monthly fee’; an overpriced TV Guide at $10 a month, way too expensive. The point that a TV recorder is a commodity device and should have simply been sold as any other electronic device and not attempt to expect to have a continuing revenue stream in order to make money, would have made more sense.

As seen on Slashdot, TiVo is in the news today, starting with a New York Times article (Registration required or visit Bugmenot that paints a bleak future for the company. With TiVo’s CEO promototed out of his job due to failing to close the Comcast …

Yes, another round of TiVo obituaries. Though sounding the death nell of tivo has been popular for several years now, things have been looking grim of late for my favorite PVR. Apparently, tivo had been in talks with Comcast