Comments on: Will Cable Strangle TiVo?

By: NewTeeVee One In Five US Homes Have DVR, Just Not Tivo «

NewTeeVee One In Five US Homes Have DVR, Just Not Tivo « — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:49:43 +0000

[...] Michael Lewis, the best selling author of New New Thing even wrote a long piece about the company. And yet they are not the big winner, despite having one of the better devices on the market, that is booming market according to the [...]

By: Ted Wierzbicki

Ted Wierzbicki — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:58:04 +0000

If you have tried TiVo, there is really no system that comes close. I use the download feature (Pictures from my computer), the 365 radio feature (1000 stations). Program my TiVo from my office 45 miles away. Season passes, free games, instant replay. It so easy a guy in his sixties can do it. Opps thats me. My VCR still blinks 12:00 but my TiVo works 24/7. My TiVo gets me just like the current commercials promise.

By: Victor Blake

Victor Blake — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:28:08 +0000

I should have added -- TiVo could easily hook-up with BitTorrent or Joost to make a huge splash ...

By: Victor Blake

Victor Blake — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:26:52 +0000

Isn't there an opportunity for TiVo where there are customers that do not have a cable box (to use VOD w/or w/out VOD) ? In this sense the TiVo is both a rent free PVR and a competitor to both the Xbox and the AppleTV. What TiVo should do is embrace interactive video and possibly gaming. But they are up against gaming consoles that will tread on PVR and already have VOD....

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:05:18 +0000

I agree with Gekko - moving on the IPTV market is probably the way to go for TiVO.

By: Katty Cole

Katty Cole — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:18:10 +0000

The right question should be: Will TiVo Strangle Cable?

The reason Direct-TV decided to stop TiVo subscriptions was the rapid acceptance it had among satellite users. They fell in love with the TiVo interface. Motorola and Cisco have not been able to build a better box as yet. Thus Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Seven Networks want to launch the best, and the most unchallenged set-top interface.

Tivo has so many features and advantages over the roost that, it is a die hard for competitors. Maybe TiVo will end-up strangling all cable boxes out.

The main reason is that the TiVo software for set-top-boxes is like Windows for PCs and it is protected. I is a universal easy to use interface on TV-=ready to function with MSOs triple players.

Those who argue the contrary are either TiVo enemies or investors shorting TiVo shares.

By: TiVo’s Survival « Connected Home 2 Go

TiVo’s Survival « Connected Home 2 Go — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:46:39 +0000

[...] has a great piece up today on TiVo’s survival dilemma, which Om Malik goes on to validate over on GigaOM. Todd’s piece is a [...]

By: Alex Goldman

Alex Goldman — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:30:56 +0000

Story of the independent ISP industry. Monopolies kill innovation and services.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:30:41 +0000

Tivo is toast. Retail distribution cannot compete with the direct service distribution the cable companies offer to consumers.

Tivo did not execute well enough when they launched. Achieving critical mass was key for fighting the cable companies. It is too late now.

By: charle

charle — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:07:55 +0000

Part of the comcast deal is the ad-swapping,no? That alone would make it worth it to Comcast. In addition, I suspect somebody is studying whether tivo users fast forward through commericals in a different manner than generic DVR users. At least on my tivo, it is much easier to speed up the commercial (at 3x speed) than on a comcast box. However, I don't have the 30 second skip enabled.