Comments on: Will You Pay $3 to Get TiVo on Your Cable Box? http://gigaom.com/video/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:35:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: steve Garfield http://gigaom.com/video/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452307 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:20:47 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/30/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452307 Bijan,
Me too. Comcast is a poor communicator.

I blogged about it on Thursday:

Comcast TiVo DVR Service Begins Shortly
http://offonatangent.blogspot.com/2007/11/comcast-tivo-dvr-service-begins-shortly.html

–Steve

]]> By: bijan sabet http://gigaom.com/video/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452306 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:38:26 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/30/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452306 I’ve been on the waiting list in boston since the day the comcast.com/tivo page went online. and I haven’t heard anything.

but I would be happy to pay $3/month. I’d actually pay a lot more…

]]> By: Matt_ http://gigaom.com/video/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452305 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:47:57 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/30/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452305 $3 a month…when can I sign up ?

]]> By: Chris Wexler http://gigaom.com/video/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452304 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:38:02 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/30/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452304 $3 a month? Sign me up.

I have a TiVo now (lifetime contract) and I have quite a few auto downloads set — Between The New York Times, The Onion and Cranky Geeks I get easily 10 downloads a week… And I actually watch them. I would only expect the total number of downloads to rise as more people get connected boxes…

I also tested Amazon UnBox — never again — it took 4 hours to download a two hour movie… and I had to wait to start watching until it was done downloading… Never again.

]]> By: Stanley Miller http://gigaom.com/video/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452303 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:37:16 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/30/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452303 Does TiVo really have a future? I expect in a couple years I’ll be watching all my TV (movies too) through my Wii. I’ll setup a program guide with my favorites, and while I’m at work the programs will be downloaded complete with commercials spliced in. When viewing, I can still fast-forward like I do now with my DVR, but will naturally stop on commercials (like i do now) because they catch my attention or they precede the next program segment.

]]> By: Bill G http://gigaom.com/video/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452302 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:04:02 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/30/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452302 The price is cheap if it delivers real TiVo functionality.

I have 2 Comcast Motorola 6412 HD-DVR boxes and their software is buggy crap.

However, if you read the conference call transcript carefully, the “TiVo on a Comcast box” really isn’t yet available to any real customers in the Boston area. It has taken forever for them to get this going.

That gives me doubts about how well it actually works, or will work.

]]> By: Daniel Pentecost http://gigaom.com/video/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452301 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:45:12 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/30/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452301 Anyone who used used Time Warner’s crappy 8300HDC’s would gladly pay $3. Read my blog posting about them and you’ll see I just spent $299 x2 + $13/mo to get rid of those useless Time Warner boxes. $3/mo would have been a steal.

DP

]]> By: Lawrence http://gigaom.com/video/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452300 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:31:43 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/30/will-you-pay-3-to-get-tivo-on-your-cable-box/#comment-452300 I would if it was actually $3. Comcast currently has a basic DVR that they charge $15 a month for. Part is the service fee and the other is the box fee. So It will be interesting to see how this breaks down.

My $128 cable/broadband bill is too high for digital cable and HBO as it is. But considering my time working and away from home, it would be nice to have programs i want to watch ready when i have the time to view them.

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