RSSAfter CEO, TiVo President Resigns
By Ed Oswald | Published February 1, 2005, 11:11 AM
Citing family concerns, TiVo President Marty Yudkovitz announced he will be leaving the company Tuesday. This is the second high-profile resignation at TiVo in only a few weeks, following the departure of its CEO Michael Ramsay. Yudkovitz plans to stay with TiVo for a limited time in a consulting role even though his resignation takes effect immediately.
"When I joined TiVo I planned to move my family to California, but as the demands of my role grew, the need to spend even more time on both coasts grew as well, requiring a heavy commute no matter where I lived," Yudkovitz said. "I've chosen instead to find the most logical time to resign as president and re-acquaint myself with my wife and kids."
I don't think that TIVO will be around too much longer with cable and satellite providers offering their own PVRs. They had the deal with DirecTV, but now they are going to start using their own PVR hardware.
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|TiVo isnt going anywhere... Everyone I know who has the Comcast DVR says that it is horrible compared to TiVo. I have not had first hand experiences with the comcast dvr but from working at best buy and hearing customers complain about their dvr as they buy their TiVo is enough for me... I have the service, id never give it up!
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|That is simply not true. The Comcast PVR is much better than tivo, mainly because it records in true HDTV format. While it is true that it might not be as idiot friendly as tivo, it is certainly not inadequate by any stretch of the imagination. Furthermore with tivo planning to do stupid s*** like adding banners when you fast forward and 10 second (or whatever) full screen ad spots when you skip commercials, I'll take anything over that BS any day. Even if that means i do have to have an intellectual understanding of modern day electronic devices which so obviously seem to befuddle your troglodyte friends and customers. I've seen the people that shop at best buy, and heard their rediculous questions and complaints, most of them should not be allowed within 50 yards of a VCR much less a PVR anyway. I've seen them scratching their heads as they attempt to match red, yellow, and white composite cables to red, green and blue component ins. C'mon now...
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|And with cable systems, you have to have a cable box to get your channels. TIVO customers would have to hook the TIVO to the cable box and use an IR blaster to control the cable box. With the cable company's DVR they just hook up the cable box and are good to go. Most people will not want to go through the hassle of hooking up the cable box, TIVO, and IR blaster and trying to get it all to work properly, they will take the easy way. Plus going with the cable companies DVR will be cheaper than going the TIVO route. I don't see TIVO being around to much longer unless the cable card takes off and of course cable companies are going to drag their feet on supporting it because they want the customers to rent/lease the boxes from them instead of buying their own.
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|I have a DirecTivo, and anyone who comes to my house can easily pick up the TIVO interface instantly. I've played with the Dish PVR and it is clunkly by comparison. I think some of these newer PVR programs need to recognize the value of an extremely friendly user-interface. Technical features alone will not be enough to drive off dinosaurs like TIVO.
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|good on you mate!
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