RSSTiVo Delivers Major Series3 Update
By the Betanews Staff | Published February 13, 2007, 12:58 PM
TiVo pushed a major update to a small segment of its installed Series3 base on Monday, bringing many popular new features of the Series2 console to the next-generation set-top box for the first time. The update will be made available to the entire installed base once it is ensured there are no problems with the update itself.
Among the added features are TiVoCast, which is the company's broadband video delivery platform; KidZone, a parental controls service; enhanced wireless security options; Product Watch, a targeted advertising delivery system; and the recently deleted folder, which allows for the recovery of deleted programming. The company said the update does not include two highly anticipated features: TiVoToGo or external storage. Work is continuing on those applicatons.
I own a TIVO at one home and use a DVR at my partner home. The DVR is crap after being a user of TIVO. He lost his TIVO due to the DirectTV separation. DirectTV DVR has broadcasting problems, 20 sec blackouts, reset set it 3x since it was installed and I can not tell you how many hours of my time wasted on the phone with idiots at DirectTV not knowing anything about thier DVR. TIVO rocks.
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while tivo may be the best in features, it may be hard to justify its price point vs a generic dvr you get from your signal company.
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I disagree that Tivo is obsolete. What you are paying for is the ease of use factor and third party applications. I doubt the cable operators will add applications like TivoToGo since the liability is too high, and selling DVR’s is not their primary business. They will stick to vanilla time shifting features while tivo will offer the premium options like their new associations with Amazon Unboxed.
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Ease of use? Are you kidding? Have you ever used a Comcast DVR? You'd have to be severely retarded not to figure it out. My four year old daughter can work it without anyone showing her.
Tivo is circling the drain. Those ads while fast forwarding or skipping are a nice touch. Plus you get the opportunity to watch all the ads when your show is over......yeah, I'll pay for that.
Comcast wussed out and took the skip 30 sec feature off their remotes but I found a way to enable it and copy the code to my universal remote. Thier DVR is so easy and costs 5 dollars a month over the cost of an HD box.
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If TiVo doesn't lower their price "significantly" they will go out of business. Nobody is going to pay $20+ for their service whenever they can get it free from their TV provider.
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Your so right about Tivo becoming overpriced. We have the lifetime subscription, were it not for that, we would have said bye-bye to Tivo a long time ago. I have a spare shuttle (shoe box size) system all ready to replace it *if* they force us to watch ads or whatever crap they think they can shove down consumers throats, and all I need to buy is a dual tuner so I can watch and record on 2 stations like the tivo. Tivo is a great example of something good going downhill as time goes by. I would not recommend Tivo to anyone today.
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And 6 people were happy.
TiVo is so utterly overpriced versus cable/dish DVRs it's hard to even think of TiVo as relevant beyond its slick software and usability. That stuff is great when it's on par for price. Paying $800 for it, per box, plus $13 per box per month is such a stretch, TiVo is fast becoming irrelevant.
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And this is why you are beginning to see more and more DVR applications running on PC's. With the exception of just needing a cable card and a decent video card with outputs to your television (a one time cost), there are no monthly fees to worry about, and the features are pretty good. Actually the new Windows Media Center bundled with Vista is pretty slick. Also, the article posted on BetaNews about a week ago (http://www.betanews.com/...More_By_2010/1169481622) shows the direction of where the Tivo is going to end up in the next 3 years.
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