Tivo could go the way of Amiga

[System]

This article talks about Tivo not doing so well, and compares it to the Amiga.  They also link to Amiga.org...  (apparently we're "nerd afficionados")

[System]

I was gonna buy a Tivo but if this is true then...........

This *ISN'T* true, it's one man's attempt to generate a self-fulfilling prophecy based on his opinion.

If you want it to become true, don't buy a Tivo (which is what it sounds like the author is hoping will happen).

Wayne

[System]

If i unnderstand this right, TIVO have only been going for 5 years or so. It is a young company that has been hit by the ".net" bubble and Sept-11. I think it is amazing that they are almost in the black so soon! When you consider many big companies are very much in the red with many more years behind them.

But then I could be talking out of my a*s!

[System]

It's quite ironic, I think, that Wayne doesn't flame Tivo for being so incompetent that they couldn't sell Tivos for the same price as DVD players, since he did flame Eyetech for being so incompetent for not selling the A1 at the same price of a PC motherboard. I think this a very similar situation. You shell out extra cash for a special product.

If that's your point, it's the stupidest ####ing thing I've ever heard.  You must simply have no ####ing clue what a TiVO is...

A1 == a computer
PC == a computer
-- same..

TiVO == a Personal Digital Video Recorder.
DVD Players == plays DVD's
-- NOT even in the same fscking ball park.

You want to carry it farther?

TiVO = schedules, records, plays, stores, shares,  season passes, program guides, wishlists, commercial skip, etc. (No additional media required)

DVD Recorders = records, plays, stores video. (additional media @ $1-2 each required)

Both cost about the same but serve completely different functions and have different goals.  I'd love and sacrifice small children for a DVD recorder with TiVO capability built in.

You want a fair comparison?

TiVO == Personal Digital Video Recorder ($300 + $250 for lifetime service [or $12.95 per month])

ReplayTV == Personal Digital Video Recorder ($600+ to $4000 including lifetime service)

TiVO gets it right...  AmigaOne gets it wrong.  There is no debate here.