The Secret Origins of TiVo

Davis Freeberg writes "TiVo is probably better known for their ad zapping technology than their television advertisements. In fact, other then a few lousy infomercials and a commercial that was rumored to be banned by the networks, TiVo has never really had much in the way of TV advertisements. Apparently though, one of TiVo's more rabid fans did some sleuthing and discovered a hidden easter egg video buried deep within TiVo's own website. The video itself exposes the true origins of TiVo's technology and how they got their hands on that ad zapping photon remote to begin with."

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[slidersv]

And the tivo.com goes down in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ...

I love the smell...

[alienmole]

You smell that? Do you smell that? Viral marketing, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of viral marketing in the morning. Smells like - market share.

Ask Dan Rather

[krell]

"Were .mp4 files around back in 1997?"

He has some MP4 files that Bush actually recorded with his Powerbook in 1972.

Patented Technology

[CustomDesigned]

I noticed in the video that the box included a menu to select music by category and artist. Isn't this the patented tech that Apple just got sued for using in ipods? Another victim for the patent holder?

Commercial Skip?

[popeye44]

Did anyone here skip this particular commerical? I feel used. violated.. etc.

TIVO deserves it!

[Anonymous Coward]

"Linking to a 40 meg file hosted on TiVo's servers on the front page of Slashdot? Not nice."

TIVO deserves it! Those drm using bums!

http://www.fsf-europe.org/projects/gplv3/barcelona -rms-transcript.it.html#tivoisation [fsf-europe.org]