Tivo Tries, Cancels PayPerPost Ad Strategy 62
Tivo tries out PayPerPost- essentially pseudo viral marketing where you pay people for creating advertising for you and getting it out on the net. Unsurprisingly, when this all came out, people complained and they killed the program and tried to pull the videos when they realized that they were looking like tools.
Re:Woe be to TiVo (Score:2, Interesting)
Otherwise, you're always better off renting a DVR from the cable company. Hard drives last about three years max. TiVo costs $300 plus a monthly fee of $13/month. You can rent a DVR from the cable company for about $15/month. So TiVo is only $2/month cheaper, and that's ignoring the upfront cost. Since the TiVo box will wear out and die in three years, and you'll have to buy a new one, you're looking at a true cost of around $22/month for TiVo.
When renting a box from the cable company, you can replace it at any time at no cost.
There's no reason to buy a TiVo any more. Just rent a DVR from the cable company. It's cheaper, you don't have to worry about replacing it, and unlike the ongoing TiVo Cable Card disaster, it'll actually work.