Comment Where TiVo has missed the boat is HD (Score 2, Insightful) 240
I love TiVo. What it can do that no other PVR can is the Wishlist.
Example: I tell it I want anything with "Star Trek" in the subject, and I DON'T get ST episodes that I've seen 100 times, but I do get any show ABOUT Trek that airs. No Cable, Media Center, or Myth PVR can do anything like this, and this is TiVo's strength in a nutshell. Likewise, Season Passes that are smart enough to only get new episodes, or ones that it knows it hasn't gotten before.
Sadly, I agree with the posters here that TiVo is doomed. Why? Terrible (nonexistent) integration with high quality/HD signal and inputs! Sure, there's an HD DirecTiVo for $1000, but I don't use satellite, even if I was willing to spend that much. And the only connection options for the thing are Coax, composite, and S-video. I can understand no DVI, but where the hell are the component inputs?
My beloved TiVo is now the weak link in my otherwise all-digital HDTV stream. With no sign of improvement in sight.
Example: I tell it I want anything with "Star Trek" in the subject, and I DON'T get ST episodes that I've seen 100 times, but I do get any show ABOUT Trek that airs. No Cable, Media Center, or Myth PVR can do anything like this, and this is TiVo's strength in a nutshell. Likewise, Season Passes that are smart enough to only get new episodes, or ones that it knows it hasn't gotten before.
Sadly, I agree with the posters here that TiVo is doomed. Why? Terrible (nonexistent) integration with high quality/HD signal and inputs! Sure, there's an HD DirecTiVo for $1000, but I don't use satellite, even if I was willing to spend that much. And the only connection options for the thing are Coax, composite, and S-video. I can understand no DVI, but where the hell are the component inputs?
My beloved TiVo is now the weak link in my otherwise all-digital HDTV stream. With no sign of improvement in sight.
