Comment Re:Sounds great, but... (Score 1) 309
Ok, I know I shouldn't feed the troll, but:
You still have Tivo the company in the mix, which in the past has:
Erased user-recorded content
Yup, due to broadcast flags being set incorrectly by the originating broadcaster. All mistakes have been quickly reported and resolved. Note the fate of ReplayTV, which was sued and sold into oblivion due to their ignoring obvious DRM issues.
Recorded programs that Tivo wanted you to see, without asking your permission (which in addition to being very annoying, also used your precious disk space)
Yup, this can be turned off very easily. Also, a portion of the disk is dedicated to system-level functions, and suggestions are one of those functions. Note that disk space is no longer precious.
Limited the duration you have for watching recorded content
Um, see #1 above. This has not yet happened on a widescale basis.
Not guaranteed any of Tivos features - They can remove them as they see fit (conversely, they can also add features, but who's going to complain about that?)
And who today guarantees any features?
Made very questionable deals about subscriber privacy (selling demographical information, regional data, etc)
Sigh. Subscriber data is aggregated and sold. Read here for more information. http://www.tivo.com/5.11.3.asp
And this Tivo box, as with all other Tivo models, is still limited in what it can do, NOT in terms of hardware and potential, but in what Tivo will let you do with the hardware you're purchasing.
This is a general use consumer device. If you want full control and customization, roll your own.
You still have Tivo the company in the mix, which in the past has:
Erased user-recorded content
Yup, due to broadcast flags being set incorrectly by the originating broadcaster. All mistakes have been quickly reported and resolved. Note the fate of ReplayTV, which was sued and sold into oblivion due to their ignoring obvious DRM issues.
Recorded programs that Tivo wanted you to see, without asking your permission (which in addition to being very annoying, also used your precious disk space)
Yup, this can be turned off very easily. Also, a portion of the disk is dedicated to system-level functions, and suggestions are one of those functions. Note that disk space is no longer precious.
Limited the duration you have for watching recorded content
Um, see #1 above. This has not yet happened on a widescale basis.
Not guaranteed any of Tivos features - They can remove them as they see fit (conversely, they can also add features, but who's going to complain about that?)
And who today guarantees any features?
Made very questionable deals about subscriber privacy (selling demographical information, regional data, etc)
Sigh. Subscriber data is aggregated and sold. Read here for more information. http://www.tivo.com/5.11.3.asp
And this Tivo box, as with all other Tivo models, is still limited in what it can do, NOT in terms of hardware and potential, but in what Tivo will let you do with the hardware you're purchasing.
This is a general use consumer device. If you want full control and customization, roll your own.
