Tivo Deal: Wall Street applauds, but some see a downside.

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"Sean" <none> wrote in message
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> You said the cable companies wouldn't swap out there initial hardware
> for upgarded versions.
>
> How did that prediction work out for you?

Nobody I know with a cable DVR has gotten an upgrade. Maybe they could if
they made some noise, but the local cable companies certainly aren't
proactively replacing anything.

Ken

 

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On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:41:40 -0500, "Ken Alverson"
<USENET.Ken@Alverson.net> wrote:

>"Sean" <none> wrote in message
>news:cc2m319tj4qdgf25dipmbr2fqud3ja3c2g@4ax.com...
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>> You said the cable companies wouldn't swap out there initial hardware
>> for upgarded versions.
>>
>> How did that prediction work out for you?
>
>Nobody I know with a cable DVR has gotten an upgrade. Maybe they could if
>they made some noise, but the local cable companies certainly aren't
>proactively replacing anything.
>
>Ken

Make some noise as in calling them up and asking for a new box???

I could see why the cable co's wouldn't bother if you don't ask.

Everyone I know who asked got a new one. No charge.

Sean

 

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collusion (collusion@msn.com) wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:
> As shaky as TiVo is, Comcast's in-house digital video recording service
> needed a boost. It sells the service for $9.95 a month, but only 324,000
> subscribers =3F about 1.5% of Comcast's total =3F have signed up, a company
> spokeswoman said.

This is probably the most interesting piece of information in the article.

DirecTV has had no problem putting TiVo-powered DVRs into nearly 2M of their
subscriber homes, or over 10%, even though the DirecTiVos have an up-front
charge for the purchase *and* a monthly fee (albeit smaller than the Comcast
fee).

I guess the quality of the TiVo software does make a difference.

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eric (eric.2@cox.net) wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:
> Why would DTV switch out DTivos for their new dvr? It would be very
> expensive and unnecessary unless a customer wants to use the HD dvr that has
> all the networking features.

And, since that box won't be available until at least Q1 2006 (although
the prediction is Q4 2005, I don't think they will make it), there can't be
*any* recording of the new HD LIL until then, so no need to swap.

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