Comcast, Cox, and TiVo have been working on deploying TiVo software on cable company hardware for well over a year now. But while the original goal was to let cable operators flip a switch and automatically send the TiVo software to a customer's box, the reality has been a bit trickier. For the most part, if you've been one of the lucky few people who even had access to Comcast's TiVo service, you probably had to wait for a guy in a truck to roll up to your house and work some magic.But now TiVo CEO Tom Rogers says the days of auto-flip activation are nearly upon us. This feature will make it much less expensive for cable operators to deploy the TiVo service, which means it's likely we'll see the service expand beyond its current test markets in New England.
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6-02-2008 @ 7:45PM
Wendell said...
Rogers is full of crap. He is the most unreliable CEO ever. Every announcement he makes about Tivo is "soon" or "next year". They always show up 5 years later. Tivo is a great product in spite of this clown, not because of it.
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6-07-2008 @ 3:57PM
Bruce Webster said...
As one of the "lucky" ones to get access to Comcast's version of Tivo software, I have three words to say - "Save your money".
The Comcast DVR box is so underpowered that it can barely run the Tivo software - to the point that it is unusable. Compared to a native Tivo box, the Comcast version runs 5-10 times slower! Excrutiating!
It lasted 2 weeks. Then I dropped back to the vanilla Comcast DVR. And talking to folks at my local Comcast office, they've had lots of returns
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