DISQUS

Smartest Man in the World · 2 years ago

TiVo is crazy addictive and it's getting worse. I may have to throw mine out the window in an effort to avoid divorce. Great post!

woot · 2 years ago

Kinda sucks that you can't download HD shows

xYike · 2 years ago

TiVoHD only works with some HD content delivery ... I would like to have it but I'm not leaving DirecTV for it. They keep adding features to new models and leaving out the old (Series 2 for example) so I'm not going to run out and upgrade 5 TiVos just for something like this. There is no reason not to allow Series2 models to all of these things, TiVo is just greedy.

anonymouse · 2 years ago

"There is no reason not to allow Series2 models to all of these things, TiVo is just greedy"

The development time it'd take to backport changes like these is not free.

Keith · 2 years ago

If TiVo is greedy, they're not very good at it. I don't think they've ever operated in the black.

Not that that excuses them from not better supporting the venerable Series 2.

Television Uncensored · 2 years ago

I'm not sure how media publishers feel about Tivo, I'm quite certain they're already not pleased with them. I can only assume that they're waiting for a way to prevent PVRs and Tivo alike.

hpavc · 2 years ago

One the reasons Tivo has such a hard time is that is larger share holders (sony and the like) are not entirely apt to have crazy innovative features on the multimedia side of the box. This also makes people scared to deal with them in various contracts. So Tivo has a pace that differs from the other devices.

Remember ReplayTV? · 2 years ago

Sure, Tivo is greedy. And ReplayTV, Panasonic Showstopper, Sony T-60 (rebadged Tivo), and Humana (rebadged Tivo) are all generously out of the DVR business - no new features, no support. Get real, Series 1 & 2 are years old. Do you expect carmakers to upgrade your engine (and the internal software on which it runs) when they introduce a new model year? Consumer products often go stale before they are used up - bread, fresh fruit, and software.

Joe Seefus · 2 years ago

Anonymouse said:
"The development time it’d take to backport changes like these is not free."

That is true but Tivo is not without continuous sources of income. They could make the same modifications available to Series 2 and Series 1 machines. They just don't want to. Tivo believes that they should just "encourage" consumers to throw away their older Series 1 and 2 machines (along with their already-paid lifetime service plans) for the new Series 3 machines with continuous monthly fees for the life of the unit. Tivo gets the money for the new machine and every month from now on.

Confused · 2 years ago

How are they not supporting the Series2? My HD

Confused · 2 years ago

How are they not supporting the Series2? My

Rick · 2 years ago

"recordings can only be sent from a Series 3/HD box to the Series 2, and not in the other direction"

I'm 99% sure that this is wrong.

Mike · 2 years ago

“HD recordings can only be sent from a Series 3/HD box to the Series 2, and not in the other direction”

Makes sense since the Series 2 aren't recording in HD.

Berryman · 2 years ago

There is no need for this upgrade to go to the series 2 Boxes since they have already had all of these features other then progressive downloads for years now. The TivoToGo feature works in both directions Series 2 to Series 3 and Series 3 to Series 2. The only thing that you can't send to the Series 2 from the Series 3 is HD Content since the Series 2 does not support HD content. This isn't a choice of Tivo to not support this upgrade for Series 2 it is because some of the hardware necessary for these upgrades do not exist in the Series 2. They are never going to port any of these changes back to Series 1 since it has been end of life for a few years now.

Steve O'Hear (editor) · 2 years ago

@Berryman

I think you're right, and I've removed the ref. to multi-room sharing not working both ways.