Comments on: A Method to TiVo’s Madness http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/27/a-method-to-tivos-madness/4809 Nielsen TV Show Ratings, Data and More Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:56:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brian http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/27/a-method-to-tivos-madness/4809#comment-21250 Brian Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:49:28 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4809#comment-21250 Know how TiVo could keep me loyal? Don't make me pay for a new subscription if I buy a new box. I bought a "lifetime" service deal when I bought my Series II box back in 2003. I knew I couldn't transfer that service to a new box and was fine with that. But I'm going to run the box into the ground, then get a cable DVR like I have on another set in my house.<br><br>If TiVo only made me buy the box, I'd strongly consider it, but they aren't that far ahead of what I get through Comcast (for my needs) to make me consider buying a unit and ponying up a subscription fee. Know how TiVo could keep me loyal? Don't make me pay for a new subscription if I buy a new box. I bought a “lifetime” service deal when I bought my Series II box back in 2003. I knew I couldn't transfer that service to a new box and was fine with that. But I'm going to run the box into the ground, then get a cable DVR like I have on another set in my house.

If TiVo only made me buy the box, I'd strongly consider it, but they aren't that far ahead of what I get through Comcast (for my needs) to make me consider buying a unit and ponying up a subscription fee.

]]> By: byeu http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/27/a-method-to-tivos-madness/4809#comment-21067 byeu Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:12:32 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4809#comment-21067 That court decision came down in the Federal Court in my humble little home town. It sure got attention, all the way up to the Supreme Court, where we got an unfortunate unkind remark from one of the justices, which I didn't appreciate. The judge in the court has a reputation of moving the cases at a lightning speed in terms of a Federal Court., and the jurors themselves drive in from all over the district. As usual, some not well meaning journalists tried to characterize the cases dealt with as being prejudiced against the bigger corporate entities by the local yokels, when in truth, people come to the court as jurists from as far as at least 60 miles away, if nor farther and are not, contrary to the insinuation, "Stepford" people who can't make a fair decision based on the evidence. <br>I know alot of people like Tivo, especially since Tivo is said to have an arrangement to give out its audience info to the media businesses, so they figure if you aren't a Nielsen family, its the next best thing to get your actual viewing habits monitored, I am not quite sure how that works, but that seems to be one thing in Tivo's favor. <br>I assume its like the Barbie Doll thing. Since they won their case, others can make facsimiles of the Tivo, like toy companies make Barbie-type dolls, but whatever makes a Tivo a Tivo, the Tivo company, right now, has exclusive rights to it. The phenomenon itself has certainly helped the economy of my birthplace, but if Congress, or the Supreme Court, gets pushed by big shot businesses or some other big shot outfits, then I understand that cases like Tivo would end up mostly in Federal Courts in California and New York, where they will not get resolved as quickly since the dockets are bigger, which just costs everyone more money, the government offices as well as the companies, who will eithe raise their prices or take a write off. <br>I suppose we'll see if the Tivo situation remains as interesting as it has been. . That court decision came down in the Federal Court in my humble little home town. It sure got attention, all the way up to the Supreme Court, where we got an unfortunate unkind remark from one of the justices, which I didn't appreciate. The judge in the court has a reputation of moving the cases at a lightning speed in terms of a Federal Court., and the jurors themselves drive in from all over the district. As usual, some not well meaning journalists tried to characterize the cases dealt with as being prejudiced against the bigger corporate entities by the local yokels, when in truth, people come to the court as jurists from as far as at least 60 miles away, if nor farther and are not, contrary to the insinuation, “Stepford” people who can't make a fair decision based on the evidence.
I know alot of people like Tivo, especially since Tivo is said to have an arrangement to give out its audience info to the media businesses, so they figure if you aren't a Nielsen family, its the next best thing to get your actual viewing habits monitored, I am not quite sure how that works, but that seems to be one thing in Tivo's favor.
I assume its like the Barbie Doll thing. Since they won their case, others can make facsimiles of the Tivo, like toy companies make Barbie-type dolls, but whatever makes a Tivo a Tivo, the Tivo company, right now, has exclusive rights to it. The phenomenon itself has certainly helped the economy of my birthplace, but if Congress, or the Supreme Court, gets pushed by big shot businesses or some other big shot outfits, then I understand that cases like Tivo would end up mostly in Federal Courts in California and New York, where they will not get resolved as quickly since the dockets are bigger, which just costs everyone more money, the government offices as well as the companies, who will eithe raise their prices or take a write off.
I suppose we'll see if the Tivo situation remains as interesting as it has been. .

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