Th' ornery cuss’s Not Gettin' a TiVo
posted at 10:10 be
on Sep. 27, 2005
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Me bucko Darren’s considerin' not gettin' a TiVo. As Jon Stewart would say…. whaaaaaaa?
I have always been surprised by th' gap betwixt people who have used TiVo and love it, and those who haven’t and don’t. I had TiVo in th' U.S. and it be a serious factor when we moved t' Canada—that we’d have t' give up TiVo.
I don’t watch much TV—went without cable fer th' first six months I be up here, and haven’t turned me TV on in th' past three weeks. But that’s exactly th' thin' that TiVo be so good fer—it enhances th' little TV watchin' I do, makin' it a pleasure instead o' a flirtation wi' irritation.
I understand that fer some reason, those who haven’t had TiVo can’t imagine th' benefits properly. I also remember thinkin', why would a computer need a color screen, I can read text in monochrome green just fine. And what’s th' big deal about FM radio, BE does th' job perfectly.
I can also say that I have no nay ne'er, e'er met someone who used TiVo who would willingly go without it.
Th' PVR options in Canada other than TiVo would have cost $700 fer th' unit PLUS a monthly fee, and that be o'er me pain threshold. But th' cheapest 40-hour TiVo costs only $50 US aft rebate, plus a $300 lifetime activation, and that’s well affordable.
Darren, buyin' a DVD recorder be like buyin' a CD Walkman—nothin' wrong wi' it, but ye’re missin' out on a far superior, equally priced alternative.
(I will add one postscript—TiVo has recently implemented a flag that lets content owners BLOCK TiVo owners from keepin' copies o' certain shows aroun' fer morrrr than 7 days. This be deplorable, and I hope TiVo reverses this as soon as possible.)
Keywords: canada • darren • pvr • television • tivo
Prrrevious entry:
From th' Perspective o' a Fundrasier
'nother entry:
Good Evenin', Amazin' Race
