Tivo saves television
My second technological revelation
today
For one reason or another I've avoided getting a
DVR. First it was the expense, and then it was the hassle of stringing the phone
cord across my den. Then there was the politics of the Tivo company adding new
advertisements while you were skipping over the others or supporting the
broadcast flag or not developing the Tivo desktop for mac... I decided to go
with an alternative. I was going to build a media PC around a Mac Mini, but that
was an expensive proposition. Don't even talk to me about Microsoft's Media
PCs.
Finally, I just broke down and
bought the Tivo and now it is all much clearer. The beauty of Tivo isn't time
shifting or skipping over adds. The beauty of Tivo is that I no longer watch
crappy TV anymore. I no longer flip around looking for something decent to watch
when I am in the mood to watch TV. The side-effect of this is that I'm actually
watching less TV, I think. When I've watched everything saved up on the Tivo,
I'm not really willing to waste time looking for something else to watch. I'd
rather just pop in a movie or read a book or something. This is the benefit I
never understood or heard expressed this way...
Posted: Wed - August 17, 2005 at 12:04 AM
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