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Sean was right. You dopes were wrong. Let's review

For months and months and months I've been posting that Tivo was
doomed without a viable HD cable product.

Ramsay supposedly backs out of a Comcast deal at the last minute
and pig headedly insists Tivo doesn't need cable.

All you Tivo Rumpswabs in this group parroted the Ramsey line that
Tivo was so wonderful it didn't need cable.

After the cable deal fell though I predicted that TIVO would not
exists in it's current form within 6 months of the NDS product hitting
the market.

Apparently Ramsay read my posts and got scared ****less. After a lame
quarterly "earnings" call where he was shown for the boob that he is
by investors everywhere the cable deal is mysteriously back on the
table.

And with my favorite cable company no less. One that I've been saying
for months has been on the cutting edge of technology and doing an
excellent job providing service.

You dillweeds scoffed at Comcast. I'm sure now you'll be singing a
different tune.

Welcome to the club.

Pretty much all the things I've been saying for months needed to
happen have happened. Ramsey blinked and cut a deal with Comcast,
the best cable company out there.

Good for him.

As Clint Eastwood once said a man's got to know his limitations.
Ramsey now knows that he could not run a succesfull company
on his own (just as I've been saying) and he's now worshiping at the
altar of Comcast.

I'll have another post soon asking for predictions from all you
geniuses. Feel free to not participate, I'll understand your need
to not get embarrased again with your wrongheaded and stupid
analysis.

Sean

* Sean Wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:

For months and months and months I've been posting that Tivo was
doomed without a viable HD cable product.

Incorrect statement # 1

Ramsay supposedly backs out of a Comcast deal at the last minute
and pig headedly insists Tivo doesn't need cable.

Supposedly....did you miss that word you typed?

All you Tivo Rumpswabs in this group parroted the Ramsey line that
Tivo was so wonderful it didn't need cable.

Proof please. All of us said this? Please link to my post. Comcast
however, thought differently and BEGGED Tivo to license its software
because no matter how hard they tried they could not come up with a
working concept regardless of all the free upgrades and replacements
they gave. It was costing them too much money. They see that Tivo
boxes almost never break and software can be pushed rather than
calling the box back in to 'repair it'. Comcast just could not figure
this out.

After the cable deal fell though I predicted that TIVO would not
exists in it's current form within 6 months of the NDS product
hitting the market.

Six months has passed and Tivo is still around, lets call this # 2.

Apparently Ramsay read my posts and got scared ****less. After a
lame quarterly "earnings" call where he was shown for the boob
that he is by investors everywhere the cable deal is mysteriously
back on the table.

Yawn, insignificant.

And with my favorite cable company no less. One that I've been
saying for months has been on the cutting edge of technology and
doing an excellent job providing service.

Obviously you were wrong as they now realize they need the king of
the DVR market to make them viable in that market, otherwoise they
are just another neighborhood cable company with VOD, big whoop.

You dillweeds scoffed at Comcast. I'm sure now you'll be singing a
different tune.

Really, I am pretty sure it will be YOU singing the different tune.

Welcome to the club.

If you are a member I want my money back, here is your stupid card.

Pretty much all the things I've been saying for months needed to
happen have happened.

Not ONE of the significant things youve said have happened.

Ramsey blinked and cut a deal with Comcast,
the best cable company out there.

No, you have it backwards. ConCast made a lifesaving deal with the
best DVR on the market. Tivo is to the DVR what Kleenex is to the
Tissue and Comcast will never have that distinction.

Good for him.

As Clint Eastwood once said a man's got to know his limitations.

And Comcast finally figured out they NEED Tivo to compete.

--
David

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:16:04 GMT, SINNER
wrote:

No, you have it backwards. ConCast made a lifesaving deal with the
best DVR on the market. Tivo is to the DVR what Kleenex is to the
Tissue and Comcast will never have that distinction.

Good for him.

As Clint Eastwood once said a man's got to know his limitations.

And Comcast finally figured out they NEED Tivo to compete.

You really are a simpleton.

Do you have any idea of the size and financial prospects for Comcast
compared to Tivo?

I didn't think so.

As I said before, Tivo isn't even a pimple on the ass of Comcast.

Sean

* Sean Wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:

Do you have any idea of the size and financial prospects for Comcast
compared to Tivo?

So? Money means nothing if you cant make the software work better.

Talk about simpelton! Your logic says whoever has the most monsy is
obviously better which makes you obviously stupid.

--
David

SINNER wrote in
. 130:

* Sean Wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:

Do you have any idea of the size and financial prospects for Comcast
compared to Tivo?

So? Money means nothing if you cant make the software work better.

Um, no...... it doesn't matter if the software is crappy,
as long as you can get people to sign up for your service.

It's not a code beauty contest, it's a marketing contest.

The cable companies seem to be better at that than Tivo ever was.

* Eric J. Holtman wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:
SINNER wrote in
. 130:

* Sean Wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:

Do you have any idea of the size and financial prospects for Comcast
compared to Tivo?

So? Money means nothing if you cant make the software work better.

Um, no...... it doesn't matter if the software is crappy,
as long as you can get people to sign up for your service.

Which has nothing to do with how much money they have.

It's not a code beauty contest, it's a marketing contest.

The cable companies seem to be better at that than Tivo ever was.

The fact still remains that money in the bank does not guarantee success.

--
David
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SINNER wrote:

* Eric J. Holtman wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:
SINNER wrote in
. 130:

* Sean Wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:

Do you have any idea of the size and financial prospects for Comcast
compared to Tivo?

So? Money means nothing if you cant make the software work better.

Um, no...... it doesn't matter if the software is crappy,
as long as you can get people to sign up for your service.

Which has nothing to do with how much money they have.

It's not a code beauty contest, it's a marketing contest.

The cable companies seem to be better at that than Tivo ever was.

The fact still remains that money in the bank does not guarantee success.

Cable companies have only lost 20 million customers to satellite.

Jack Zwick stated:
----"Cable companies have only lost 20 million customers to
satellite."----

Reply: Not to quibble,but Echostar DBS reports having approximately 11.1
million customers (variable with churn figures) and DirecTV reports
having approximately 13.2 million subs.
Added together,that makes approximately 24.3 million satellite viewers,a
sizeable chunk of the TV demographic,in my personal opinion......