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Tivo Marketing Hype
"Ashley" wrote in message ... snip [ re TiVio units and the peopel who use them ] So that makes me a half-wit? :) Unfortunately, IMO, yes. :~( |
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Tivo Marketing Hype
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:::Jerry:::: wrote: Q: What do you call a hard-disk recorder that crashes before you have the chance to watch all your programmes and stops you watching them because you've unsubscribed from a channel in the meantime? A: Sky+ What do you call a HDD recorder that records a knitting competition instead of a programme about fast cars, just because the programme derails highlighted the WI group who knitted a blanket with pictures of fast cars on it? A: A Tivio!... All of this sounds so unhelpful I'm glad I haven't got any of it. One of my DTTV receivers has something called "Videoplus", but I've never used that either, and frankly I'm surprised anyone thinks any of these gimmicks is worth having. You'd think that anyone intelligent enough to understand a television programme would also be intelligent enough to understand a programme listing (such as Radio Times or Digiguide according to preference) and would know how to tell the time. Rod. |
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"Roderick Stewart" wrote in message om... All of this sounds so unhelpful I'm glad I haven't got any of it. One of my DTTV receivers has something called "Videoplus", but I've never used that either, and frankly I'm surprised anyone thinks any of these gimmicks is worth having. You'd think that anyone intelligent enough to understand a television programme would also be intelligent enough to understand a programme listing (such as Radio Times or Digiguide according to preference) and would know how to tell the time. Many people say things like that.. Until they get a PVR. Even my 85 year old dad uses a Sky+ now. |
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"[email protected]" wrote in message . uk... "Roderick Stewart" wrote in message om... All of this sounds so unhelpful I'm glad I haven't got any of it. One of my DTTV receivers has something called "Videoplus", but I've never used that either, and frankly I'm surprised anyone thinks any of these gimmicks is worth having. You'd think that anyone intelligent enough to understand a television programme would also be intelligent enough to understand a programme listing (such as Radio Times or Digiguide according to preference) and would know how to tell the time. Many people say things like that.. Until they get a PVR. What a bloody stupid thing to say, how many VCR's are there in the world, people have been using personal video recorders since the early 1970's. Although I will concede that the price has dropped some what, they now record in colour (and for more than an hour or so) and have not only a multi-event timer but a digital clock [1]! Even my 85 year old dad uses a Sky+ now. Good for him! But can he set a the timer?... [1] Jerry, who first used a 'Philips "VCR" Format Model N1500' Personal Video Recorder back in about 1974, if you don't know what it is then try the following URL! http://www.oldtechnology.net/n1500.html |
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:::Jerry:::: wrote:
Even my 85 year old dad uses a Sky+ now. Good for him! But can he set a the timer?... Why should he want (or need) to set a "timer"? [1] Jerry, who first used a 'Philips "VCR" Format Model N1500' Personal Video Recorder back in about 1974 That's truly fascinating, and I'm sure you could hold an audience captivated with tales of your pioneering struggles with the early machines, much as Antoine de Saint-Exupery did for aeroplanes in "Wind, Sand and Stars"... But just as I now expect, when boarding an aircraft, to arrive at my intended destination at the appointed time, rather than being "forced down" into a far-flung field by the weather, so I have higher expectations of my recording technology. I've moved on. It's rather sad that you cannot. |
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"Pyriform" wrote in message ... :::Jerry:::: wrote: Even my 85 year old dad uses a Sky+ now. Good for him! But can he set a the timer?... Why should he want (or need) to set a "timer"? Are TiVio's and Sky+ units telepathic then?!... |
Tivo Marketing Hype
In article ews.net,
LID says... "Dom Robinson" wrote in message ... In article , says... Ashley wrote: Jerry:::: wrote: "Ashley" wrote in message ... Peter Bunclark wrote: snip Well there was the advert showing the guy sitting in an armchair watching telly with a "WOW" expression. That implied that somehow the picture was better, and completely missed telling the audience what a PVR did for you. Never saw that advert. Perhaps he was saying 'Wow it's recorded my favourite show! I never knew it was on!':) His favourite show and he didn't know it was on! As I said, a halfwit... I sometimes forget that a new season of a particular programme has started. I don't have time to look at the viewing papers or watch trailers. So that makes me a half-wit? :) Or he might be saying: 'Wow! It's recorded a programme about my favourite subject!' The Tivo can record programmes based on your viewing habits and your wishlists. That's why I like to call it a PVR. I believe, halfwit, in the post you replied to, was the signature. Jerry is clearly both a halfwit and a troll. Given his hatred of TiVo, he's probably Rupert Murdoch in disguise. Not at all, just someone who can read a listings magazine and can work out how to set up a video recorder (of what ever format), the halfwits are the 'brain dead' who need a box of electronics to *guess* at what they might want to watch but can't possible know unless told - oh look, we're back to those listings again... Clearly you're speaking as someone who's never used a TiVo. The problem lay with the marketing, as well as from not training the likes of the Neanderthal Men working at Currys on how to sell it. If I'd been in charge I'd have given full refunds to those who bought TiVos PROVIDING they'd had it in their house for at least four weeks before returning it (set an upper limit on this at about 6 weeks). That's because it takes a couple of weeks to learn the kind of programmes you like and so it can make adequate suggestions via the meta data. They'd have had very few returning it, because it's not a product you can easily describe to the consumer. You have to test it out for a few weeks to fully understand what it's capable of. Q: What do you call a hard-disk recorder that crashes before you have the chance to watch all your programmes and stops you watching them because you've unsubscribed from a channel in the meantime? A: Sky+ What do you call a HDD recorder that records a knitting competition instead of a programme about fast cars, just because the programme derails highlighted the WI group who knitted a blanket with pictures of fast cars on it? A: A Tivio!... I correct what I said earlier: Clearly you're speaking as someone who's never used a TiVo, let alone even bother to read up on what it can do. Here's some homework for you: http://dvdfever.co.uk/reviews/tivo.shtml -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor) /* 1096 DVDs, 324 games, 228 CDs, 108 cinema films, 34 concerts, videos & news /* pursuit force (psp), the storys, wallace & gromit, broken flowers, 24 game Join the DVDfever.co.uk forum - http://dvdfever.co.uk/phpbb2 New music charts - http://dvdfever.co.uk/music.shtml |
Tivo Marketing Hype
In article ews.net,
LID says... "Pyriform" wrote in message ... :::Jerry:::: wrote: Even my 85 year old dad uses a Sky+ now. Good for him! But can he set a the timer?... Why should he want (or need) to set a "timer"? Are TiVio's and Sky+ units telepathic then?!... Actually, my TiVo is. Shortly after getting mine, and before I set up a season pass for a programme there was one thing I watched regularly and I forgot to set it up one night as I lay in bed in the late afternoon not feeling too well. When I awoke a few hours later, it had recorded it as a suggestion. If I was to come up with a marketing slogan for me as a 34-year-old bloke who watches far too much TV than is good for him and so wants to set season passes and have any clashes worked around automatically so it still gets everything, I'd say: "TiVo - it saves me having to think!" -- Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk /* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor) /* 1096 DVDs, 324 games, 228 CDs, 108 cinema films, 34 concerts, videos & news /* pursuit force (psp), the storys, wallace & gromit, broken flowers, 24 game Join the DVDfever.co.uk forum - http://dvdfever.co.uk/phpbb2 New music charts - http://dvdfever.co.uk/music.shtml |
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