Amazon and TiVo Partnership?

[HecubusPro]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

I love my TiVos (I have three DirecTiVos and only two Macs) Now I won't know what to lust after, the iTV or the TiVo Series 3...

Anyhow, even though TiVo runs on Linux, they've aligned themselves with Windows Media, with their adoption of WMV DRM for TiVo to Go.


FWIW I think Apple has a good supplier of 1.8" drives too. Could be a 30 GB 1.8".

I would say go for whatever has the best value with the products you want. If amazon offers HD content to go along with the tivo 3 then it sounds like a great idea--assuming they can work out the problems unbox is having right now (until they do, I wouldn't even consider using unbox.)

I don't have a tivo--never owned one, and I hope to never have one. So far, itv would be my choice as an HDTV owner.

 

[sonicboom]

So far, itv would be my choice as an HDTV owner.

Why? The iTV/iTunes service as described doesn't offer HD... just "near DVD" quality (which is considerably less).

 

[HecubusPro]

Why? The iTV/iTunes service as described doesn't offer HD... just "near DVD" quality (which is considerably less).

HD content will be coming on itv.

 

[Westside guy]

Also, most Tivo users are actually using it through DirecTV. Only 35% of Tivo users have a standalone box.

Please provide a source for this. When DirecTV moved away from Tivo, the stories I read quoted Tivo losing 5-10% of their base - NOT 65%.

In my circle there's only one DirecTV Tivo user, while there are six standalone Tivo owners (don't think I've left anyone out...).

 

[Westside guy]

I suspect that, if Unbox and Tivo team up, it'll be a Windows only solution - probably managed similarly to how Tivo shows can be put on the iPod right now.

Clunky, in other words.

I've been a Tivo fanboy for 3-4 years now; but they're pretty much running in place. A better alternative is likely to come along soon - at that point Tivo will no longer be getting my $20 a month (2 Series2 Tivos). The Series3 boxes are currently way too pricey for me to even consider.