Comments on: How to tell if a new TiVo has 7.2 or better before opening the box http://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/12/21/how-to-tell-if-a-new-tivo-has-72-or-better-before-opening-the-box/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: megazonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/12/21/how-to-tell-if-a-new-tivo-has-72-or-better-before-opening-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-880 megazone Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:24:21 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2005/12/21/how-to-tell-if-a-new-tivo-has-72-or-better-before-opening-the-box/#comment-880 USB allows them to support both Wired and WiFi. Keep in mind that out of 1.4 million or so standalone boxes, only about 300,000 people currently have them connected to broadband. The majority of users are still using the modem. And that's today, when the Series2 boxes were originally designed in 2001 broadband and home network penetration was even lower. Also, Ethernet chipsets were more expensive then, and in consumer electronics you look to shave pennies off each box - it adds up.Also, TiVo was still thinking of themselves as a media hub, and there were plans to have games, directly connect media devices like MP3 players, etc. That changed and TiVo shifted to more an edge device role.Also, the chipset TiVo used had USB integrated so they could get it 'free'.It made sense for several reasons. But with broadband use growing rapidly, and more and more reasons to network a TiVo, the balance is shifting. The units which just came out in Taiwan have RJ45 Ethernet (and USB for WiFi), and the HD prototype also has Ethernet. USB allows them to support both Wired and WiFi. Keep in mind that out of 1.4 million or so standalone boxes, only about 300,000 people currently have them connected to broadband. The majority of users are still using the modem. And that’s today, when the Series2 boxes were originally designed in 2001 broadband and home network penetration was even lower. Also, Ethernet chipsets were more expensive then, and in consumer electronics you look to shave pennies off each box – it adds up.

Also, TiVo was still thinking of themselves as a media hub, and there were plans to have games, directly connect media devices like MP3 players, etc. That changed and TiVo shifted to more an edge device role.

Also, the chipset TiVo used had USB integrated so they could get it ‘free’.

It made sense for several reasons. But with broadband use growing rapidly, and more and more reasons to network a TiVo, the balance is shifting. The units which just came out in Taiwan have RJ45 Ethernet (and USB for WiFi), and the HD prototype also has Ethernet.

]]> By: furplay1http://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/12/21/how-to-tell-if-a-new-tivo-has-72-or-better-before-opening-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-879 furplay1 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:37:32 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2005/12/21/how-to-tell-if-a-new-tivo-has-72-or-better-before-opening-the-box/#comment-879 Have they ever mentioned why the box has relatively useless USB ports but they never put an ethernet port on the thing? Have they ever mentioned why the box has relatively useless USB ports but they never put an ethernet port on the thing?

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