http://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/09/28/half-of-us-homes-to-have-a-dvr-by-2011/ TiVo, Slingbox, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever tech I feel like blogging about... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:55:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/09/28/half-of-us-homes-to-have-a-dvr-by-2011/#comment-16224 Brian Purcell Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:35:33 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/09/28/half-of-us-homes-to-have-a-dvr-by-2011/#comment-16224 I concur with MickeS. I was just down in San Diego and I crashed with two friends over two nights. Both friends had cable DVR's, but neither of them used them for that much. One even called her box a TiVo, eventhough it clearly wasn't. The other friend's DVR had a LOUD whirring sound and just assumed that all DVR's did that. I don't think I was successful in convincing them of the superiority of TiVo boxes. I concur with MickeS. I was just down in San Diego and I crashed with two friends over two nights. Both friends had cable DVR’s, but neither of them used them for that much. One even called her box a TiVo, eventhough it clearly wasn’t. The other friend’s DVR had a LOUD whirring sound and just assumed that all DVR’s did that. I don’t think I was successful in convincing them of the superiority of TiVo boxes.

]]> http://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/09/28/half-of-us-homes-to-have-a-dvr-by-2011/#comment-15716 MickeS Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:00:44 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/09/28/half-of-us-homes-to-have-a-dvr-by-2011/#comment-15716 These DVRs are probably for the most part not much more than cable boxes with some DVR functions thrown in, like my SARA-driven SA8300HD was. They are cable boxes where you can record shows, whereas TiVo is a recorder that you can watch live TV through. I'm not surprised that the actual DVR use on these units is low - like it says in the article, this is not a demand-driven market; many who have the cable DVRs probably never even record anything on them. These DVRs are probably for the most part not much more than cable boxes with some DVR functions thrown in, like my SARA-driven SA8300HD was. They are cable boxes where you can record shows, whereas TiVo is a recorder that you can watch live TV through. I’m not surprised that the actual DVR use on these units is low - like it says in the article, this is not a demand-driven market; many who have the cable DVRs probably never even record anything on them.

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