Comments on: TiVo And Alticast Team Up http://www.gizmolovers.com/2009/04/09/tivo-and-alticast-team-up/ 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: Kirby Fileshttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2009/04/09/tivo-and-alticast-team-up/comment-page-1/#comment-26304 Kirby Files Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:17:59 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=3825#comment-26304 I'd like to opine that Tivo's portable Java implementation, as evidenced by their Comcast DVR, will allow Tivo to partner with hardware vendors and service providers worldwide, to provide a mediocre and flaky service on bad hardware.I had nothing but bad experiences with that equipment when I rented it from Comcast, and the price was nothing short of usurious. In fact, the net result of that experience has been that I canceled my digital cable service, and use my standalone Tivo solely for OTA reception and video on-demand (Netflix, Amazon, and Tivocast). I’d like to opine that Tivo’s portable Java implementation, as evidenced by their Comcast DVR, will allow Tivo to partner with hardware vendors and service providers worldwide, to provide a mediocre and flaky service on bad hardware.

I had nothing but bad experiences with that equipment when I rented it from Comcast, and the price was nothing short of usurious. In fact, the net result of that experience has been that I canceled my digital cable service, and use my standalone Tivo solely for OTA reception and video on-demand (Netflix, Amazon, and Tivocast).

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