Comments on: What I’d Like To See Out of TiVo’s Facebook Integration http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/22/what-id-like-to-see-out-of-tivos-facebook-integration/ 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: Fanfoothttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/22/what-id-like-to-see-out-of-tivos-facebook-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-28263 Fanfoot Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:12:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=8077#comment-28263 Twitter integration would be cool.  You're watching a live show.  You ask it to show a stream of tweets that either:- match a hashtag (#Oscars) - are from people you're following on twitter - are from people in a twitter listThey post the tweets on the TV during the show.  Ideally you'd see them presented really nicely, say by shrinking the size of the video image slightly to reveal room for a few lines of text (like the Chumby apps on the Best Buy Insignia TiVo TV video Dave Zatz posted).  But even if they just look like overlayed closed captions that might be good enough.Going further, let me do all of this even with a RECORDED show, but without any spoilers, e.g. interleave the tweets above that would have shown up if I'd been watching live, e.g. based on the time of the tweet.  Might not work if you watch too far after the event occured, but still.If they do only the first thing it would encourage people to watch certain events live so they could have a more social/communal experience.  Which would mean they'd watch more ads.  A DVR that encourages people to watch more ads wouldn't be a bad thing for TiVo to be seen as, might help them keep more friendly relations with the media companies. Twitter integration would be cool.  You’re watching a live show.  You ask it to show a stream of tweets that either:

- match a hashtag (#Oscars)
- are from people you’re following on twitter
- are from people in a twitter list

They post the tweets on the TV during the show.  Ideally you’d see them presented really nicely, say by shrinking the size of the video image slightly to reveal room for a few lines of text (like the Chumby apps on the Best Buy Insignia TiVo TV video Dave Zatz posted).  But even if they just look like overlayed closed captions that might be good enough.

Going further, let me do all of this even with a RECORDED show, but without any spoilers, e.g. interleave the tweets above that would have shown up if I’d been watching live, e.g. based on the time of the tweet.  Might not work if you watch too far after the event occured, but still.

If they do only the first thing it would encourage people to watch certain events live so they could have a more social/communal experience.  Which would mean they’d watch more ads.  A DVR that encourages people to watch more ads wouldn’t be a bad thing for TiVo to be seen as, might help them keep more friendly relations with the media companies.

]]> By: Brennokhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/09/22/what-id-like-to-see-out-of-tivos-facebook-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-28262 Brennok Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:59:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=8077#comment-28262 I guess I will have to look at this at home later, but it sounds similar to the share function already implemented.Personally I would love to see GetGlue implemented into TiVo or any of the sites like that.I also keep hoping to see the episode guide integrated into the iPad app so you can track what episodes you have watched of specific shows. I guess I will have to look at this at home later, but it sounds similar to the share function already implemented.

Personally I would love to see GetGlue implemented into TiVo or any of the sites like that.

I also keep hoping to see the episode guide integrated into the iPad app so you can track what episodes you have watched of specific shows.

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