Gizmo Lovers Blog » TV Board http://www.gizmolovers.com TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:16:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 MediaPost’s TV Board On Why A Cable DVR Is Not A TiVohttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/07/01/mediaposts-tv-board-on-why-a-cable-dvr-is-not-a-tivo/ http://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/07/01/mediaposts-tv-board-on-why-a-cable-dvr-is-not-a-tivo/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:02:08 +0000 MegaZone http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=2632 Continue reading →]]> I got a kick out of this post in MediaPost’s TV Board blog. A friend of the post’s author called Comcast about their digital phone service and got a pitch for a DVR. I loved the summary of the conversation:

“I don’t need your DVR, I already have a TiVo,” she said.

“Our DVR is the same as TiVo but it comes free with our service,” the sales rep adamantly replied.

“Oh, really, well I have a lifetime membership with TiVo. Can you log on from any computer and schedule something to record?” she retorted.

“No.”

“Can the DVR you offer be networked to my computer?”

“No.”

“Can I transfer shows between TVs?”

“No.”

“Can you store whatever you record on the DVR to your computer?”

“No.”

“Can you convert anything that you have recorded to play on your iPod video?”

“No.”

“Can you burn anything you have recorded on your DVR onto a DVD?”

“No.”

“Then I would have to say your DVR is nothing like a TiVo. All yours does is record.”

”I guess you’re right, it’s not the same.”

And that’s not even the half of it when it comes to TiVo’s features. Right on! All TiVos are DVRs, but not all DVRs are TiVos!

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