The Trouble with TiVo "So if TiVo’s this terrific, why hasn’t it—or any of its competitors—taken off? Talk to people like Makely and you’ll hear nothing but accolades. But after two and a half years on the market, less than 300,000 TiVo systems have been sold. The company’s two main competitors, UltimateTV and ReplayTV, won’t even release sales figures (they’re estimated to have sold less than 100,000 units apiece)." [via Slashdot]
And of those 100,00 ReplayTVs, I own two of them. I agree with all of the owners quoted in this article. I love my Replays, and you'll take them away from me when you pry them out of my cold, dead hands. I hate watching live TV now, as does the rest of my family. Because it's so easy to "tape" programs, find them, and watch them, I tape a bajillion shows for the kids. They are growing up thinking that Batman, Between the Lions, Boy Meets World, Brady Bunch, Dragon Tales, Even Steven, Gunsmoke, Superman, and Zoom are on at any given time of the day. Even better, I can skip right through the commercials. In 3-5 years, everyone will own a piece of equipment that digitally rcords TV shows so that you can watch them whenever you want to. And I haven't even mentioned all of the shows I tape for the adults in the house. Go get yours now - I promise you won't regret it!
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