Tuesday, October 21, 2003

If it makes you happy

Unbelievable:

In the end, Mr. Palermo was turned off from TiVo by the prospect of having to connect all kinds of wires and adding a new box to his home entertainment system. So, instead, he ordered a relatively new product that his cable company, Time Warner Cable, a unit of Time Warner, has been pitching: a set-top box made by Scientific-Atlanta with a DVR already built in.

Where do they find these people? In wiring terms, a TiVo is hooked into your television in exactly the same way a VCR is; then you plug a phone line into it. Rocket science it ain't, but you wouldn't know it from reading the article.

The article doesn't say how Mr. Palermo's ignorance was chosen for implied endorsement by the times. Why do I suspect that they got his name from Time Warner?

From the NY Times: Can Cable Fast-Forward Past TiVo?