Tag: tivo

“@ComcastCares.” Or, “CableCard Hell.”

Posted on 12/17/11 by Scott Sanfilippo No Comments
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Utilities. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, we gotta have ‘em. Having a relationship with the cable, water, gas, telephone and electric companies is like being in a bad marriage that even a divorce can’t help. They all boast about awards they receive for customer service, but I have rarely witnessed any award-winning service from any [...]

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"Join the TiVo-lution." Or, "TiVo Premier, This Ain't Your Father's DVR."

Posted on 04/03/10 by Scott Sanfilippo No Comments

As a kid growing up in the 80′s, I remember one of the era’s most popular inventions, the VHS recorder. Those big, bulky devices that you would hook up to your television and record shows on tape. Like the machines themselves, video stores sprung up like dandelions in a yard of weeds, selling “memberships” that [...]

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