Huh. Does this mean, this is a good time to buy a TiVo, or, the company's going under, don't buy one?
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Zenkitty - Sep 07, 2005 9:58:25 am PDT #5290 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Jesse - Sep 07, 2005 10:00:02 am PDT #5291 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've got to say, now that I have the DVR, it just makes me want TiVo more and more.
Fred Pete - Sep 07, 2005 10:00:02 am PDT #5292 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
yeah, I saw a news report this weekend where a woman said that when she pulled into the gas station, it was $3.09, but by the time that she got to the pump, it was $3.49
A lot of gas stations in our area ran dry Friday night. Shell stations were still gasless on Sunday.
brenda m - Sep 07, 2005 10:01:29 am PDT #5293 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
the company's going under, don't buy one?
ACK! ACK! Don't say things like that!
dw - Sep 07, 2005 10:05:32 am PDT #5294 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
Huh. Does this mean, this is a good time to buy a TiVo, or, the company's going under, don't buy one?
It's hard to say if the company will really "go under." There's been speculation that Apple and Google are circling and waiting for TiVo's purchase price to get low enough that they can snap it up.
There are a few million TiVos in this country, many of which are paying monthly for the programming services. If they stopped making hardware and just spent money on software development and the programming service, they would likely be profitable.
I'd still buy a TiVo. DirecTV is going to regret cutting TiVo off the moment their customers discover there's no 30-second skip in their proprietary DVR.
Zenkitty - Sep 07, 2005 10:05:37 am PDT #5295 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Sorry, brenda! I'm just wary.
Jesse - Sep 07, 2005 10:06:33 am PDT #5296 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In other money news, I'm about to start selling off all my useless possessions, because I've been reminded of how much fun it is. People! Want to give me money! For stuff I don't want!
Zenkitty - Sep 07, 2005 10:07:05 am PDT #5297 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
dw, what's that about a 30-second skip?
§ ita § - Sep 07, 2005 10:08:47 am PDT #5298 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
there's no 30-second skip in their proprietary DVR.
There's none on my TiVo either - have they worked out how to hack the (I think) 2G?
Jesse - Sep 07, 2005 10:09:09 am PDT #5299 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, I just realized that I am a telepathic genius, apparently. I realized this morning that I'm about to run out of toilet paper, completely forgetting that I bought a roll of stupid paper at Target the other day, just because it was cute and on sale. Word.