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mik3capI never thought I'd be saying it, because TiVo has hung on for so very long, despite massive competition and a crazy ass market... but I think Apple's announcement of iTV is the first death knell. I suspected they were moving in that direction with the first Mac Minis, but now this is a confirmation; Apple is going to eat TiVo's lunch. Tens of millions of iPods are being sold every year - a complete tie-in between your television and a video iPod is inevitable at this point.
There is no surprise at all that TiVo has announced their TiVo HD box today - but with an $800 price point, nobody is going to be buying one any time soon. Everybody knows that the new frontier is the living room; Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo know it. Comcast and Netflix know it. TiVo was a pioneer, but being first doesn't guarantee you're going to win. Apple is now making devices that are essentially becoming the next logical generation of home stereo components (plug and play computers, portable media storage devices, cinematic displays, and networking hubs).
I think the PC, if not dead, is now officially terminally ill.
There is no surprise at all that TiVo has announced their TiVo HD box today - but with an $800 price point, nobody is going to be buying one any time soon. Everybody knows that the new frontier is the living room; Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo know it. Comcast and Netflix know it. TiVo was a pioneer, but being first doesn't guarantee you're going to win. Apple is now making devices that are essentially becoming the next logical generation of home stereo components (plug and play computers, portable media storage devices, cinematic displays, and networking hubs).
I think the PC, if not dead, is now officially terminally ill.