Could Be The Beginning Of The End For TiVo...

[mik3cap]

I 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.

Comments

[jessnut.livejournal.com]

Not everyone is as techie as you who want portable devices and all that stuff. Even for free I have no desire to put shows on a video iPod. I have a TiVo because I want to watch TV shows on my TV. I could get as much enjoyment out of shows like CSI or Bones without being able to see detail because of a tiny TiVo screen.

All TiVo needs to do is add a format through the TiVo desktop to allow people to download shows from the TiVo to any portable video device, where as iPod will have a proprietary format.

[lucidandawake.livejournal.com]

Bah! Stupid machines emitting their terrible frequencies. Evil, all of them! Evil I say!

Eruah, I really don't know much about TiVo/Ipods as I can't afford either :/

so yeah. i'm just talking for the sake of talking. :)

muwah!

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

iTV is nothing but an Apple Media Center Extender. Which means it is just an overpriced, nice looking Media Center Extender.