PVRblog has a copy of an ad that ran in a TV industry trade publication. There's a two-fold message from TiVo to cable companies here:2. MegaZone I'll agree with the assessment that this is TiVo posturing & trying to win friends in the cable industry.
Though I disagree that TiVo was unable to make the Series3 compatible with satellite systems, all they would have needed to do is add a set of inputs (including component if not HDMI) and an IR blaster and it would work as well as a Stand Alone Series2 does today.
In fact I predict they eventually will come out with a SA Series3, As I've mentioned before I really can't see them completely writing off the 1/4 to 1/3 of the market that subscribes to satellite, especially considering there are already a huge number if DirecTV customers who are existing TiVo users.
Posted at 11:17AM on Sep 7th 2006 by Robert Aitchison
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1. Keep in mind that this was an ad in a trade magazine for the cable industry. So it has an obvious slant towards that audience.
Of course TiVo didn't 'forget' anything with satellite support, they're locked out by the satellite vendors. It isn't like that had a choice to support them or not for HD. The S2/S2DT will still be there.
Posted at 7:01AM on Sep 7th 2006 by MegaZone