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One of the most delightful products I've ever owned. Almost perfect UX (to this day my wife and I refer to fast forwarding as 'bi-bipping' in reference to TiVo'
by thom 1y ago
One of the most delightful products I've ever owned. Almost perfect UX (to this day my wife and I refer to fast forwarding as 'bi-bipping' in reference to TiVo's sound effects), and there was a time when coming home to a random episode of Star Trek it had sought out was exciting and felt satisfyingly personal. Now everything is available on demand and all of the temporal problems that TiVo solved don't exist anymore, but it's rare to see a device so well designed in its niche.
- kilroy123 1y agoI agree. TiVo was awesome back in the day. I wish they had made a chromecast device earlier on. I think they could have been a much better Roku.
- twoodfin 1y agoYeah. With the benefit of perfect hindsight, that was probably the best possible strategy. Go end-to-end in the low- and mid-range market, branding increasingly cheap panels with your UX & services. Continue to offer standalone boxes targeted at the “prosumer” who wants a Sony OLED. No idea if TiVo ever had access to the capital to pull this off. Certainly you’d need to eat thin or negative margins on billions in hardware.