Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
14:00 - I want my iTV
http://www.whatithinkiknow.com/Archive04/WIT20041220.html
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Damien Del Russo says that whereas 2004 was the Year of the iPod, 2005 will be the Year of TiVo. And that the two items are not so dissimilar that their futures can't converge.
It takes a little imagination; I mean, TiVo has been around a good deal longer than the iPod has, and already has the cultural awareness level that the iPod is only just now achieving. Its ramp-up has been steady but slow. But now that TiVo as a company has broken out as the clear winner in the DVR space, with a genuine sense of vision and product integrity worthy of Apple, maybe it's poised to sell to the same kind of people who have suddenly become conditioned to expect an iPod level of coolness out of tech gear, whether they're PC users or Mac users (who already have such expectations).
A couple of years ago, I tried to buy a TiVo as a Christmas present; but they were all sold out everywhere and couldn't be had for love or money. Maybe the market has matured a bit by now. And now that I've got a dog who has become adept at asking for walks right in the middle of a South Park episode I've never seen before, maybe it's time to look into it again...
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