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Oh the joy of the lifetime subscription...
Oh the joy of the lifetime subscription...
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The user pointed out one of the biggest problems with DRM.
The technology does a lousy job of keeping people honest because the illegal materials are so much better than the legitimate.
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In my experience (okay, my husband's, since he's the TiVo hacker), TiVo has always been pretty wink-wink-nudge-nudge friendly to user hacks, so this doesn't really surprise me.
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Tivo apparently subscribes to the Macrovision philosophy about DRM..you know..how, DRM increases not decreases consumer value...
How ironic that circumventing this added value of DRM is the preferred method of customer retention.
\"I could just dump the cable too and friggin download everything DRM and commercial free\"
ding ding ding!
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@jurijuri: That is very true, jurijuri. TiVo has always chosen to turn a blind eye to all of the TiVo hacking that goes on out there. Since all TiVo boxes are actually specialized Linux computers, there are a ton of people who do all sorts of stuff with their TiVos that are not necessarily part of the originally intended purpose of the product. And TiVo itself has, if not encouraged this hacking, definitely not discouraged it.
I think that characterizing the statements of the TiVo CSR as \"a desperate attempt to keep [customers]\" is completely incorrect. TiVo is fully aware that there are plenty of ways to break their DRM and get at the good stuff in the files on their boxes.
It sounds to me like this was a savvy CSR who knew that this guy's complaint about the DRM (and his trying to use that as a reason for canceling) was bunk. He even admitted that he knew about the easily obtainable program that will decrypt TiVo files.
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I cancelled Tivo because I have a Series2 player and I have an HDTV. Until the prices of the Series3 player go down, it's not worth my money. I do not see any value in recording standard digital cable television shows on a high-def television. The quality is horrendous.
You used the series2 BEFORE on a regular TV, and the quality was the same horrendous, or WORSE. The high-def simply allows you to see that same resolution spread over more dots... just because the TV is CAPABLE of doing better, it didn't suddenly make the Series2 unacceptable...
I have the same situation with my replaytv and I view the programs same as I did before, but on a nicer bigger TV (until I buy the series3)...
If your statement was true, then shy didn't you throw out the old TV AND the S2 before?
Crimeny.
I can't even grasp the concept of wanting to cancel TiVo.