Oh yeah, and skip commercials.
No commercials, and Batman whenever I wanted?
This is the future of TV, I was pretty sure.
Which turned out to be true.
What could it be?
A new cable tuner that embraced technology for cableco-provided VOD and other services?
A multi-room system with a big box and many skinny satellite boxes connected by Wi-Fi?
Perhaps a box with integrated Wi-Fi or maybe even integrated Powerline networking?
Theres also a new remote with a QWERTY keyboard.
LGsgot a Blu-ray player with a hard drivenow.
Where do you think thats going?
Combined with that free DVR from the cable company, theres not a lot of room for TiVo there.
Hell, the TVs even have built-in Wi-Fi.
https://gizmodo.com/vizio-connected-hdtvs-built-in-802-11n-for-amazon-and-5125554
Thats not to mention the ultimate DVR: the internet.
But its freedom inside the box.
My laptop, TV, or my phone.
Any screen, any time.
Without significant development in the box-free world, TiVo can only be a stopgap, really.
But its fundamentallythe same TiVo its always been.
Which one looks more like the present to you (annoying narrator aside)?
I kinda hope they do though.
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