From all the several articles about TiVo's great features, they're all failing to mention the one that will probably annoy everyone to pieces...
Now I don't have the full details. Most PVRs allow you to skip commercials, but Channel 7's TiVo skip feature plays you a commercial when you press the skip button. Imagine this, you're watching a recording, the ads come on, you press skip, and voila, the complete opposite happens - a commercial PLAYS!
The whole PVR category is about giving the user control over their viewing experience. This small feature Channel 7 have implemented, could be the blemish that frustrates its users, generate bad reviews and word of mouth, and possibly see the TiVo struggle.
From what I've read it sounds like the same thing US TiVo's have had for a while - if you FF through a commercial you can get a static ad that displays for that product while you zip through the video ad. Whoopdedoo. TiVo has done this in the US for a couple of years now and the world didn't end, most people haven't even noticed it.
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From all the several articles about TiVo's great features, they're all failing to mention the one that will probably annoy everyone to pieces...
Now I don't have the full details. Most PVRs allow you to skip commercials, but Channel 7's TiVo skip feature plays you a commercial when you press the skip button. Imagine this, you're watching a recording, the ads come on, you press skip, and voila, the complete opposite happens - a commercial PLAYS!
The whole PVR category is about giving the user control over their viewing experience. This small feature Channel 7 have implemented, could be the blemish that frustrates its users, generate bad reviews and word of mouth, and possibly see the TiVo struggle.
From what I've read it sounds like the same thing US TiVo's have had for a while - if you FF through a commercial you can get a static ad that displays for that product while you zip through the video ad. Whoopdedoo. TiVo has done this in the US for a couple of years now and the world didn't end, most people haven't even noticed it.