This company will not last much longer if they don't drastically change their strategy. They have to begin integrating their technology with pay-TV companies like Comcast, Dish Network, and Direct TV. Those people who are unwilling to pay for cable will not likely pay a monthly fee for electronic programing guide data for their DVR.
I have Dish Network, and I'm certain that many other subscribers like me would be happy to have a Dish Network DVR with integrated Tivo technology, but there's no way I would every waste my time setting up a Tivo box to record from a non-DVR Dish Network Box.
...Also, if they believe themselves to be one of the best STB companies, why didn't they produce a stripped down digital transition box with no DVR that all of these OTA people could buy with a coupon. That was a huge opportunity to increase their customer base.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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This company will not last much longer if they don't drastically change their strategy. They have to begin integrating their technology with pay-TV companies like Comcast, Dish Network, and Direct TV. Those people who are unwilling to pay for cable will not likely pay a monthly fee for electronic programing guide data for their DVR.
I have Dish Network, and I'm certain that many other subscribers like me would be happy to have a Dish Network DVR with integrated Tivo technology, but there's no way I would every waste my time setting up a Tivo box to record from a non-DVR Dish Network Box.
...Also, if they believe themselves to be one of the best STB companies, why didn't they produce a stripped down digital transition box with no DVR that all of these OTA people could buy with a coupon. That was a huge opportunity to increase their customer base.