Thursday, March 14, 2013

TiVo Goes Wandering, on the Road and at Home

You always remember the days that changed your life forever. Your first kiss. The birth of a child. The day you got a TiVo.

I do, anyway. TiVo made me a cultist. “I don’t know or care when a TV show will be broadcast or on what channel,” I’d explain to anyone who would listen. “I just tell the TiVo what show or actor or director I like, and it records shows automatically. I bypass ads with the 30-second skip button. I can watch an hourlong show in 40 minutes!”

Wow, how times have changed. Cable companies can now rent you less polished but far less expensive DVRs. The monthly fee is usually about the same as the TiVo, $15. (You can also pay TiVo a one-time $500.)

People started watching TV over the Internet, too. Most people watch TV the old-fashioned way from cable or satellite but many don’t want to be anchored to the living room. They want to watch from any room in the house, or even out of the house.

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