TiVo-Comcast Deal Puts On Demand on TiVo
By Harry McCracken | Monday, May 9, 2011 at 10:58 am
I own a TiVo HD DVR and have Comcast cable. I’m mostly happy with the combination, except for one major gotcha: getting TiVo means giving up Comcast’s Xfinity On Demand service. But the two companies have struck a deal to add On Demand to TiVo–and for Comcast to lease TiVo boxes in some areas (starting with the San Francisco Bay Area) at no extra charge. Sounds like a win for everybody involved; tragically, though, it’s for the current TiVo Premiere model rather than my old HD.
3 Comments
Read more:
3 Comments For This Post
May 9th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
I'm a TiVo Beta Tester and I have mentioned to them on several occasions that I would be happy to upgrade to a TiVo Premiere from my TiVo HD if there was a way to move all my recorded shows over to the new box. I have a 1Tb external drive, but it stores shows on both external and internal hard drives, perhaps even parts of a show on both.
Not being able to transfer the recorded content to the new box is a problem they need to solve if they want HD users to upgrade to the new box.
May 9th, 2011 at 8:27 pm
What I would like to know is if this means comcast will more fully support Tivo users. It has been a nightmare working with them for the past 7 months with our 2 Tivo premiers and it sure would be nice if someone at comcast took some responsibility for helping customers who don't care to use the terrible dvr they offer.
February 17th, 2012 at 7:19 am
Hey There Technologizer,
Thanks for your thoughts Washington’s 6-foot-7, 255-pound senior power forward has always been there-in the paint-for the last three years, battling taller, more athletic opponents. He brought his lunch pail and hard hat with him every night with no exceptions. Jon Brockman led the way in the underachieving times.
Keep up the posts!