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No, sorry; none of that is indicated by any reasonable interpretation of the situation. TiVo's finances are not stellar, but worst-case-scenario (and to be clear, a lot of TiVo's strongest fans consider this a bad thing) could indeed be acquired by some larger company. However, that larger...

I think we can say, definitively, that there is no such solution in that price range available for retail sale in the United States. I don't think VCRs got down to that price-point until what would be, in the technology deployment curve, equivalent to perhaps 15 years from now, or so.

The problem with that idea is that VCRs with ATSC tuners are rare. Panasonic made a bunch of DVD-Recorder/VCR Combos, like the DMR-EZ47V, which runs used at about $200 these days, but I don't think that that will be really any easier than a DVR. There is also the JVC HM-DT100U, but I couldn't...

Yes, good point Mike. I've got a TiVo S3 purchased in 2007, and it has run without any trouble whatsoever all that time.

To understand why the answer to your question is as it is, it is important to understand some background: VHS recorders were introduced in 1977. Back then, they used to cost upwards of $400 each, back when $400 was much more so a lot of money than it is today. Then, the technology became...

Comcast pairs the CableCARDs they lease to the host device they're installed into, so they will not decrypt anything unless they are re-paired to the new device. Mike: The OP indicated that the CableCARD was installed only about a year ago. By then, many areas had run out of S-cards, and...

That was my perception based on many of your earlier comments... if not bitter at this industry, then bitter at consumer service industries in general. That's just the message I'm getting from reading what you wrote. Sorry if that's off-target. No I didn't. I outlined a very specific set of...

Thanks for mentioning DirecTV. TiVo, of course, has a venture underway with DirecTV for a new DirecTiVo. If it is anything like the last DirecTiVo, it will use the same service operations as the stand-alone TiVo's do, so effectively the health of Liberty Media helps bolster the likelihood that...

Thanks for providing some context for your bitterness against the industry. Sorry for your misfortunes. No, I never said anything about being "good as gold". Those are your words not mine. I made very specific statements. If you have a problem with them, then please argue against them...

"Wrong." I wasn't talking about TiVo Desktop. I was talking about TiVo Desktop Plus, and if you cared to read the message you were replying to, you'd know (1) that I mentioned TiVo Desktop Plus in a very specific context, and (2) that I mentioned that there were other ways to do what TiVo...

No financial interests or bias to TiVo except as a mostly-but-not-totally satisfied customer. With regard to "certain cable interests", I have an array of shares stemming from my career at Bell Labs which ended over 15 years ago... so those started out as AT&T shares, and morphed into little...

Technically, you're told that you need to make an additional purchase (TiVo Desktop Plus) to do more than a certain list of things, but if you're technically inclined you can figure out how to do those things without making the additional purchase. And as I indicated (by my lack of saying...

The point is that TiVo IP is worth enough that it won't get that far.

When a company is sold to another company, the acquiring company inherits all of the acquired company's liabilities. The only way to avoid that is to wait for Chapter 7 liquidation, and it is clear that TiVo's IP is worth enough to ensure that it won't get that far. That's silly. They've...

Not overwhelmingly so. Surely that'll be one significant factor, but TiVo made a lot of money from Comcast, for their efforts to port TiVo software on the Motorola DCT-/DCH-/DCX- platform, even despite its mediocre results. They have other, similar irons in the fire. For example, RCN will...

I think you're giving way too much credit to the concerns. TiVo's legal proceedings have gone in their favor. No question people are upset about that and trying to undercut it -- it would be shocking if that was not the case. Regardless, TiVo's IP is worth far far far far far more than...

Extract? Hmm.... The Moxi has a new product, that comes with a remote unit, called a Moxi Mate, that you can connect to another television in your home, and use to view programming recorded and stored on your base Moxi DVR. I think the Moxi + Moxi Mate is $800.

That's really a big difference between the two: TiVo has significant IP that offers another company substantial incentive to acquire TiVo intact, rather than waiting for a fire sale. That's the main reason why I suggested, above, that on-going product support for TiVo is really not a...

Indeed... The fact that the Moxi -- all in -- was more expensive than the TiVo -- all in -- was ridiculous. With the situation now reversed, there is a better match between the price being charged and the value being offered. However, again, it really comes down to whether or not you want to...

At this point, I look at the Moxi as a rebel's choice. It is the only serious competition TiVo has, and it has some advantages, but the long-term view puts TiVo in the driver's seat. Digeo recently sold the Moxi line because they cannot make money on it. How well will it be supported over...

You can playback the recordings already on the DVR. That's it.

D-VHS VCRs are even more expensive.

Just to be clear.... what is needed is the DTVPal DVR. The DTVPal is just a tuner. It's a lot less expensive but it has nothing to do with doing what a VCR did.

Actually, I think it is necessary to emphasize that DTVPal DVR will only tune in over-the-air transmissions: It does not have a tuner capable of tuning in cable or satellite. It is the least expensive, ATSC-compatible (digital over-the-air) DVR currently-in-production for sale in the United...

I tried it again today... still slow! :D