AdAge Predicts Tivo will Fail

geddes writes "Under the obnoxious headline More U.S. Homes have Outhouses then TiVos, Advertising Age has published an article with a few good points: 1) Tivo/ReplayTV/UltimateTV aren't making any money and their growth is declining. 2) Cable and Satellite TV services are slowly rolling out PVR on thier own boxes. So 3) PVR will become a standard feature for most television users but become as unbranded as programmable VCRs."

Not only that!

[Penguinoflight]

Another news site has just found that more outhouses have tivos than homes!

Re:Brand recognition

[Zerbey]

Our Xerox eats paper, so I guess you could says it cleans, to a point. Does a pretty good job of shredding also.

No, outhouses then TiVOs

[Adam Rightmann]

It's a fairly simple technology progression, once households have progressed to outhouses, indoor plumbing, electricity, cable TV and TiVOs aren't far behind.

Re:Brand recognition

[Anonymous Coward]

I have never called my vaccuum cleaner "Xerox".

However...

[toupsie]

More U.S. Homes have Outhouses then TiVos,

More Slashdot Editors and Users have Tivos than know how to write a grammatically correct sentence.

Covering your TiVo with a Maple Leaf

[Anonymous Coward]

Prevent exposure! Cover your TiVo with a Maple Leaf. Wait, TiVo not available in Canada? Oh well. Guess I can't buy it then. They'll continue to decline. And I'll have to use a fig leaf instead.

Of course it will fail (I love it)

[SquirrelCrack]

Every time I think a product is really cool it fails, and if I think it sucks it ends up dominating the market...

I loved my Amiga....

hated AOL...

I should hire out as a consultant :)

And in other news buggy whip manufacturers predict

[eudaemon]

And in other news buggy whip manufacturers predict a strong comeback in
2003.

Of course adworld hates the Tivo, it is the best way to circumvent their revenue model.

There are probably less Bentley automobiles and Lear Jets than outhouses too... is anyone
predicting their imminent doom?

Tivos are a luxury item that threaten the status quo, what's funny is adworld feels the need to
denounce them now when market penetration is so
light... methinks they doth protest too much.

Re:I agree

[Call Me Black Cloud]

Brilliant! I'm forwarding on your instructions to my 75 year old mother...she's been wanting a TiVo.

Your obvious knack for user friendliness has made me want to hire you, however, your domain name can't be resolved. I guess I'll have to find someone else to take us to the "next level".

Re:bah

[Andy_w715]

"Give me one tech stock that's near what it was in 2000." Juno

Tivos in Outhouses?

[mgs1000]

But the question we really want answered is "How many outhouses have Tivos?"

Then can have my TiVO...

[Spittoon]

...when they pry it from my cold, dead hand.

Film at 11?

[sulli]

Fuck that, I'll TiVo it and watch it in the morning.