Have a baby and score a free TiVo
By Peter Rojas 
posted May 7th 2005 3:38PM
posted May 7th 2005 3:38PM
Yes, it's a total publicity stunt—and yes, we've also fallen prey to their evil plan—but if you or your significant other just happens to give birth at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas this Mother's Day weekend you'll walk out of there with a real bundle of joy: a brand new TiVo with lifetime service! TiVo's giving away free TiVos at Parkland Memorial, which has the busiest maternity ward in the country, as part of promotion to emphasize how TiVo gives "moms a way to have some personal time to themselves." One snag with the giveaway: the Dallas Morning News reports that a lot of the recipients had no idea what a TiVo was until they were given a certificate for one yesterday.
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Bah.. I thought this was for anybody. I was about ready to go.. make something.
Yeah. Dang thats pretty cool stuff though!
Can you pause, rewind, fast forward or schedule child birth with this particular Tivo model?
Ah well, so much for HIPAA!
Does it count if we conceive the baby at the hospital this weekend?
Oh boy, Parkland? As a Dallasite, I can assure you it would be better for the baby to skip the TiVo and have the child at a far better, less "city-run" hospital.
funny that's where I was born....23 years ago.
It was a much better hospital back then from what my parent's tell me.
HAPPY MOTH3R'Z0r DAY MOM!
If people didn't know what a Tivo is, so much the better for the giveaway: among Tivo's main problems have been product awareness, and (succinctly) telling people why Tivo is so much better than the VCR they already have in their houses.
The more people who have Tivo, and the more people who are aware of Tivo, the better.
Maybe the money spent may have been better used through a TV advertisment during a show that many people typicially record to watch later. An important basketball game for instance.