TiVo's VCR funeral
Yup, it was totally a publicity stunt, and yes, we totally fell for it, but dozens of people with VHS tapes in hand hit up TiVo's VCR funeral at DigitalLife yesterday. Everyone who dropped an old tape in the casket was given a wristband guaranteeing them a free 40-hour TiVo — as long as they signed up for a year of service, that is.
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ez @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
I'm keeping my VCR damnit.
Ken @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
Thats freakin awesome.
Jon Maddox @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
Please join us at CES 2006 for Tivo's funeral.
Red_Munk @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
Was there cake? :P.
yosoyelgerman @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
HI. I dont think that VCR is dead...
VCR's are SIMPLE to use... you pay for it just one time....
AND... in some countries most of the people have cable tv....
peteremcc @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
3. Posted Oct 15, 2005, 1:53 PM ET by Jon Maddox
Please join us at CES 2006 for Tivo's funeral.
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Haha :D
Irritated @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
I took Tivo up on their "Buy a Tivo at Best Buy this weekend and get three months free" VCR funeral extravaganza and picked another one up today, except no one knows anything about the three months free. If you're gonna go all out and celebrate a funeral, do it right!
RedStarr @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
^^^^ Tell them to hold the space as they're going to need it for the Tivo funeral.
Jeff @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
I was at DigitalLife today (saw a Lambo Gallardo (sic) near the convention; it was pretty), and I'm relieved I missed out on the TIVO promotion. If it were three months, I'd take it, but not one year. Sorry, TIVO.
As for the rest of the show, the phone section was the best. The Gameboy micro was also a treat - now that's a fashion statement (take that Apple). I thought the show floor was smaller than last year, as it was held in a different area of Javits, but there were far more people this year, for sure! The XBOX 360 center was lame. I saw people watching clips of the games, that's it! Where was the system? It was behind a glass screen window. And I estimated about 40% of the floor was dedicated to playing video games, PCs, consoles, and anything else. I spent much of my time picking the brains of the PC magazine writers and inquiring about working as a magazine journalist. Seriously, I'd rather talk to technology journalists than wait online to meet the girl gamers.
Ely Rivara @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
Direct Tv and tivo are a great combo.All you have to do is season pass a show and you never miss it. I can record nfl games and watch them later.For those married guys...when your wife wants to talk during the game, you can pause it.So long VCR.
Leomar @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
I was a Digital Life myself, the TIVO Funeral was a great way for tivo to get subscribers, I say groups of 5 with a tivo each. Got to gaming at the BF2 (and won!) and Star Wars Battlefront II which was the highlight Game. PC,PS2 and XBox full versions of the game are available. Saturday was packed with people, long 2 hour lines but there was some good raffles, like at the intel booth you can enter to win a Treo 650 or a Dell Axim. Great overall considering this is the first time I go and I didn't even pay. Hey Peter and Ryan, wanted to meet you guys and talk about the Xbox 360, so next time make a bigger appearance,aiite.
yjs @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
I like my VHS. F*ck Tivo.
Big John @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
If the VCR is dead, then I have 2 corpses on my rack - of course, I also have 5 Tivos...
Jason Anderson @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
I can see TiVo's face!
knot_U @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
my VCR is attached to my tv :0
what is I suppused to do :P
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Anunnaki @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
VCR :
+ records anything thats a composite video signal (analog)
+ you pay the device, its yours. no restrictions, no fees
+ you can play, play and replay, you can copy, record, copy etc
+ its bugfree (well, most are)
- its working on Tapes
- its recording in bad qaulity
- quality diminishes
- no "random access"
I do not have a VCR of any kind hooked up, but I keep 2 machines for "reference" .. uhm or was that "compatibility" .. well ;-)
Oh, and contrary to popular belief, that (nowadays) socalled "vintage" thingie of SONYs Video Hi8 has a far better quality than MPEG2. What you get with your Satellite receivers is inferior, lowbandwidth Mpeg2.(here, dvb-s is between 1.5 and (rare!)6mbps - a dvd is 9 or so)
Callum @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
Didn't Steve Jobs do the same thing on stage for Mac OS 9's passing... anyone got video of that?
VHS has been dead in this family for years, sadly - when it comes to recording something off 'telly' we still reffer to it as "taping". bah.
diggiti @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
They should have had Boys II MEN sing " Its hard to say Goodbye"
DrWho @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
Do people still use VCRs?
Your name (required) @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
Jason Anderson:
"I can see TiVo's face!"
Yeah you can see the guy's face through the costume and he is even smiling.
I Hate Macs @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
What the hell, I was under the impression that tivo was like a digital video recorder or something. You mean you have to pay for monthly service to use it??? who the hell would do that? hum...
kim @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
"Yeah you can see the guy's face through the costume and he is even smiling." haha, it's funny he is smiling for a picture that supposedly he shouldnt show up in. :)
bh @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM
tivo is like sky+(uk) but tivo is gone here. we cant get it no more. but we do get sky plus