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But I still want to buy a lifetime subscription on my series 3, if i am going to get one. In case any of you TiVo employees are reading this.]]>Apr 13th 2006 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/Apr 13th 2006 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/
Anyone who has been following this case closely knew that TiVo was going to win. Even last year experts were predicting a TiVo win with 70-90% probability. TiVo waited until it knew it had the most rock-solid case possible, that's why they didn't go to court sooner. They knew that the first patent case could make or break them, so they chose wisely.

Unlike ReplayTV, which is no more, TiVo did not chose a strategy of living by lawsuits. TiVo could have gone to court sooner, but chose not too. TiVo waited for the perfect case to come along, and then TiVo acted. And TiVo was the better for exercising patience, too. TiVo, unlike most TiVo-bashing pundits, knows how the legal system works, and acted in a timely manner. "Timeliness" is how the court determines things, not how some tech website pundit guesses, based on nothing, how things "should" work.

It's no accident that DirecTV came to an agreement with TiVo recently: they could see the writing on the wall, too. Unlike some people, they appear to have been paying close attention to this patent court case.

BTW, Alex, you won't be able to buy a lifetime service after April 15th (assuming you already have a TiVo box paying monthly), so unless TiVo changes policies yet again it is very unlikely TiVo will offer lifetime on Series 3 boxes - although nothing official has been announced yet.]]>Apr 13th 2006 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/
My prediction (and hope) is that a settlement is reached that has Dish Network starting to offer integrated TiVo units. Maybe I'll get a Series3 after all.

The one variable I see here is Charlie Ergen, he's a bit unpredictable and may want to "fight this" even if it's not in his company's best interest.]]>Apr 13th 2006 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/:)]]>Apr 13th 2006 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/Apr 13th 2006 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/Apr 13th 2006 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/Apr 13th 2006 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/
Best, Ryan]]>Apr 13th 2006 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/Apr 13th 2006 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/Apr 13th 2006 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/Apr 14th 2006 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/Apr 14th 2006 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/Apr 14th 2006 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/Apr 14th 2006 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/
You must be a lawyer. The 4 out of 5 paragraphs that you submitted for your "rebuttal" was completly devoid of content.

The basis of your comment is essentially "nuh-uh".

And if you had bother doing any research, you would know that the only reason Tivo won so quickly is because of the patent-friendly jurisdiction of Texas.

It's ok to enjoy Tivo(I find mine to be quite nice), but at least offer something intelligent to say. And if not...try to be more succinct next time.]]>Apr 14th 2006 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/tivo-vs-echostar-tivo-wins/Apr 15th 2006 3:12AM