I feel bad. I'm sitting here in my home and it's 76 outside. I was sweating earlier and cursing the heat!

I have used Tivo since the earliest days. I stopped for a while once my DirecTivo HD was made obsoletely not long after I bought it for $999. I finally convinced myself to buy a TiVo HD Series 3 recently and even though I'm no fan of the $12.95 a month service fee I am happy to have the TiVo again.

But I agree with others regarding advertising. I'm not at all happy about paying for a service and having to see the ads at the same time. All this on a box I already paid $300 to buy. Either go 100% ad driven or accept the $12.95 subscribtion as the only money you'll make off of me after the initial sale of the box. If you see the TiVo as an endless supply of opportunities to make money off of me through various new schemes you will lose.

I do enjoy watching Netflix through my TiVo and would welcome Hulu gladly. But other services like the rather pricey Amazon video store won't be drawing any money from me.

cruci fiction -- you sir then have not lived!!

When DVD started all we saw was a bunch of crap as well. They try to make money off of their loser videos by hoping early adopters are desperate for material.

This time around I'm going to wait until there is a clear winner. ie the other format is canceled.

@#4 Most banks don't take loads of loose change around here. They will take it if you bother to count it up and put it into the coin papers but that's what most people are trying to avoid.