After reading this post on engadget, I felt compelled to express some opinion about Tivo and its place in the market. I have owned 2 Tivo units over the last 10 years. A Series 1 Unit that worked wonderfully for us for 4 years, and a DirecTV SD unit that was the bees knees since I didn't have to have IR blasters and it had dual tuners.
Like many DirecTV subscribers, I have been waiting years for this fabled unified box again. I have been tolerating the Hughes box for a few years since I went HD. It works, but it does not have the interface of Tivo, which I believe if their "secret sauce".
This latest announcement hints at the idea that Tivo will be getting out of the hardware business. Does this make sense? I think it does since the the streaming content software companies are moving rapidly out of the HTPC realm and into the set-top-box area. With the advent of the Boxee Box the idea of Al-La-Carte consumption of media, the cable and satellite providers are going to have to innovate and deliver content as consumers want it. Will Tivo be able to deliver? Their track record says no, but maybe they will be able to come through.
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