Comments on: Rhapsody Music Service Lands On TiVo

By: Joe Lo

Joe Lo — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:33:06 +0000

Also tried this out, the wife is hooked on it….she keeps trying to stump it with obscure 80’s bands…she has not succeeded.

By: DonDon

DonDon — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:05:16 +0000

Just tried this out and I really like it – very easy to use!

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:03:57 +0000

BozzyKid, I spoke to a few reps of TiVo and Real tonight. While at first blush it does seem like the bulk of the development costs may have been picked up by Real, I get the sense that the business relationship and development process isn’t so clearly or simply defined.

By: Allanon

Allanon — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:48:02 +0000

If you are an iTunes user then you might want to try AudioFaucet from digitaldroplet.net.

By: hdtivo

hdtivo — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:54:50 +0000

Big John:

Make sure you bring an axe.

By: hdtivo

hdtivo — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:54:08 +0000

I’m thinking the trade off between Rhapsody and TiVo investing in its own streaming software involves the issue of access to the huge content base of Rhapsody.

Very few people will get TiVo to add to their rhapsody, and rhapsody will have a small impact on TiVo subscriber retention. The existence of the combination may grab a few new users to both.

By: Big John

Big John — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:23:53 +0000

One more summer of college, get my degree and go to work in Tivo’s Long-Range Planning Dept. – just gotta keep the company afloat for one more year… Rhapsody is nice and all but this feature is like 2-yrs too late to the game. That and all the new apps on my S2 have the thing really bogged down and menu-heavy.

That and I just broke down and got the HR20-700 from DirecTV. Adding the D* dish to the mix of 7 Tivos for the HD.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:08:40 +0000

I think the market from Tivo’s perspective is those people who have Rhapsody’s service already, but don’t have Tivo.

Suddenly these people now have the opportunity to connect all these songs seemlessly to their entertainment center, and control it all from their remote.

If they even get 10% of Rhapsody’s sub base to sign up for a Tivo sub, thats 250K subs. Not bad at all.