Comments on: Netflix Lands on TiVo!

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:31:07 +0000

It would be nice if they included subtitles at least in English. Its been very irritating to see a lack of support for this from many different companies.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:55:41 +0000

PT Pete, Nah I’m not up the task. It’s my understanding the original deal was unwound in 2005 when they couldn’t find content. Netflix has very clearly stated their strategy is to spread their content far and wide and TiVo’s Series3/HD platforms are capable of handling Netflix video encoding – though it’s probably taken some work to enable both the codec and Microsoft DRM. I do wonder if money flows in either direction or if they’re both content with the marketing angle…

By: PT Pete

PT Pete — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:46:36 +0000

I’d love to hear the backstory on this. Why did it take so long? Who botched the first round? Was it Hastings/Ramsay or maybe the Rogers stepping in as new CEO? Or was it purely technical (ie Series 2 didn’t have enough ooomph. And why now? Who revived the relationship or was it stealth all the time? Dave you up to the task? Tivoers are dying to know!! We’ll really we’re just dying to use it.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:19:43 +0000

Still a slap in the face to the Series 2 owners. I just bought the Series 2 box this year and have been waiting for this promised Netflix/Tivo partnership for 4 years. Now I have to buy another box to replace one that’s less than a year old. Thanks for nothing Tivo.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:47:13 +0000

Jon, I assume TiVo will pull from their existing roster of beta testers. I did ask for advance access, but was denied as a member of the “media”… but you might want to throw your hat in the ring here: http://www.tivo.com/beta

By: Ivan Y

Ivan Y — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:43:55 +0000

LOL. I almost forgot that Neftlix and TiVo had an agreement since nothing had been done.

I’m really interested in how HD streaming is going to work and how much content it will eventually have. Although, if they don’t allow us to select desired quality level and do the whole dynamic thing, it might be useless.

Bottom line is that I want TV shows in HD, dang it! Since many of them don’t make it on Blu-Ray, there needs to be a good way to get them without resorting to, ahem, “other” means.

By: jon

jon — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:36:35 +0000

any word on how to get on the list of testers??

By: PT Pete

PT Pete — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:52:48 +0000

Very nice. With YouTube and Netflix only on the Series 3, it is certainly time to upgrade.