Seinfeld must have a TIVO
Jerry Seinfeld was on the season premiere of ”30Rock“, great show by the way. “MUST SEE TV” is back! The story goes, NBC was going to take his old show and digitally put Jerry in their new shows. He was not happy about this. They asked him which show he would like to be on. He said, ”LOST, is that one of yours?”
Okay, I’m about to read way too much into this but what I think is funny about his response is not only is it not an NBC show but it’s ABCs. I want to pretend that he uses TIVO or downloads shows from iTunes…
What does this mean? It means it didn’t matter where the show came from or the network. All that mattered was he heard about the show and it was available and Seinfeld watched it.
This is the future of media.
I thought I heard somewhere that Jerry doesn’t watch TV. Even when he was on TV, he didn’t watch it.
Speaking of TIVO, do you still have to pay the monthly fee for programming information? Seems like that could easily be ad supported. That’s the only thing that keeps me renting my DVR from the cable company over buying a TIVO. Also, does TIVO have a double tuner yet? That was the other thing keeping me from getting a TIVO. It couldn’t record two shows simultaneously.
Yeah, Tivo does have a double tuner in standard and HD! But they do still have a monthly service charge. When I became a user it was $12.95 a month now it’s up to $16.95 a month but if you prepay for 3 years it’s about $9. I love my Tivo but to tell you the truth the only thing preventing me from buying another one even a cheap one is the monthly service charge. I’m sorry there’s no reason why Tivo needs to charge me for anymore Tivos I bring into my house. I would prefer the ad driven guide too lower the cost.
$16.95 a month? Yikes. $200/yr. I read that one thing Windows Vista does well is its TIVO-like features. I’m not sure if there’s a programming charge involved, but I imagine competition in the next few years will sort out the market a little more.