TiVo Question
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TiVo Question
If I were to buy a TiVo would I need to subscribe to the service to use it, or can the unit still timeshift without the subscription?
I'm a po' college student, so if it can be used with the subscription, it would take some burden of me .
I'm a po' college student, so if it can be used with the subscription, it would take some burden of me .
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yeah, unless you get old tivos you can't do anything. the ones in the middle let you record but wont show you the time and channel you recroded. the oldest ones (like mine) show me date and time..i can figure out show in my head
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OT but just saw this on yahoo. TiVo plans on selling your viewing habit data to the highest bidder
Tivo Yahoo Link
Tivo Yahoo Link
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Originally posted by chowderhead
OT but just saw this on yahoo. TiVo plans on selling your viewing habit data to the highest bidder
Tivo Yahoo Link
OT but just saw this on yahoo. TiVo plans on selling your viewing habit data to the highest bidder
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Originally posted by chowderhead
OT but just saw this on yahoo. TiVo plans on selling your viewing habit data to the highest bidder
Tivo Yahoo Link
OT but just saw this on yahoo. TiVo plans on selling your viewing habit data to the highest bidder
Tivo Yahoo Link
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Or you can use your phone and call TiVo and ask to not have any data collected. It's been said you can opt-out of the anonymous data collection at any time.
Though I would like the advertisers to see what shows I am watching, so they don't do stupid things like give the idea to FOX to cancel them. I'm not sure it is a good idea for them to see whether or not I skip over commercials, so maybe a hack will mask that data out for the paranoid.
Though I would like the advertisers to see what shows I am watching, so they don't do stupid things like give the idea to FOX to cancel them. I'm not sure it is a good idea for them to see whether or not I skip over commercials, so maybe a hack will mask that data out for the paranoid.
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The data Tivo offers is also aggregated by zip code, they never identify single viewers.
Considering most of the viewers in my zip code are likely watching completely different shows than I do, I'm not sure what to think of that.
Considering most of the viewers in my zip code are likely watching completely different shows than I do, I'm not sure what to think of that.