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There were a lot of cool products introduced in the past decade. But the DVR has had the most impact of any gadget introduced in the past 10 years.
It has totally changed the way we watch TV.
Apple fanboys will think I am crazy for not selecting the iPod or the iPhone. So here 3 reasons why DVR is the technology of the decade.
Overall Impact. TiVo has made an impact on TV programming in general. It has given rise, once again, to primetime TV dramas that you no longer have to worry about missing. Shows like “24” and “Lost” would have been canceled quickly in the pre-TiVo world.
You could argue that the iPod gave boosted the release music “singles” and spawned a new generation of music appreciation (among the Britney Spears generation). Edge: DVR
Interface/Convenience. TiVos are user-friendly and are leaps ahead of VCRs. Remember when they came out with those extended code numbers you could use to record TV programs. My God, what engineer thought of that?!
The iPhone interface is cool. It actually takes more gestures and presses to make a phone call than with a conventional cell phone. Edge: iPhone/iPod
Time Savings. The most important thing about DVR is that it saves me time. I don’t watch commercials anymore and can get through a TV program in one-third the time.
With the iPod, I actually spend more time downloading, creating playlists, and fumbling with those stupid earbuds. Edge: DVR
What do you think? Am I crazy?
These things came on the market 15 years too late- TV has been unwatchable for the past decade thanks to the network logos that stay onscreen all the time. I REFUSE to watch shows this way- they are more annoying than commercial interruptions. Since this trend started I have stopped watching broadcast TV altogether, I now only watch DVDs and other pre-recorded formats. Anyone who accepts onscreen logos is an idiot, and those who advocate them deserve a very violent and painful death.
I have a tivohd and an ipod touch. I like them both but my tivo comes first. The interface is dated but it just works well and has many features outside of recording television programs.
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I don’t have ether of the two devices. I am not a fan of apple software on my pc. The i phone has changed things so much that I will for ever use apple software that is always updating. Now for Christmas presents I get i tunes gift cards. Apple helped popularize DRM.
The i pod is what brought apple back from what was almost dead. The i pod/i phone is most def the product of the decade.
P.S. bug killer you are the first person that I have ever heard complain about network logos that didn’t mention plasma TVs. I am willing to bet you have one, am I right?