TiVo scheduling from VZW phones announced

[xram]

Tivo and Verizon Wireless announce the deal.
http://www.tivo.com/cms_static/press_79.html

Is it worth the 5 bucks?

[SullyND]

Verizon and TiVo Announce Partnership - TiVo Mobile (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=290264)

[Billy Bob Boy]

You are aware this probably wont work with the Directivo?

[OLdDog]

IT Will NOT work on DTiVos and it never will.

As far as worth it: For me a resonding NO, even if it were available I can not conceive of any reason for another piece of fluff like this. Once your TiVo is properly set up the need for this kind of thing is near zero.

I cannot remember the last time there was actually a major improvement but there sure has been a lot of this good sounding fluff.

I would not pay $5.00 a year much less $5.00 a month for a service I might need once in a 12 month period. TV is just NOT that important.

[morgantown]

IT Will NOT work on DTiVos and it never will.

As far as worth it: For me a resonding NO, even if it were available I can not conceive of any reason for another piece of fluff like this. Once your TiVo is properly set up the need for this kind of thing is near zero.

I cannot remember the last time there was actually a major improvement but there sure has been a lot of this good sounding fluff.

I would not pay $5.00 a year much less $5.00 a month for a service I might need once in a 12 month period. TV is just NOT that important.

I certainly agree. But, if my next job has a bunch of travel I will be checking into hacking may boxes and instaling the zipper so I can schedule from the road.

Other than that, I really don't see any need to be able to schedule my DirecTiVo from anywhere other than my couch :) .

[PRMan]

Not that I have 6.2 laying around anywhere, but why wouldn't I just use the web browser in my phone and program it from there?

[dshinnick]

Just seems like another sad example of Tivo adding features that most people just won't care too much about!

[ILoveCats&Tivo]

I don't have a cell phone, but I would sure like it if I could access my Directv with Tivo DVR from a website like regular tivo users can.

:down: DirecTv doesn't seem to be moving forward in the directions I want them to move as far as giving me the tools to do more with my DVR.

I mean look at Tivo with their Tivo To go, their website allows you to access your DVR (or at least I think they do), and now this cell phone access. DirecTV just can't keep up, or they don't want to keep up, and I am kind of getting fed up. I think it is ridiculous that they cause people to hack equipment so that they can network machines in their home, which by the way I don't ..I just simply do without this feature, hence my frustration.

[Thespis]

Now if Tivo was building a DVR for Verizon FIOS TV... that would be news!