The Official TiVo-Spotting Thread

[megory]

Dang, I didn't Tivo it and had Oprah on in the background and Brad Pitt said something to wit that he Tivod everything and that Tivo's the best thing ever -- or he can't live without his Tivo and Oprah concurred. I came here looking to see who else saw that for the quote <g>.

Anyway, it was clear that Brad is a TiVolutionary.

[balboa dave]

Jon Stewart again, with the Back in Black segment, TiVo vs. commercials. They show a TiVo fast forwarding, then comment on advertisements on jockey uniforms.

[megory]

Thursday, May 6, 11:15ish -- Lauren Graham -- mom on Gilmore Girls, said on "The View" saying that American Idol is opposite her show "so watch Gilmore Girls" but . . . " well, you know there's Tivo"

[grecorj]

Originally posted by megory
Dang, I didn't Tivo it and had Oprah on in the background and Brad Pitt said something to wit that he Tivod everything and that Tivo's the best thing ever -- or he can't live without his Tivo and Oprah concurred. I came here looking to see who else saw that for the quote <g>.

Anyway, it was clear that Brad is a TiVolutionary.

A woman in the audience stood up to ask Brad a questions and she said she had the Friends episode he was in on her TiVo for 2 years -- and Brad said something like "TiVo -- it'll change your life" and the woman concurred and said it was the best thing ever.

[grecorj]

Originally posted by dr_mal
Letterman on Friday, responding to the star of "Cold Case"'s accusation that he's never seen the show:

"I've got them all TiVod. I'll watch them at the end of the season"

Sometimes I wonder if Letterman has TiVo or just likes saying the word -- kinda like the Uma/Oprah thing.

[futerfas]

Originally posted by ZeoTiVo
checko ut the guy in the photograph

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/05/03/dvr.boxes.ap/index.html

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/TECH/ptech/05/03/dvr.boxes.ap/story.tivo.ap.jpg Is it just me or does that tivo screen look different from normal? ;)

[classicsat]

Quotes from Access Hollywood, in regards to the Friends Finale.

Tom Hanks: "I own a Tivo, and I am not afraid of missing the finale of Friends, ."

Ed Byrnes : "We don't have the Tivo, but are fans of the show"

[islander]

I guess Tom Hanks missed the last 7 minutes too...

[stevel]

There's a Verizon ad "Meet the Elliots" in which kids upstairs watching TV phone their mom downstairs asking her to bring up food. While on the phone, the kids pause the TV and you see the TiVo bar at the bottom!

I was cruising past this ad and was momentarily confused, as it seemed I had two bars on my screen!

[ccwf]

I've stopped tracking this thread because TiVo references are so ubiquitous now.

For example, TiVo references are common during sports events, and I recall a nationally televised NBA game this year during which TiVo was mentioned three times at various points. A while back in this thread, I posted that sports radio had been running TiVo ads from Goodguys. DirecTV has also been running ads touting TiVo on sports radio. Perhaps it's not surprising then that ESPN's web site is now running at least two ads mentioning TiVo. One is for the Pioneer model.

[trainman]

Headline of a teaser ad for the upcoming movie "The Stepford Wives," seen in the L.A. Times sports section today:

"The Best Thing Since TiVo."

[csyria]

Not sure if this was mentioned before:

ON Mad TV last night:

"I didn't know the Drew Carey was on at 3"
(In sing song)"I've got TiVo!!!"


Why are there so many refences to TiVo on Mad TV?

[DCIFRTHS]

Originally posted by csyria
....Why are there so many refences to TiVo on Mad TV?

Maybe one (or more) of the writers has, and loves, TiVo.

[Lee L]

Not exactly a TiVo reference but last night on Celebrity Poker on Bravo, right before they cut to the first commercial, Dave Foley, the commentator, says something like, "we'll be right back after you fast forward through this..."

[Raj]

TiVo was mentioned on Amateur Radio Newsline, in reference to it replacing VCR's.

[dr_mal]

Not only a TiVo-spotting, but also a spotting of TCF members durvivor and dr_mal: http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~78~2198296,00.html

The author had posted here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177975&highlight=denver) looking for testimonials.

[PortWineBoy]

A lot of executives at Miramax (where I work) have them. They are becoming as important as VCRs in the offices used to be.

[mtnbkr1]

In the Circuit City Annual Report, full color picture of a couple leaving a CC store with a Tivo in the basket......

[jmace57]

Originally posted by dr_mal
Not only a TiVo-spotting, but also a spotting of TCF members durvivor and dr_mal: http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~78~2198296,00.html

The author had posted here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177975&highlight=denver) looking for testimonials.

Nice article. I saw this referred to in the article.

quote

Wilkesheski and friend David Maloney hosted a "TiVo upgrade party" last year, where they invited fellow owners to eat snacks and expand the hard drives on their beloved machines.

unquote

I would love to have someone host one of these in the Houston, TX area. I am about 95% sure I could do the upgrades myself, but I sure would feel better knowing there was someone experienced I could ask.

Jim

[dr_mal]

Originally posted by jmace57
I would love to have someone host one of these in the Houston, TX area. I am about 95% sure I could do the upgrades myself, but I sure would feel better knowing there was someone experienced I could ask.
[off topic]
Yeah, that was the concept. Since I'd done a few upgrades myself, when Jaime and several people here at work wanted more capacity, he invited me to be the resident expert.

(attached picture: newly upgraded TiVos with requisite "hacked" sticker)

If you're looking to do something similar, try posting a thread in the Upgrade Center forum. There's gotta be someone in Houston who's done this before...
[/off topic]

[Graymalkin]

In this week's (July 2) issue of Entertainment Weekly, page 98 --

Kevin Weisman, who plays Marshall on "Alias," says: "The Sopranos rock, even though it's on the same time as Alias. I guess that what's TiVo for. I love my TiVo. In fact, I would marry TiVo if President Bush would allow it."

[phone1]

From this week:

[ThreeSoFar]

On CNN (In Philly anyway) I've been seeing commercials for DirecTV that mention the DVR's plusses and TiVo by name.

[wolfie3216]

In the "Ask Bob" segment of the Tour de France coverage on OLN, Bob Roll suggests "TIVOing" the TDF coverage... even though he doesn't really know what TIVO means. (he thinks it's a new kind of sandal).

WS

[JimSpence]

Here's today's Bound & Gagged (http://www.ucomics.com/boundandgagged/2004/08/01/) comic strip.

[zidge7]

This is the page from People "30 Years of Seeing Stars"

[zidge7]

Originally posted by zidge7
This is the page from People "30 Years of Seeing Stars" If you actually want to purchase the magazine, this is the cover. You never know there might be tivo memorobilia collectors out there!!??$$

[lajohn27]

An article in the Toronto Star discusses the "I'd Like to Instant Replay Life" disease.. (TIVO-itis?)

And of course.. it doesn't hurt that I was quoted.. (John Knox) :)

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1091052613165&call_pageid=991479973472&col=991929131147

[windracer]

From "Jargon Watch" in this month's issue of WIRED magazine:

TiVo-Proofing

The practice of embedding products and advertising (think: pop-ups) within TV shows so that owners of digital video recorders can't skip the commercials.


edit: Actually, TiVo is mentioned several times in different articles/contexts in this month's issue.

[TivoGeezer]

Saw this new one today. One of my favorite online comics. Enjoy.

http://www.comics.com/comics/rudypark/archive/images/rudypark2004203380902.gif

[pigonthewing]

It must've been mentioned by now (at least, I should hope so), but Jon Stewart has mentioned Tivo twice that I'm aware of on The Daily Show, and one of the correspondants even used a TiVo sound in one of his pieces (and said "That's my TiVo", when Jon knowingly asked what the sound was.

On an intro, Jon Stewart said "Good evening, and welcome to The Daily Show. Thank you for TiVo'ing us." It was so wonderful. So, so wonderful. I love Jon Stewart.

[csyria]

I'm spending way too much time on the internet. ;)

I now know just how passionate people can get about sighting things, and not just limited to TiVo.

And if you brought an unitiated person in, then they would probably be scared. A lot. :)
(Off to report a different kind of sighting...)

[mattpol]

On ESPN's PTI (Pardon the Interruption, for the uninformed and uninitiated) today, Mike Wilbon dropped the Tivo name.

He said, roughly: I Tivoed Serena William's US Open match today and I plan on hitting the "keep until I delete" button so I can add it to my Serena fashion library.

Thought this was a great shout-out since he actually reffered to a very specific feature!

--peace

[ZeoTiVo]

Leno said he TiVoed Chapelle's show while talking to Chapelle about his show. I think TiVo is now becoming an excuse for interviews where they have not seen/do not care for the show being done by the person being interviewed.


the check is in the mail
your show is on my TiVo

[Tarindel]

Mark Cuban has a HD DirecTivo http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117430,00.asp

[DougF]

The Late, Late Show had a short TiVo bit on 9/21 (Drew Carey's first night guest hosting). I was nearly asleep when I saw it though and can't remember the specifics. Anyone else see it and can fill in the blanks?

[madscientist]

Pearls Before Swine has a great reference in today's cartoon (http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/pearls/archive/pearls-20040923.html).

I can't say I've ever done this to my SO, but I've definitely tried to FF "real life" before.

[ashu]

Heather Graham waxed eloquent about her TiVo and its coolness (I can barely remember the specifics, I caught the late, late night repeat while catching up on paperwork) on Leno earlier this week :)

Endorsement by a Goddess (IMO). What more do we need? :D

[dirtypacman]

I was looking for this thread earlier to post my PC MAGAZINE article Thread that mentions the TivoCommunity website.

Regarding Tivo Hacks and Information.

[S.Mo]

Last night on Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill said he wanted to watch George W. Bush on Dr. Phil, but he was afraid his TiVo would think he was a pussy.

[dirtypacman]

lol

[harperg]

Just to add something small to this huge thread, just this past week on ESPN's Around The Horn the host (Stat Boy from Pardon The Interruption) was saying that the refs could or should use TiVo in a case of the past Monday Night Football game - or was it a Sunday game? Either way.... - when the cameras were on a certain player's TD celebration instead of a replay being shown to the coaches (or something of that matter) so that they could see the call was challenge-worthy.

[brett728]

During the Emmy's, when they where showing the opening with Dennis Franz, he was clearly holding a TIVO remote..

[mstottfam]

Juan Williams mentioned TIVO on FOX NEWS SUNDAY for those that would want to go through everything the candidates said on Thursdays debate.

[alansh]

Another "Daily Show" reference. In the post-debate analysis, Jon Stewart noted that the Bush campaign didn't like the replays of Bush's reaction shots. Jon cried out, "Damn you, TiVo!" (Yes, he was being sarcastic.)

[JYoung]

Crossing Jordan tonight.
Checking a rich decedent's condo, Nigel exclaims "Lucky bastard even had TiVo" while waving a peanut...

[willardcpa]

Was I the only one watching "Father of the Pride" last night. Where Larry went out to snatch a Tivo to accompany the big screen TV he stole from the tigers?

[ZeoTiVo]

Jay Leno had a joke about the TiVo not wanting to record the presidential debates. He had TiVo saying "No not again! Isn't there a game on or something else you want??" so now TiVo is being humanized.

[MLR930]

Originally posted by willardcpa
Was I the only one watching "Father of the Pride" last night. Where Larry went out to snatch a Tivo to accompany the big screen TV he stole from the tigers?

Yup I saw it. I was waiting for it to be mentioned on here.

[jc-nh]

Nathan mentioned it on last night's One Tree Hill episode that I just watched.

[TiVoPony]

Hey, I spotted TiVo today.

In New York City.

Setting up at the Javitz.

Oh, hey, look, there's Pony. And Stephen. And Jason.

Wonder if they'll have anything cool to show everyone? ;)

Pony

[stevel]

Tease!

[Kristo]

Originally posted by TiVoPony
Hey, I spotted TiVo today.

In New York City.

Setting up at the Javitz.

Oh, hey, look, there's Pony. And Stephen. And Jason.

Wonder if they'll have anything cool to show everyone? ;)

Pony

How I wish I was in New York! Someone go by the TiVo booth at the Digital Life conference: http://staging.pnmi.com/digitalLife/site/index.html

TiVo booth info:
http://staging.pnmi.com/digitalLife/site/participant_info.cfm?key=0204JC466466465A4E507E441

[ZeoTiVo]

Originally posted by TiVoPony
Hey, I spotted TiVo today.

In New York City.

Setting up at the Javitz.

Oh, hey, look, there's Pony. And Stephen. And Jason.

Wonder if they'll have anything cool to show everyone? ;)

Pony

watch out for the StormTroopers:cool:

[dgstivo]

Originally posted by willardcpa
Was I the only one watching "Father of the Pride" last night. Where Larry went out to snatch a Tivo to accompany the big screen TV he stole from the tigers? We were amused by that too. Interestingly, the TiVo unit appeared to be an early Series 1 Phillips standalone model (black with the "eye" on the front; I have a T60 DirecTV with TiVo unit so I'm not quite up on the standalone models). I would have thought the tigers would have a newer TiVo to go with the fancy plasma screen TV.

[classicsat]

The front was an old Philips. Don't know what the back was, but it wasn't a TiVo I know.

[f44]

Originally posted by DougF
The Late, Late Show had a short TiVo bit on 9/21 (Drew Carey's first night guest hosting). I was nearly asleep when I saw it though and can't remember the specifics. Anyone else see it and can fill in the blanks?

It was something like they went to the "description" of that episode and it said something like "Watch Drew Carey fail miserably at hosting" or something sort of remotely like that.

[f44]

Damien Fahey guest-hosted the late late show on 10/11 and mentioned he TiVoed the debate in a joke.

[DianaMo]

Tivo was mentioned on Everwood last night.

[windracer]

Last week, on The Tonight Show, during a Howie Mandel bit, Howie was attending some toilet convention and saw a booth where a guy had LCD TVs over urinals (for advertising and such like that).

Howie asked "Can I get TiVo on this?" and the proprietor said something like "sure, you can put anything you want here" and Howie quipped "I guess that would be called Pee-vo then."

:D

[Bierboy]

Does this (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,136579,00.html) count?

[newsposter]

Last week on Regis when he was filling in, he mentioned to Kelly something about a show that he'd have to set his tivo for.

[troyz]

Originally posted by newsposter
Last week on Regis when he was filling in, he mentioned to Kelly something about a show that he'd have to set his tivo for.

TiVo should use Regis in a promotion kind of like this:

It's so easy even a moron like Regis can use it!

Just my opinion.

Sorry to all those people who like Regis.

[finaldiet]

Yesterday on back of Chicago Sun Times there was a picture Brian Urlacher and also a big picture of a Tivo remote. You could easily see the Tivo logo and all features on it. Again today, they had the same picture inside the sports section of the same picture.:D

[Lee L]

In the video game Outlaw Golf 2 there is a cut scene in which one of the characters, Harley, tells her caddy (after beating him up a little) "I have to go and set my TiVo".


BTW, the game is great!

[DCIFRTHS]

Street Smarts - The question was: If you've got TiVo, you've just purchased a DVR. What does that stand for (DVR)?

The host, Frank, said he has was one of the charter members of TiVo.

[DCIFRTHS]

Street Smarts - The question was: If you've got TiVo, you've just purchased a DVR. What does that stand for (DVR)?

The host, Frank, said he has was one of the charter members of TiVo.

[dt_dc]

PBS
Frontline
"The Persuaders", Episode #2303.
Marketers and advertisers use research and public relations to deliver their messages.

Series/Documentary, 90 Mins.
Original Airdate: November 9, 2004

----------------------------------------------

A little discussion on DVRs and their impact on advertising ... complete with lots of shots of a Tivo in action.

[stevel]

Today's "Heart of the City" comic:
http://images.ucomics.com/comics/hc/2004/hc041115.gif

[cwerdna]

KRON TV news on channel 4 (SF Bay Area) had a mention of Tivo earlier tonight. They mentioned that Tivo will selling ad space and be popping up billboards we're while skipping commercials. They also mentioned some other things like the ability to buy stuff or order services from your remote.

[windracer]

Howard Stern mentioned on his show this morning that he tried to TiVo his "Late Show with David Letterman" appearance, but apparently his DVR recorded a repeat off of TRIO instead the show on CBS. :)

[DianaMo]

My Tivo recorded the Screensavers last night which included a segment with the guys from Weaknees showing the new HDTV Tivo.

I guess Tivo recommended the show because one of my keyword searches is "Tivo". Oddly enough, I don't think this show had any program information in the description.

I'm guessing that this episode will re-air this morning at 11am Central time on TechTV.

[VinceA]

Today's GPF featured a nice TiVo mention:
http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041122.html

http://www.gpf-comics.com/comics/gpf20041122-6vLo.jpg

[JimSpence]

And today's Grand Avenue.
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/grandave/archive/grandave-20041123.html

[dirtypacman]

Email I had gotten from one of my favorite tv programs on OLN:

***LAST SENTENCE OF THE EMAIL***:

But this is clearly a week for Tivo or
programming the VCR. Good luck with that.



Message from Jim Scoutten:

The good news: We have two new shows coming this week.

The bad news: OLN is running special programming on Thursday night, not
Shooting USA.

Black Powder Cartridge Silhouette is the next show in our Championship
Series. The location is the NRA's Whittington Center in Northern New Mexico and
our coverage includes a tour of the nation's premier shooting and hunting
facility.

The show will air:

Saturday 11/27 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time (7:00A M on the West Coast)
Monday 11/29 at 7:00 PM Eastern (4:00 PM Pacific)
Tuesday 11/30 at 4:30 PM Eastern (1:30 PM Pacific)

Then the next show in our Sighting In series appears on Sunday morning.
It's my best collection of answers to a question I've received hundreds of times
over the past few years, "What do I do when I can't see my sights?"

The title is "Sighting In Help for Old Eyes"

Sunday at 9:30 AM Eastern (6:30 AM on the West Coast)
Replay on Friday 12/3 at 3:30 PM Eastern (12:30 PM Pacific)

I have had a chat with the OLN programmers about difficult times for those
of you on the "left coast". They're thinking about a new plan for 2005 that
would be more convenient for you. But this is clearly a week for Tivo or
programming the VCR. Good luck with that.

From all of us at Shooting USA, our best wishes for a wonderful day of
thanksgiving with family and friends.

Jim Scoutten
JimScoutten@ShootingUSA.com

[EZRyde]

Found this on a blog: Cute photo of a toy monkey holding a tivo remote; made me laugh.

Here's the link:
http://alluvium.home.comcast.net/

[cwerdna]

Jesse Metcalfe (the guy who plays the gardener on Desperate Houewives) on Jimmy Kimmel mentioned he caught the Nicolette Sheridan American Music Awards thing on his Tivo.

[stevel]

This one surprised me - at www.redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/g/promos/main_tivo_041129.png

[dr_mal]

Dick Ebersol's wife on Today this morning, discussing her relationship with her 14-year-old son who was killed in that plane crash last week:

He wasn't allowed to watch TV during the week, so we got a TiVo and then chose what to watch together on the weekends

[thedon]

Jerry Seinfeld mentioned it on the Oprha show this week when everybody from Seinfeld was on.

[sakura panda]

December 2004 Popular Photography page 46:

Pocket TIVO : Photos are just the beginning

Portable storage devices are growing in popularity, fueled by memory-intensive 6MP-8MP digital cameras and larger RAW file formats. But why settle for a plain vanilla backup device when you get so much more with the Archos AV400-series Pocket Video Recorder?....

....But the AV420 rises above the pack with its built-in, programmable MPEG-4 digital video player and recoreder. It can be set to control your VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver using an included IR cable connector and acts just like a pocket TIVO -- recording TV shows directly to MPEG-4 format in a variety of screen formats and settings -- even while you're away.

--Katie

[bcarr01]

Last night the father on O.C. is watching Judge Hatchett(sp?) on his TiVo and eating cheesy poofs.

[cwerdna]

Next @ CNN ran a story about Tivo's proposal to pop up ads. Overall it was a decent story that explained what Tivo was as well.

[ytytyt]

omg omg omg
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,140517,00.html

[JimSpence]

And today's Arlo & Janis (http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/arlonjanis/archive/arlonjanis-20041219.html)

[cwerdna]

A little late, but Steve Hartman on the 12/8 ep of 60 Minutes (II) got his Luddite dad a Tivo (Series 2 w/white faceplate), an Ipod, and DVD player in an attempt to bring him into the 21st century.

[stevel]

Today's Tank McNamara
http://images.ucomics.com/comics/tm/2004/tm041227.gif

[JimSpence]

TiVo was just mentioned on FNC's Fox News Live show. They were talking about Carson Daly's New Year's Eve show and the host of FNC stated that you could always TiVo that show and watch their's live. And, everybody has TiVo right?

[cwerdna]

On the KRON 4 show Tech Now! they had some brief coverage of the Tivo giveaway last month.

[TivoGeezer]

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/db/2005/db050110.gif

[AnotherWin95]

Lex and Terry (www.lexandterrry.com) mentioned it on the air a few weeks ago.

[newsposter]

if not already mentioned the guys on mad-tv mentioned it in a skit

[ZeoTiVo]

On Good Morning America Thursday Feb 3rd.
Bush had done the state of the union last night and Good Morning America had setup 6 people watching the address in a home with a TiVo so they could pause the speech and comment on anything they had just seen and heard. TiVo was mentioned specifically by name and in one glance at the TV they were using was the TiVo status bar when they paysed something.

Diane Sawyer did say so we "TiVoed the speech" , Doh.

All in all it was a great demonstration of an good way a TiVo can be used to enhance a group viewing of something with lots of content to be digested.

[gayste]

Not quite a "public" spotting...

But I had to get the HD recorder from Comcast to SUPPLEMENT my TiVo's (since we just got an HDTV) and the guy said "you want the DVR unit like TiVo?" It kind of made me upset, because this box is NOTHING like TiVo, but in some ways it's kind of flattering.

[DianaMo]

I have the cable box with the DVR built in too. I would prefer that the box offer two outputs, one from the PRF and one that bypasses the PVR. I found that having the Tivo control and use the signal coming from the cable box w/ DVR made the picture quality rather poor.

And yeah, that DVR is like a Tivo like a bicycle is like a motorcycle.

[willowtip]

if you watch closely, on last nights Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica.... they have the HD tivo.

[DianaMo]

Wilmington, De: I wanted to thank you for being such a positive role model for our youth. What advice do you have for parents today who seek to protect our children from the things they listen to and watch on TV? Especially when it seems that standards are slipping in all these areas.

Donny Osmond: Debbie and I find that example is the best teacher. You can't police your teacher but you can teach principles in the home.

Regarding TV, don't you just love TiVo!

http://cgi1.usatoday.com/mchat/20050208001/tscript.htm

[cwerdna]

The KRON TV show did a spot on Tivo again today. They talked to one of their execs and talked about new competitors (cable co DVRs) and what if scenarios if Tivo goes under. They also showed what looks like one of their test labs w/lots of Tivos and another shot w/lots of Tivos w/their tops off.

[orome]

The "Sally Forth" comic strip yesterday had mention of TiVo in a set-your-own-schedule context.

[TiMo Tim]

Tonight's L&O: Trial by Jury... the late, great Jerry Orbach has a TiVo mention! I'll post the quote as soon as my wife stops watching it and I can rewind.

He & his partner are done interviewing a victim's friend (during which Jerry makes small talk about seeing her (the friend) in a commercial).

Partner: You guessing she's an actress, that's a no-brainer.

Partner: You saw a damn commercial and you remembered her face?

Orbach: No, I got TiVo.

Orbach: You push the magic button, there's no commercials.


:D

(and yes, the Closed Captioning folks got the mixed case "TiVo" correct!

[TivoGeezer]

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ft/2005/ft050307.gif

[ZeoTiVo]

and on the same day as the Foxtrot comic

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ca/2005/ca050307.gif

[Boob Tube Goober]

In Sunday's Las Vegas Review-Journal Op/Ed page was an article by Peter Mehlman as a "Special to the Los Angeles Times". It was a tongue-in-cheek (?) piece about becoming a successful criminal by watching CSI, Law & Order, etc.

The last line was, "If Scott Peterson had my TiVo, he'd be at Canyon Ranch now."

:D

[ashu]

David Letterman on the Late Show - night of 3/8 (I think this was a repeat) ... he did a short section on "weird polls".

Top Baby Names in Tech-Savvy Households?
- 45% : STiVO
- 55% : iTOD
(Incorrect capitalization with capital O was theirs)

[TiVo Fool]

Today's Foxtrot:

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ft/2005/ft050309.gif

[DianaMo]

Wow! I found someone who doesn't like the idea of a Tivo.

Sample from today's column...

At no time soon, however, do I plan to get tipsy over TiVo, one more techno-gadget, a mystery black box that "senses" what TV show you want taped, then does it for you, blasts through the commercials and somehow gets it decreed that it can be used as a verb. (I TiVo, you TiVo, etc.) There's more. TiVo's program guide, says the propaganda, can conduct its own search for what it thinks you might want to watch - by title, actor, director, hobby, topic or simply some keyword.

I prefer to own no TV smarter than Stephen Hawking. Unless, that is, TiVo can retrieve me some "Kojak" episodes, reverse the outcome of the '87 World Series and, while it's at it, get the Beatles back together. Should it manage that feat, then right onto the iPod it shall go.

Paul Povse is a columnist with The State Journal-Register.

http://www.sj-r.com

[pdhenry]

Bruce Willis on the Daily Show 3/9/05:

Bruce Willis: I'm a big fan of this show, you know. I went out and spent I think about $250 on a TiVo.
John Stewart: 250?
BW: 250.
JS: Now for you that's uh, you're talkin' gamling money. That's serious -- thank you for doing that. Did you program it your self?
BW: No, I have someone that does that for me.
(laughter)
BW: My Tivo Wrangler.
JS: I cannot get -- we had it for a bit, and I tried to program it, but it would make suggestions to me about programs, that it thought I liked, but that I didn't care for. (laughter) Is it doing it to you?
BW:It is. It says, "No, no, you want to watch Live with Regis & Kelly"
JS: Right, exactly!
BW: Well, I don't want to watch it. Uh, no. Ever since I was on here with Matthew Perry I went right out the next day and bought a TiVo and I'm a huge fan -- I'm a real -- I'm a -- what do you call it ? A "devout fan."
JS: Really?
BW: Yeah.
JS: Because, since that time, has really been the only time in the time that I've been doing the show that we've even been trying. So you've really caught the best shows. Before that, honestly (mimics jumping off a cliff).
BW: The whole election stuff. It was killer.
JS: You enjoy it?
BW: Unbelieveable.
JS: I'm very pleased.
BW: Really funny. Really.
JS: I have never seen anything you've done.

[chain777]

I watch the daily show on a regular basis, and this is one of the few times I've opted to delete it before it ended. Bruce Willis is one of the most boring, self centered pompous asses on the planet. Period.

I don't know what this has to do with Tivo, but I just had to say it.

[DCIFRTHS]

Wow! I found someone who doesn't like the idea of a Tivo.

Sample from today's column...

.....I prefer to own no TV smarter than Stephen Hawking. Unless, that is, TiVo can retrieve me some "Kojak" episodes, reverse the outcome of the '87 World Series and, while it's at it, get the Beatles back together. Should it manage that feat, then right onto the iPod it shall go.

Paul Povse is a columnist with The State Journal-Register.

http://www.sj-r.com

This guy sounds like an idiot. I hope his iPod battery dies :cool:

[TiVoPony]

I heard today that HME was discussed on the ScreenSavers this week. Anyone catch it?

Pony

[ashu]

I heard today that HME was discussed on the ScreenSavers this week. Anyone catch it?

Pony

Wow - that's optimistic. I don't think ANYONE watches that show/channel any more ;)

[Hunter Green]

Unfortunately viewpoints like that of Mr. Povse are not that rare. How many people do you know that are still unwilling to use or talk into an answering machine, and will tell you this with great pride and smug self-satisfaction? Well, there used to be a lot more of them, and today, they're the ones proud that they don't use a TiVo.

[PhilCase]

Wow - that's optimistic. I don't think ANYONE watches that show/channel any more ;)

You mean it's still around??? :p I deleted it from my channel list after Patrick & Leo were no longer.

[alansh]

Tonight's Simpsons featured Prof. Frink's future-telling device, which had an interface that looked and sounded familiar.

[orome]

I loved that they replaced the TiVo mascot in the corner with Frink's face. :D

[KyleBlowers]

The TiVo reference wasn't even a flitting gag. It was consistent thorughout the whole Simpsons episode, which ended up being like 5 or 6 scenes with it. I was so proud :D

[jkalnin]

Did you notice that the remote to control Frinks "Tivo" Future machine was also shapped like a peanut.

"This sucks, lets watch Vice President Cletus!"

hahahaha

[burntorange]

Man, you guys are hardcore!

[bluefuel318]

How about that one Sex and the City episode where Miranda called TiVo her new boyfriend? I can't remember the exact words, but she said something about how while she's out eating pizza her new boyfriend TiVo is recording her favorite show and recommends things that she might like... LOL. I had to rewind it and show my husband. Hilarious!

[ArikaNNM]

On Monday nights episode of Everwood Ephriam made a rather silly reference to TiVo...He stated that an old relationship was like a 30 minute tivo show...or something along those lines.
Just thought I would let you know

[hamtalk]

How is it possible to record music channels? Each time I press record, it alway replies unavailable at this time. I'd like to know if is a way that I can get around this, with maybe some type of cheat code. Hu? Anyone, anyone??

[newsposter]

How is it possible to record music channels? Each time I press record, it alway replies unavailable at this time. I'd like to know if is a way that I can get around this, with maybe some type of cheat code. Hu? Anyone, anyone??

do a search and you will find it...i think it was something like adding the artist's name that was on the display to a wishlist then doing an autorecord..not sure exactly

[Hunter Green]

The TiVo Spotting Thread is for spotting TiVos and references thereto in popular media. That question probably belongs in the Help Center.

[ZeoTiVo]

Saturday Night Live, They have "Kim Il Jong" dictator of North korea giving press conference.
question - "what can imperialist dogs do ?"
"well they can move OC to like Tuesday night. I mean Thursday Night you have Survivor, Apprentice and OC on all at same time. And don't give me TiVo "

[DrStrange]

Last night's "Robot Chicken" had a bit in which an ecstatic new Tivo user (voiced by Ashton Kutcher) quickly becomes a strung-out addict. When his mom tries to get him off the couch, an angry Tivo Guy emerges from the TV and dispatches her with a baseball bat. Mostly off camera but you hear the bat make the Tivo "bong" error sound.

[jsmeeker]

The final epsiode of the most recent season of "This Old House".

The media alcove was being demoed, and they showed the TiVo in action. :)

[dolfer]

There was a great Tivo bit on "Robot Chicken" on Comedy Central. Ashton Kutcher provided the voice...

[orome]

I loved that they used the actual TiVo sounds as it murdered the viewer!:eek:

[dolfer]

I loved that they used the actual TiVo sounds as it murdered the viewer!:eek:

Actually...


Tivo didn't murder the viewer. He murdered the viewer's Mom who was trying to keep him from watching TV. After killing his mother, Tivo politely handed the viewer the peanut remote and jumped back into the TV ;)

[islander]

I just got NewsRadio, seasons 1 & 2 on DVD. (Great set, BTW). The commentary for the episode "The Big Day" was with executive producer/creator Paul Simms, actors Dave Foley and Stephen Root and actress Khandi Alexander.

Paul Simms describes how they had to stop running the long opening credits because NBC was increasing amount of time given to advertisers, and they had to decide between more show or more opening credits.

Dave: So who's fault was it that TiVo is so successful? Hmm? The greedy networks!

Immediately after that, the show begins with Dave Foley working on an old PowerBook 100 series laptop. I include this for the Macheads on the board...

Dave: Again, that steam driven laptop.
Stephen: Ancient technology.
Dave: Again, this was before Steve Jobs came back and saved the company.
Paul: Are you hoping for a free computer out of this?
Khandi: Yes.
Dave: I hope so!
Stephen: He's gonna mention it until he gets one.
Paul: Or at least an iPod?
Dave (in a high pitched voice): I love Steve Jobs!

[Havana Brown]

A couple months ago J-Lo was on Leno and she was talking about Tivo and how she can't live without it.

I was watching Popular Mechanics for Kids this weekend with my kid (it's the one with a very young Elisha Cuthbert) and in it the kid talks about how the telephone, car, and other things appeared in books before they were invented. Then he said he wanted to invent something where if you forgot to set your vcr you could call in a special number and activate your vcr to program the show. :)
These shows are usually from 1997 or 98.

[DianaMo]

Tivo search at http://video.google.com

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Tivo

[SJinBoise]

Sunday's Opus cartoon was all about TiVo - sort of. Sadly, it's not posted on the web yet, but it might be soon:

http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/opus/recent.php

[DianaMo]

(Not much about actual Tivo's in this article though)

Can I Get TiVo In This Suite?
In-room hotel entertainment has long been a backwater of technology. That's beginning to change.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8259051/site/newsweek/

---------------

Nvidia has announced its Nvidia PureVideo Decoder has been approved by TiVo for playing content using the TiVoToGo feature.

http://www.mediacenterpcworld.com/news/411

---------------

Ad icon P&G cuts commitment to TV commercials

Tuesday, June 14, 2005
By Joe Flint and Brian Steinberg, The Wall Street Journal

Procter & Gamble Co., the consumer-goods giant and marketing icon, is sharply cutting how much it commits in advance to buying television commercials next season, according to people familiar with the situation.

The move by P&G, the maker of well-known brand items such as Tide, Crest and Pampers, is the latest sign of rapid changes in how companies reach consumers and TV networks and cable channels draw revenue. In recent years, many big companies have expressed doubts about the effectiveness of traditional TV advertising. Digital video recorders such as those made by TiVo Inc., which make it easier for TV viewers to skip commercials, are growing in popularity, while leisure activities like the Internet and videogames are competing for consumers' time.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05165/521400.stm


Advertising spending at Sears down since merger
(at least they're not blaming this move on Tivoing)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0506220141jun22,1,4130760.story

[Sparty99]

I can't believe this one hasn't been mentioned. On a recent American Dad, they were showing the backstory for Rodger (the alien) coming to stay with the Smiths. Rodger had saved Stan's life and Stan asked if he could do anything to repay him. Rodger's response was, "Do you have TiVo?"

[DLSith]

Surprised no one saw this yet, I just saw Mr. and Mrs. Smith tonight. So, not to give anything away I will be very vague...

There is a scene in the basement of the house, and as some shooting and explosions begin, a person or persons run out of the basement. In one of the shots, you can see on a lower shelf the big ol Orange Tivo box and the little Tivo man on it. I thought it was pretty cool.

[ZeoTiVo]

Surprised no one saw this yet, I just saw Mr. and Mrs. Smith tonight. So, not to give anything away I will be very vague...

There is a scene in the basement of the house, and as some shooting and explosions begin, a person or persons run out of the basement. In one of the shots, you can see on a lower shelf the big ol Orange Tivo box and the little Tivo man on it. I thought it was pretty cool.

yah I saw the movie and thought in a long shot from one room into another with an entertainment center I saw a TiVo there but it was not the focus of the shot so it was hard to be sure. guess your box spotting confirms it. A TiVo sure would fit their "busy" lives though ;)

[classicsat]

To be fair though, in the early 1990s though, one of the VCR manufacturers made a VCR with a dial-in receptor you used a touch-tone phone to punch commands into it, when away.

[DianaMo]

My thanks to Google Alerts for this link...

TIVO for radio
Corante - USA
Adam Balkin of NY1 previews RadioTime.com, which hopes to do for radio
what TiVO did for TV. The new Web-based service "consolidates ...
http://www.corante.com/newyork/archives/2005/06/22/tivo_for_radio.php

[ZeoTiVo]

My thanks to Google Alerts for this link...

TIVO for radio
Corante - USA
Adam Balkin of NY1 previews RadioTime.com, which hopes to do for radio
what TiVO did for TV. The new Web-based service "consolidates ...
http://www.corante.com/newyork/archives/2005/06/22/tivo_for_radio.php


just to make this more like a TiVo spotting - from the radio time website
http://radiotime.com/Images/ad_top.gif

[Havana Brown]

Last week when I was in Vega for the Tivo Con of all things, I heard the newscaster tell the weatherman to just Tivo the morning news because the weather was going to be the same every day.

Also, Craig Ferguson of the Late, Late Show made mention of Tivo, and my June and July trashy Glamour magazine uses Tivo references instead of VCR. :up:

[newsposter]

Prob already mentioned but in an old ep of sex in the city the redhead was watching a soap and paused it and it made the old tivo sound. I wasn't watching at the time and wondered why my machine was making the noise since I didn't press anything.

[justmike]

I suppose that you heard the quote from Michelle Wie that she wished her final round in the women's open was on Tivo so she could rewind and begin again.

[ref_karl]

Sunday's Opus cartoon was all about TiVo - sort of. Sadly, it's not posted on the web yet, but it might be soon:

http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/opus/recent.php


Here's a link directly to the image:
http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/opus/art_images/opu25_05comp_lr.jpg

If you alter the "25" to another number, you will get an image for a different week.

Karl

[Curtis]

Tom Cruise's little daughter character sizes up the TV setup in a room and says:

"You should get TiVo. It's awesome! I watch all my shows after I do my homework".

[Guyute1210]

Did anyone else catch the TiVo reference by Tom in the 4400 last night? He said something along the lines of once you have it, there is no going back, like TiVo. I wish i remembered the quote...maybe someone else knows what it was exactly.

[dt_dc]

Did anyone else catch the TiVo reference by Tom in the 4400 last night?Yes ... "Like a cell phone or a Tivo". I already watched / erased so I don't have the exact quote either.

[jkalnin]

On Thursday 7/21/05 the last question asked on Jeopardy was an audio question. The question was asked and then the sound of the tivo annoying *beep* was played, and nobody got the correct answer of "TIVO" .

As a side note, the new guy winning on Jeopardy is a jerkbutt. He is a smarmy little tool that should learn to go from top to bottom on the board. I hate the way he hunts for the daily doubles and the look on his face when he answers questions. He's no Ken Jennings.

[anom]

Has anyone seen the movie Heights? An old rabbi goes off on an aside about how addictive his new Tivo is, comparing it to a delivery system for crack cocaine to lab rats.

Kinda funny, and the movie was pretty good, although I don't think its going into wide release.

[Bib]

On UFC Fight Night on Saturday on Spike, the announcer said something like "Tivo this, so you can watch it again and again". Of course, I was already watching it on Tivo, since it was about 45 minutes of action stuffed into 3 hours of prime time. But a good 45 minutes.

[DianaMo]

Sports > Cardinals > Story

TV is Eckstein's program to beat the heat
By R.B. Fallstrom
Associated Press Sportswriter
08/08/2005

After games, when teammates might hit the town to unwind, Eckstein is more likely to hit the remote. A typical night for him is several hours watching the likes of Court TV, the History Channel, HBO's "Entourage" and reality fare such as "American Idol," "Survivor," and "The Apprentice." He is hopelessly hooked, at times even persuading his fiancee to watch alongside for hours and hours.

Second baseman Mark Grudzielanek, whose locker is next to Eckstein's, shakes his head.

"We try to get him to go out and he says 'No, I've got a show Tivoed at home,"' Grudzielanek said. "I don't know about this guy."

Eckstein is partial to who-done-it shows like "Breaking Vegas," detailing how con artists try to break casinos, "Masterminds" and "Takedown" on Court TV, along with the "World Series of Poker" and William Shatner on "The Practice."

"He's unbelievable," Eckstein said.



Read entire story at:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/DC54B7FB3198F6D486257057006673B6?OpenDocument

[TivoGeezer]

http://geoffingalls.home.comcast.net/Images/zits.jpg

[JimSpence]

I saw that strip and immediately thought of this thread. That was an unexpected TiVo reference however. :)

[svenhummer]

Found this reference to TiVo on ESPN

Q: I was arguing with a friend yesterday as to what the best aspect of TiVo is. I say it is the ability to fast-forward through any scenes of "90210" that Andrea is in, while he says the best part is that it allows him to watch sporting events with no commercials, which I think is ridiculous because games should always be watched live if possible. Anyway, we both agreed that you were the man to answer this question, and there's 20 bucks riding on your answer. Thanks.
--Dave, Manalapan, N.J.

SG: You make a valid point with the Andrea argument, but I'm with your buddy -- zooming through sporting events is the best thing about TiVo. It's no contest. When I'm cruising through Sox games, I don't have to deal with commercials, sideline reporters interviewing random people in the stands, pitching coaches taking 10 minutes to waddle to the mound, Jerry Remy violently coughing up nicotine phlegm every other inning ... everything gets wiped away. I bang out entire games in 40 minutes or less.

Three other things I love about TiVo (and no, the TiVo folks have never given me anything, and yes, I own two TiVos that I bought myself):

1. The unedited "Saturday Night Live" repeats at 3 a.m. on NBC. Last weekend, Musical Youth sang "Pass the Dutchie" ... then they had to come back out and sing a second song. You can't put a price on this stuff.

2. The Season Pass conflicts. It's almost like setting a batting order, especially if you're sharing the Season Pass with your spouse. "All right, if you give me SportsCenter in the 1-spot, you can have Regis and Kelly in the 2-hole."

3. Since it's apparently against the law for TV networks to coordinate the times of their shows with TiVo, occasionally, we have situations where you know the show or the game is ending soon -- the green thingie is all the way to the right -- but the episode is just winding to an end, so it becomes the most randomly exciting 20 seconds you can spend in front of a television. Did it make it? Is there enough time left? Did it... YES! Made it by two seconds! See, it's the little things in life that keep you going.

Bill Simmons: The Sports Guy's Mailbag (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/050810&num=5)

I thought it was funny how he mentioned season pass conflicts and network supersizing.

[DianaMo]

"...When I'm cruising through Sox games, I don't have to deal with commercials, sideline reporters interviewing random people in the stands,"

Actually, I love the fan interviews and scenes from the ballpark. But I agree that a Tivo is the best way (other than in person) to watch a game.

And for the record, I will rewind during a commercial break if something catches my eye or seems to offer useful information.

"...Since it's apparently against the law for TV networks to coordinate the times of their shows with TiVo..."

No kidding. Its even worse with sporting events. I wish the tv listings for a program after a sporting event would read "Doctor Who or end of Cubs game" or similar idea. I'd also like to see 30 minute programs after a sporting event. ESPN had a 2 hour show after Sundays Cubs/Cards game. Didn't have enough disk space to record that whole thing but would've liked a half hour show as a handy buffer.

[TivoGeezer]

I saw that strip and immediately thought of this thread. That was an unexpected TiVo reference however. :)
The verb "to TiVo" is rapidly entering the mainstream vernacular. I hope they can keep their trademark.

[FYMax]

Anyone have a copy of the episode of Mind of the Married man that contains the "my TiVo thinks I'm gay" plotline? I've been searching high and dry for this one with no luck - everyone seems to be of the opinion that MotMM was such ungodly dreck that no one bothered to record it!

Any leads would be appreciated,

Max

[mattack]

The first season of Mind of the Married Man is on DVD. I don't know which episode that was though. I thought the show was pretty decent.

On the thread topic, I was flipping around channels when I was trying to go to sleep last night (was purposely not watching anything Tivoed, was trying to go to sleep, but flipping around while awake), I ran into Adam Corolla's new show.

He ranted about the power button on some Tivo remotes. I'm guessing it's the DirecTivo remote. It has the 1/2 switch, but the power button is to the left and below the direction pad, IIRC. On the replacement remote I bought (that does have the 1/2 switch), the TV power button is near the upper left.

[AntiPC]

He ranted about the power button on some Tivo remotes. I'm guessing it's the DirecTivo remote. It has the 1/2 switch, but the power button is to the left and below the direction pad, IIRC. On the replacement remote I bought (that does have the 1/2 switch), the TV power button is near the upper left. Beat me to it. It's here (http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/too_late_with_adam_carolla/videos/most_recent/index.jhtml) under "pet peeves".

[thebigmo]

Anyone have a copy of the episode of Mind of the Married man that contains the "my TiVo thinks I'm gay" plotline? I've been searching high and dry for this one with no luck - everyone seems to be of the opinion that MotMM was such ungodly dreck that no one bothered to record it!

Any leads would be appreciated,

Max


I could be wrong but wasn't there an episode of King of Queens where Doug's cousin had this problem?

[Human123]

Just saw this weeks episode of "The Soup"
It has a great bit about a spanish soap opera it has been following all season. The finale was to reveal the killer and the host Joel said he would show us on his Tivo.
As the killer came into focus, the Tivo went into it's end of recording "do you want to delete screen"
Priceless
I laughed out loud for at least 2 minutes
Reminded me of my experience of the last episode of the next food network star.
Must See TV

[svenhummer]

In the movie Family Guy movie: "Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story" Peter buys a TiVo at the Circuit City spoof. The scene where he is buying it highlights the fast forward feature in a very Family Guy kinda way.

[windracer]

In the movie Family Guy movie: "Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story" Peter buys a TiVo at the Circuit City spoof. The scene where he is buying it highlights the fast forward feature in a very Family Guy kinda way.
:up: :up:

That was my favorite part of the movie. FF'ing through Lois' argument to the cash register to buy it was priceless!

[svenhummer]

In the season premiere of Nip Tuck on FX there is a woman who is stuck to the couch that mentions twice how she dosent need to get up because she has a TiVo so she can watch all of her programs.

[HiddenSky]

From an article (http://www.philadelphiaflyers.com/pressbox/trainingCamp/archive/2140.asp) on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com:

Knuble is helpful to the rookie in other ways other than just on the ice.

“Today on the ice I had to explain to him what TiVo was (laughs),” said Knuble. “I told him I had TiVo, and he said ‘what the hell is TiVo?’”

[ZeoTiVo]

on Thursday morning Bob and Tom show

they talk about season premiere of Lost and Chick tells Tom to come to house to watch it in HiDef. I even recorded it in HiDef so you can watch it that way. Tom asks "TiVo has a Hidef, you have a Hidef TiVo ?" Chick replies specifically he does have a HiDef TiVo. I think other times he has talked about DirectTV so I assume they were discussing the DirectTV Hidef TiVo DVR.

[Globular]

Letterman last night had a "VCR and TiVo alert" that George Clooney was going to be on the show. However, the alert was after Clooney's appearance.

:)

[MikeMar]

Sunday the 25th simpsons had a tivo delete/save for later thing in the intro! pretty funny.

[orome]

That played right after the Simpsons ep where Bart and Lisa use Frink's machine to see the future - it had a TiVo interface, right down to the sound effects. b'deep!

[newsposter]

Sunday the 25th simpsons had a tivo delete/save for later thing in the intro! pretty funny.

at first my wife said "what did you do" then i replayed it and didn't touch the remote :)

[classicsat]

I kept replaying that and the real Delete Recording screen, my brother didn't quite get it.

[jkalnin]

That Simpsons intro was great, and it made me double take that I didn't hit a button. That's the second reference in two seasons, ya think the writers are Tivo fans?

[dr_mal]

Anyone else think it's a reference to the episode of the Simpsons that was recently erroneously flagged as "keep only 1 week" that caused such a stir in the news? If so, it's extremely clever.

[ZeoTiVo]

Anyone else think it's a reference to the episode of the Simpsons that was recently erroneously flagged as "keep only 1 week" that caused such a stir in the news? If so, it's extremely clever.

justapixel caught a dockers reference in the paper homer was reading. seems like it was tied to the dockers deal on getting a TiVo when you buy a bunch of clothes.

[jlb]

TiVO was all over tonight's Apprentice. The task was to do their best to push electronics (bought from Best Buy) at a Tecnology Expo at a Seniors Center. TiVO was shown many times during the purchase of equipment. Markus also did the TiVO display for the guys at the center. He did great.

I think he smeeked himself though...... ;)

[MikeMar]

Kinda wished I watched Apprentice now, but god do I hate that show now, first season was great

[dolcevita]

TiVO was all over tonight's Apprentice. The task was to do their best to push electronics (bought from Best Buy) at a Tecnology Expo at a Seniors Center. TiVO was shown many times during the purchase of equipment. Markus also did the TiVO display for the guys at the center. He did great.


Yeah, but he should have printed cards with his email address so the seniors would give him the referral if they bought a Tivo because of his presentation. The Donald would have loved that!

[newsposter]

dorkus on apprentice saying tivo is so hard to setup was a classic line

if someone can use a VCR, then tivo is easy

[DianaMo]

Quote from website...

Patrick Norton and Jim Louderback headed to New York City for our annual Digital Life consumer show at the Javits Center. They uncovered some nifty new gadgets, and TiVo's wacky promotion -- a funeral for the VCR.

Find out more by watching the video they sent back.

http://digitallifetv.com/blogs/digitallifetv/archive/2005/10/16/1326.aspx

http://www.digitallife.com/att_exhibitor_list_2005.html

[svenhummer]

The Sports Guy from ESPN

"And it went on that way for a good 40 minutes, followed by Rob covering himself in diesel gasoline and lighting himself on fire. Fortunately, I saved it on my TiVo." - Bill Simmons

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/051026

[TiVoStephen]

Last night's Veronica Mars featured a brief shot of Veronica and a character interacting with a TiVo DVR, including a shot of a mocked-up Now Playing. It turns out Veronica's friend was using her DVR to record a public access cable show, to Veronica's surprise.

[JimSpence]

Today's Marvin.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/marvin.asp?date=20051109

[ZeoTiVo]

Bob and Tom radio show this morning -

George Lopez is making a call in to the show and talking about his TV show
Tom (I think that one) mentions is their a science to the show. LIke how a guest character might do up against other shows on at the same time, etc..

then he says (he has DirectTV TiVo) -
"Now with TiVo and the new way coming of picking shows off a list it does not matter what shows come on at the same time as much anymore"

The TiVo comment was one expected from a DirectTV TiVo user - but my ears perked up on how he was hip to the things Apple and CBS/ABC are now starting to do.

TiVo should get a celebrity endorsement from the guy - he really has a grasp on what is coming in DVR tech.

[gtadell]

In the most recent episode of Boston Legal (November 7, 2005), Denny Crane was leaving the office to go and be interviewed on Larry King. As he left the office he told the senior partner to "Tivo me".

[TivoGeezer]

http://geoffingalls.home.comcast.net/Images/sallytivo.jpg

http://geoffingalls.home.comcast.net/Images/fuzzytivo.jpg

[Hunter Green]

Looks like the first day of a TiVo-related arc in Get Fuzzy (http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/) today:

http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/archive/images/getfuzzy2005113320118.gif

[TivoGeezer]

Looks like the first day of a TiVo-related arc in Get Fuzzy (http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/) today:

Yeah. A good quote from today's which would make great sig-fodder:

"Wow, when you're stupid, TiVo is a potpourrific grab bag of fun!"

[Lee L]

At the final table on the Celebrity Poker Showdown $1,000,000 tournament, Dule Hill said he TiVo'ed Desperate Housewives.

[ZeoTiVo]

The TiVo guy was on the front page of the Charlotte, NC Observer in the sidebar along with a paragraph on the new TiVo to iPod and PSP news that the reporters picked up on yesterday

[HiddenSky]

Ever wished you could be an NHL video replay official? Well, you can replicate it at home because I noticed them using TiVo.

I was watching the Columbus Blue Jackets/St. Louis Blues game on NHL Center Ice and a few minutes into the 3rd period, there was a disputed goal that went to video review. At the Savvis Center in St. Louis, they had a good camera angle of the replay monitors.

There were four monitors stacked in a square formation and three of them (the ones that would form an "L" shape) were using TiVo controlled feeds for the replays, which I recognized when the status bar kept flashing onto the screens. The feeds were time coded to the game clock and synchronized, showing different angles of the net, and then they appeared to control the units simultaneously using one controller to keep them in sync while using the replay button to review the goal.

[TiVoCanada]

the making of that new sony bouncy ball commmercial for sont tv's there is a tivo box in the background

[ThreeSoFar]

Washington Post Sunday Magazine crossword puzzle:

clue: TiVo forerunneranswer: VCR

[Hew]

Histerical Openning segment on the Simpsons. The family all sits down on the couch and you all of a sudden hear the tivo bleep and the menu pops up saying would you like to delete this recording in slightly more yellow colors and then it scrolls down to delete this recording and for a second the screen goes black.


very funny. : )

[megazone]

President Jimmy Carter was on The Daily Show tonight. Aside from Jon Stewart name dropping TiVo early on, again, Carter said he has TiVo. :-)

[mmilton80]

President Jimmy Carter was on The Daily Show tonight. Aside from Jon Stewart name dropping TiVo early on, again, Carter said he has TiVo. :-)


I am very excited that Carter uses TiVo to watch the Daily Show (he doesn't stay up that late)

[AccidenT]

On the most recent episode of "Six days to Sunday" (the one about referee Ed Hochuli) on the NFL network, it showed the officiating committee going over footage of the past week's games to look for any questionable calls. One of the monitors had the Now Playing List on it.

[TivoPip]

Big long thread like this...I'm kind of surprised nobody has mentioned that TiVo was mentioned at the start of the new 'War of the Worlds' movie. Near the end of the 'Coming of the invaders' scene at the start Dakota Fannings character (Rachel) says to her dad (Tom Cruise): "You should get TiVo, Tim got it for my room."

[ThreeSoFar]

Big long thread like this...I'm kind of surprised nobody has mentioned that TiVo was mentioned at the start of the new 'War of the Worlds' movie. Near the end of the 'Coming of the invaders' scene at the start Dakota Fannings character (Rachel) says to her dad (Tom Cruise): "You should get TiVo, Tim got it for my room."
Well, that's not our fault. The War of the Worlds fan didn't show up until now.

;)

[TiVoPony]

President Jimmy Carter was on The Daily Show tonight. Aside from Jon Stewart name dropping TiVo early on, again, Carter said he has TiVo. :-)

And following that, Maureen Dowd mentioned TiVo on The Colbert Report.

[TivoPip]

Well, that's not our fault. The War of the Worlds fan didn't show up until now.

;)

:p :D

[TiVoPony]

There's a bit of TiVo mischief in the "Big in '05" awards show on VH1. It's being repeated a few times this month...including tonight at 5pm.

Pony

[Hunter Green]

Big long thread like this...I'm kind of surprised nobody has mentioned that TiVo was mentioned at the start of the new 'War of the Worlds' movie. Near the end of the 'Coming of the invaders' scene at the start Dakota Fannings character (Rachel) says to her dad (Tom Cruise): "You should get TiVo, Tim got it for my room."

That's because someone did (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3005750&&#post3005750).

[JimSpence]

http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/grandave/archive/images/grandave2030527051206.gif

[pops_porter]

On PTI on ESPN I think it was on Monday they mentioned Tivo. At the end of the show right before sports center, they Tony always asks Wilbon what he's watching tonight. Wilbon says, there's nothign on at all. I'll be watching Tivo, some recorded Desperate Houswives and mentioned another show.

[megazone]

And following that, Maureen Dowd mentioned TiVo on The Colbert Report.Yep - I almost posted that too, but decided not to. :-) TiVo gets name dropped on TDS often.

[ThreeSoFar]

The slingbox (http://www.slingmedia.com/) home page shows the slingbox on top of a Series2 TiVo.

[murgatroyd]

TiVo got mentioned on Fox NFL Sunday today.

It was in the segment where Terry Bradshaw asks players questions like "steak or chicken?"

He asked the player to pick the best invention out of four choices, the one the player picked was (of course) TiVo -- "with a DVD recorder" the player added.

Jan

[bigcb37]

Did you see Howie later correct Terry and say "its a DVR not a Tivo" or somthing to that effect...

Screw you Howie...a Tivo is much better then the generic DVRs out there...

[ycartf]

I noticed that a couple of people have already mentioned it but did not remember exactly what was said. On the episode of "The 4400" entitled "Life Interrupted" Tom says to his wife that he is "like TiVo or a cellphone....once you have them you don't know how you got along without them." TiVo ROCKS

[Hunter Green]

I'd post the image but it's too big for this forum to show, apparently. Real Life (http://www.reallifecomics.com/daily.php?strip_id=1593) includes an off-hand reference to TiVo again today.

[Havana Brown]

SLeeper Cell anyone? When the guys are at the bowling alley and they go into their little "conference" room the blonde guy says "if we're gonna keep meeting here we're gonna have to get a Tivo."

[newsposter]

i watched but missed that bowling alley thing somehow

[DianaMo]

I hate my stupid TiVo

Don't get me wrong. I love my TiVo (which is actually not a TiVo brand digital video recorder but a Dish Network-based machine that we refer to as the TiVo despite the consternation I'm sure this causes among the custodians of the TiVo brand).

I just loathe how dumb it is.

If I set it to record a sporting event, it stops recording right at the minute the broadcaster has said the game will be over, even though very few games ever end on time.

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2005/12/i_hate_my_stupi.html

About "Change of Subject."
"Change of Subject" by Chicago Tribune metro columnist Eric Zorn contains observations, reports, tips, referrals and tirades, though not necessarily in that order.

[thechiz]

As you get older.... when you got to go, you got to go.

According to her she makes pretty frequent use
of the Pause feature.

I could see that Jay was about to say
"I think thats' more than we needed to know",
but he didn't.

[Havana Brown]

Nip/Tuck Season finale! Shoutout from Quentin.

[petew]

The slingbox (http://www.slingmedia.com/) home page shows the slingbox on top of a Series2 TiVo.

I think I caught sight of a Tivo in a Slingbox TV commerical (was watching the Sharks Live while Tivo did it's stuff so couldn't check) so there web page probably confirms my sighting.

[AnotherWin95]

Monday Nights (19 Dec) Top 10 with David Letterman had TiVo mentioned in it:

With all credit to Dave and the gang!

Top Ten Signs You're Not Going To Be Named Time Magazine's Person Of The Year


10. "Your biggest achievement this year was hooking up your Tivo"

9. "You failed a paternity test on 'Maury'"

8. "The only award you've ever won is for eating your weight in ribs"

7. "You were on the Robert Blake jury"

6. "Don't subscribe to 'Time', but you do flip through 'Hustler' at 7-Eleven"

5. "You were on the Michael Jackson Jury"

4. "Only compliment you got this year was some idiot telling you you're doing 'a heck of a job'"

3. "You have Bill Gates' looks, Bill Gates' personality, without Bill Gates' money"

2. "You donate your free time to hot tubbin' with whores"

1. "You did this" (Video Tape: Bush can't open door)

[DianaMo]

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2005/12/i_hate_my_stupi.html

Subject has now been changed to:

I hate my stupid TiVo-like device
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2005/12/i_hate_my_stupi.html

[DrStrange]

Craig Ferguson, hosting the Peoples Choice awards tonight:

"If don't know me me, I'm usually on TV very late at night. If you don't have a Tivo you've probably never seen me."

[pkoerber]

On the "Last Call with Carson Daly" show on 1/12/2006, Carson Daly didn't do an opening monologue. Instead he did what he called a "Tivo monologue" where the jokes scrolled by on the screen so fast you had to pause Tivo in order to read them. Which I did when I watched the show.

Since this is the first time I watched the show (for Diane Farr) I don't know if this is a running joke.

Paul

[DBCooper]

Subject has now been changed to:

I hate my stupid TiVo-like device
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2005/12/i_hate_my_stupi.htmlThe really amusing part is that he isn't complaining about his DVR, he's complaining about errors in the program schedule and last minute changes that aren't sent to his DVR. But the schedule is distributed by his own company, [Chicago] Tribune Media Services!

[DianaMo]

Good point!

It reminds me of people who yell at the cashier for items that are charged incorrectly.
It's really the data input folks who probably made the error and not the cashier.

When everything rings up correctly I tell the cashier that the data input people must really be doing their job this week.


The really amusing part is that he isn't complaining about his DVR, he's complaining about errors in the program schedule and last minute changes that aren't sent to his DVR. But the schedule is distributed by his own company, [Chicago] Tribune Media Services!

[mmilton80]

On the OC Summer mentioned Tivo...she's hot.

[ThreeSoFar]

Sunday NY Times crossword: Modern Subscription Service.

[DianaMo]

Is TiVo next on Cisco's push into homes?

The question now is, who's next? Will Cisco take a hard look at troubled but well-known TiVo, the maker of digital video recorders? What about Nintendo, maker of video game consoles? Or what about Sling Media, a start-up with technology that lets people watch cable television on their laptops or mobile devices with a broadband connection?

http://news.com.com/Whos+on+Ciscos+shopping+list/2100-1036_3-6032452.html

[JimSpence]

Today's Shoe cartoon strip.

[chedzo]

monday night daily show, when jon stewart does his nightly leadin talk to stephen colbert at the end of the show, colbert said in reference to some great show he just saw (forget which one), "get thee to a tivo, jon!"

[pops_porter]

Another Tivo reference from Colbert Report on Thursdays episode during his closing short segment. Somethign like this:
"If you just watched the colbert report on your tivo and skipped the commercials you just stole from our advertisers. Go back and watch each commercial twice."

[chedzo]

on wednesday he dropped the tivo name too, i forget the context. so the last 3 colbert reports mentioned tivo.

[windracer]

Sunday's "Get Fuzzy"

http://www.comics.com//comics/getfuzzy/archive/getfuzzy-20060205.html

[jlb]

David Lee Roth mentioned TiVO this morning.....Don't remember the quote though.....

[newsposter]

jimmy kimmel superbowl night, i forget the context

[DianaMo]

Sunday's "Get Fuzzy"

http://www.comics.com//comics/getfuzzy/archive/getfuzzy-20060205.html

I've got to stop letting the collie read the Sunday comics...

Thanks for sharing the link.

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TiVo measures success of Super Bowl ads
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=consumer&id=3881958

[DianaMo]

Can You TiVo to See Just the Ads?

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/07/business/media/07adco.html

[newsposter]

on medium he said he has a 'season pass' to the MRI clinic.

[trainman]

A TiVo box, complete with all its cables, made an appearance on Sunday night's "Charmed" in the hands of Alyssa Milano. Seems her character was in the process of moving out of the house and, although the TiVo may not have actually belonged to her, it did have all her Season Passes on it. :D

[newsposter]

i saw that and was wondering if it wasn't paid placement?

[TiVoPony]

i saw that and was wondering if it wasn't paid placement?

Nope, we don't really do that. Typically they call us to ask if it's ok to use our product. There's a lot of TiVo love out there! :)

Pony

[newsposter]

I keep hoping for directv to feel the love again :) I hate change. It was just freaky how phoebe appeared to know all about tivo. I would think a witch had a magical tv or something and wouldn't need one.

[megazone]

On last night's Boondocks there were two TiVo's. Gin Rummy and Wunchel (however that is spelled) had one, and Huey (presumably Granddad actually) had one too - you don't see the box, but you VERY clearly see the animated remotes. From the look of the remotes and the buttons, I think they had DVD units.

[packerowner]

http://www.ucomics.com/cathy/2006/02/14/

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ca/2006/ca060214.gif

[dr_mal]

Letterman again last night, after Regis Philbin quotes an entire conversation Letterman and Charles Grodin had had about Regis:

"When did you become a human TiVo?"

[Gregor]

Bet this gets some hits this weekend:

http://home.comcast.net/~gregorb/various/powerball.JPG

[SnakeEyes]

Numerous TiVo mentions by Samuel Jackson during Leno tonight. :)

[jsquid001]

It was mentioned in the Dancing With The Stars Results Show. One of the contestants used it to review his dancing.

[DCIFRTHS]

I didn't see this mentioned....

In the movie When A Stranger Calls*, the girl is being driven to her baby-sitting job, and she says she won't be bored if they have a TiVo.

*The new version (obviously) ;)

[morgantown]

In light of the free Starz preview (on DirecTV)

Scary Movie 3

Cute news girl to orphan kid "when you were born the doctor mistakenly cut off half your penis. Kid (eyes get big). News girl "But don't worry, that is on my list of things to fix after I get a few more important things taken care of...like getting a TiVo"

[JimSpence]

Today's Grand Avenue.
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/grandave/archive/grandave-20060219.html

[JimSpence]

Today's Ellen with Alyson Hannigan. Her DirecTV TiVo died and she called to get a replacement. They obviously sent an R15 because she described it as a big box with DVR on it and there is no TiVo guy. She's not happy about it.

[DianaMo]

Biggest Disappointment: Oh, No, It's TiVo! :eek:

By Rick Aristotle Munarriz (TMFBreakerRick)
February 24, 2006

In the spirit of the Winter Olympics, The Motley Fool is pitting companies against one another. The writers outline why their company should win, and our very own panel of judges decides the winner after a period of deliberation. This time, we hand out the hardware for the "Biggest Disappointment" category.

http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06022401.htm

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