The Official TiVo-Spotting Thread [Text View] - Page 4

bidger

02-25-2006, 02:06 PM

If you view the trailer for Disney's The Wild (http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/thewild/), look for the scene where the animals are in Time Square. You'll see an ABC logo to their left and if you look directly ahead in the next scene at the top of the biggest building you'll see a very familiar figure gyrating.

If you happen to have HDNet, there's a more clearly visible version on the "Nothing But Trailers" show currently airing.

megazone

02-25-2006, 05:49 PM

Today's Boondocks: http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2006/02/25/

TivoGeezer

03-01-2006, 07:59 AM

This is more of a "TiVo Con Reference" spotting. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

http://geoff0522.home.comcast.net/jenga.jpg

tazzftw

03-01-2006, 01:56 PM

Not sure if this was a first or not, but during a recent Wheel of Fortune, there was a TiVo logo on one of the cash values on the wheel, which usually means a $1000 gift tag, although no one landed on it.

newsposter

03-04-2006, 07:17 PM

3/2 on the office, dwight wanted to buy a tivo maybe

Fixer

03-04-2006, 09:38 PM

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned already (I searched for it):

Tripping the Rift, episode - Chode's Near Death Experience (http://www.tv.com/tripping-the-rift/chodes-near-death-experience/episode/523817/summary.html) (original air date: Oct 12, 2005)

The Devil and God are sitting in a bar in Purgatory, waiting for souls, when a "new soul alarm" goes off. The Devil turns on a view screen on which a rendering of Ellen Degeneres is seen. The Devil tells God that he's "TiVoing Ellen".

LOL ;)

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TivoGeezer

03-05-2006, 08:56 AM

Found on NPR: Why I'll TiVo the Oscars (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5237849)

newsposter

03-07-2006, 08:49 PM

simon on american idol just said he'd rewind mandisa on his tivo

tbeckner

03-08-2006, 03:39 AM

Boston Legal "Shock and Oww!" which aired this evening March 7, 2006, Denny Crane (William Shatner) about 55 minutes and 45 seconds into the program has a TiVo Peanut remote in his hand which he then uses to unpause a recorded program, which displays the standard TiVo playbar at the bottom of the screen.

jlb

03-08-2006, 10:06 AM

Does anyone think TiVO pays the writers of shows to have TiVO put into the scripts?

Hunter Green

03-08-2006, 01:17 PM

TiVoPony just commented on that recently. They don't have to. The shows come to them asking to be allowed to use the TiVo stuff.

bidger

03-08-2006, 02:19 PM

TiVoPony

03-08-2006, 03:22 PM

I really doubt that Disney just gave placement to TiVo in the film I referenced, HG. That's something I'm sure TiVo had to pay for and I'm sure you'll be seeing the trailer on your TiVo(s) before the premiere in April as part of that compensation.

Hunter Green is correct. People love TiVo, and we typically don't solicit (or pay) for any of the placements you see.

Pony

ZeoTiVo

03-08-2006, 03:49 PM

Hunter Green is correct. People love TiVo, and we typically don't solicit (or pay) for any of the placements you see.

Pony

getting to be a lot more of those placements as well. I would think a lot of hollywood types would have multiple DVR setups sicne their business is all about what is on the TV. The smart ones would have TiVo DVRs ;)

makes sense they would start writing it in to the scripts

Fixer

03-10-2006, 07:50 AM

getting to be a lot more of those placements as well.Actually, I'm willing to bet that a good bit of them are using the term as a "genericized trademark". "TiVo" slips off of the tongue a whole hell of a lot easier than "DVR". If the producers knew that they were giving free advertising to an actual company, I'm sure the practice would stop. In fact, I saw an episode of Live with Regis and Kelly where Gelman advises the two hosts to use the term "recorded" instead of "TiVoed".

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Hunter Green

03-25-2006, 05:19 PM

Real Life (http://www.reallifecomics.com/daily.php?strip_id=1633)

Image is too big for the forum software to display it. Dumb software. :)

JimSpence

03-26-2006, 02:13 PM

Too bad that Greg Dean doesn't understand that TiVos don't tape anything. :D
But, I'm sure he did this strip for the unknowing masses. :)

Hunter Green

03-27-2006, 09:44 AM

Aaaaauuugh, don't get me started on that again! Go beat up people who "write" with word processors and then come bug me. :D

ScottUrman

03-29-2006, 03:29 PM

here (http://www.ucomics.com/duplex/) talks about Tivoing the sunset. :)

ZeoTiVo

03-29-2006, 04:11 PM

Actually, I'm willing to bet that a good bit of them are using the term as a "genericized trademark". "TiVo" slips off of the tongue a whole hell of a lot easier than "DVR". If the producers knew that they were giving free advertising to an actual company, I'm sure the practice would stop. In fact, I saw an episode of Live with Regis and Kelly where Gelman advises the two hosts to use the term "recorded" instead of "TiVoed".

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actually I am willing to bet that a good many of them are using complimentary TiVo DVRs courtesy of TiVo. Good will from the studios and the ability for celebreties to talk about them make them the best marketing money spent.

And good for Gelman to kniow TiVo is not a verb.

ScottUrman

03-30-2006, 03:31 PM

Today's Unfit (http://www.comics.com/comics/unfit/) also mentions Tivo:

http://www.comics.com/comics/unfit/archive/images/unfit2006610630330.gif

Seems to be a rash of Tivo in comics lately...

hockeyinsd

03-30-2006, 03:42 PM

I don't often post here, but the other week I was watching a hockey game and a goal was under review. The broadcast went to a camera that was on the video replay officials, and sure enough, right on the bottom of the video replay screens were the tivo scroll bars. I've also seen video footage of the NHL control room in Toronto, and it is outfitted with tivos!

DCIFRTHS

03-30-2006, 09:39 PM

This week's House had a scene where House, and his friend were watching TV, and Season Pass was mentioned. A screen was shown that looked like a TiVo screen, but not one that I am used to. Maybe it was a Direct TV TiVo screen....

tbeckner

03-31-2006, 09:25 AM

This week's NBC Law and Order, about 1:42 into the program lead-in to the segment titled "Thinking Makes It So", as a person exists a room he turns around and says to a fellow worker, "Ah, and you should look into that TiVo thing. It'll change your life.".

And funny, even the Closed Caption had TiVo spelled with a capital V.

Funny thing, that is just what I tell everyone I know, "It'll change your life.".

Sirshagg

03-31-2006, 10:11 AM

Sirshagg

03-31-2006, 10:17 AM

Not sure what night it was (cuz I Tivo'd it) but this week Billy Crystal and Jay Leno were talking about Tivo on the Tonight Show.

Hunter Green

03-31-2006, 12:44 PM

And funny, even the Closed Caption had TiVo spelled with a capital V.

Wonder if that was done by our own trainman (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/member.php?u=2447). I'm sure he'd cap the V.

trainman

03-31-2006, 03:59 PM

Wonder if that was done by our own trainman (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/member.php?u=2447). I'm sure he'd cap the V.

I've been out of the captioning game for about 10 months now, and even if I still were a captioner, I probably wouldn't be working on "Law & Order."

But you're right that I definitely would capitalize the "V." :D

ScottUrman

03-31-2006, 04:57 PM

http://www.comics.com/comics/unfit/archive/images/unfit2006048851331.gif

tazzftw

04-04-2006, 09:40 PM

On the FSN Midwest Sports Report, Eckstein, a Florida alum, commented on not watching the championship game.

He said that he could only bring up one TiVo, and that the game "conflicted" with other shows, including Deal or No Deal, The Appretence, and "wrestling" (Monday Night Raw). He ending up recording wrestling, as it had a higher priority.

When this Dual Tuner comes out, we need to give Eckstein one.

annenoe

04-07-2006, 10:32 AM

On the episode with Tony Zinni: they're doing a series on "race in America" and one on the section w/ Rob Corddry, he plays a racist who feels he is being discrimated against. (This is a comedy in case you've never heard of it)

At the end of his piece, he shows a scrolling list of groups he hates. It starts off slow so you can read it, and the list is fairly obvious, then it speeds up so fast you can't read it.

Of course, we slowed it down to read each entry (which are very funny unless you are easily offended). It scrolls thru a bunch of people he hates, then one of the entries is "Tivo List Pauser". We just about fell out of our seats when we saw it. There we were, pausing the list with Tivo.

A bit later, the entry "Seriously, stop pausing this" goes by, followed by "What do think this is, Lost?" Followed by the Lost number set. We were howling...

If you're a Lost fan (as I am), you know that Tivo is a Lost Fan's best friend. We are forever pausing the play to try to get a closer look at the clues.

Enjoy,
anne

dtreese

04-07-2006, 10:38 AM

The other night on Love Line, Dr. Drew said he and his family "live by TiVo now."

On this week's South Park, Kyle recorded a controversial episode of Family Guy on TiVo. Had the sound effects & everything. It also reminded me of the South Park where Cartman filled his TiVo with history channel recordings & dumped it in a kiddie pool with himself in an attempt to initiate a flashback to 1776.

AntiPC

04-09-2006, 08:00 PM

It scrolls thru a bunch of people he hates, then one of the entries is "Tivo List Pauser". We just about fell out of our seats when we saw it. There we were, pausing the list with Tivo.They got me too on this one. Go to http://listpauser.com/ for a special message from Rob. :D

cwerdna

04-13-2006, 02:56 AM

From Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn at http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060412/UPDATE/604120432/1148/AUTO01

"Bland cookie-cutter designs undermine value as does price-dominated advertising," Ghosn said. "Permanent sales put us in the same category as mattresses and three-day suits.

“It doesn’t have to be this way. Customers love their Blackberries, TiVos and big screen TVs. We must ignite the passion of buyers not just with cars with 500 horsepower and 1G skid pad capability.”

Joeg180

04-14-2006, 09:24 AM

Last night during CSI, the grandfather complains to a Detective that he is interrupting his story: "I don't have one of those TiVo things"

ashu

04-14-2006, 12:18 PM

Are we even bothering to track/mention TiVo mentions on talk shows by celebrities any more? It's almost a requirement for Leno & Letterman guests now, apparently :)

ZeoTiVo

04-14-2006, 12:32 PM

Alpinemaps

04-14-2006, 10:19 PM

I just watched the 4/3 episode of Everwood. As Dr. Abbott and his daughter walk into their living room, he holds up a remote (non-peanut shaped), and you hear the signature TiVo sounds. Dr. Abbott mentions 'oh, isn't this TiVo great?' before mentioning the WB's 'Beauty and the Geek' show. (Both shows air on the WB)

While it was great to hear mention of TiVo, this is the second week in a row where there was some sort of product pitch by the characters, during the episode. The episode before, a character got a new car (which they mentioned by name), and then this week's mention of TiVo *and* a WB show during the same scene...

tazzftw

04-15-2006, 04:23 PM

Saw it on Wheel of Fortune again. Once again, no one got it.

Test

04-15-2006, 06:41 PM

Faith and Hope - just watched it - not sure when it was on ;)

he was watching TV and being interrupted by wife so he hits his remote and it does almost but not quite TiVo sounds. Remote is not a TiVo remote, though it could be a universal. No look at his TV screen.

haha cool i saw one where the father was watching tv and it was making the tivo sounds like he was looking for a recording....then asked kelly ripa why she recorded her show instead of his...

TechDreamer

04-17-2006, 04:51 AM

Saw a Humax DVD Recorder on the Sopranos on Sun the 16th.

mrjam2jab

04-19-2006, 09:40 AM

The Disney movie just out....The Wild....animals are walking thru Times Square and the Tivo character is doing his thing on one of the electric signs. I think its an actual sign.

Havana Brown

05-04-2006, 11:20 AM

Come on people, this one was easy. Katharine on American Idol talking about her wardrobe malfunction and people using their Tivos.

Hairking

05-04-2006, 11:36 AM

ESPN Kentucky Derby gate selection show. Mentioned that some event was a Tivo event because it was occurring at 5:30 AM

ashu

05-04-2006, 11:55 AM

Come on people, this one was easy. Katharine on American Idol talking about her wardrobe malfunction and people using their Tivos.

[OT]
There was a wardrobe malfunction on AI? Maybe I *will* have to reconsider my (very low) opinion of that show, after all ;)

jlb

05-04-2006, 12:34 PM

[OT]
There was a wardrobe malfunction on AI? Maybe I *will* have to reconsider my (very low) opinion of that show, after all ;)

Popped a button on her dress, allowing America to see her white panties.......er.....so I hear.....

trainman

05-04-2006, 03:20 PM

http://images.chron.com/apps/comics/images/2006/5/4/Archie.588.g.gif

Yeah, your "TV digital recorder." Sure, Jughead.

(Yes, I'm just as shocked as you are that the "Archie" comic strip is still in existence.)

ZeoTiVo

05-04-2006, 03:23 PM

terryfoster

05-05-2006, 10:06 AM

I was watching The Soup on E! when the "Delete Recording" prompt came up. I forget what they were talking about at the time though.

bidger

05-05-2006, 11:42 AM

It was the girl from "American Idol", the country girl who got booted last week, Terry.

zoma4

05-05-2006, 11:55 AM

Popped a button on her dress, allowing America to see her white panties.......er.....so I hear.....

They were yellow. ;)

Havana Brown

05-05-2006, 11:58 AM

They were yellow. ;)

eeeewwwww!!!!!!!!!!! :D

greg_burns

05-08-2006, 08:47 AM

Robin Williams made a joke about his "hard working Tivo" in RV.

ZeoTiVo

05-08-2006, 10:07 AM

in a law and order SVU episode
they were interviewing an old guy in an tenement whee a murder had happened.
The old guy was just a peripheral witness but clearly had a life outside the law and did not want to talk.

so he says -
"can you finish this? My shows are on and I don't have me no TiVo"

Einselen

05-10-2006, 11:54 PM

On House this week one of the characters asked House if he TiVos The L Word.

Test

05-11-2006, 06:31 PM

on G4 (tech tv) E3 coverage...

the co-host was cutting to commercial and told viewers to stick around and if your watching your TIVO, please dont FF someone paid a lot of money for these...OR something like that

erikbrowne

05-12-2006, 02:39 AM

Interview with Jane Kaczmarek of "Malcolm In the Middle" on TVGuide.com (http://www.tvguide.com/News/Insider/default.htm?rmDate=05122006):

Kaczmarek herself has been embracing the peace and quiet at home — although things could get a bit heated Sunday night as both her and her husband's (The West Wing star Bradley Whitford) series air their final episodes. "We have one television in our house, so we have the dilemma of which do you watch, and which do you TiVo," she says. "We've been leaning towards, of course, watching Malcolm and TiVoing The West Wing" — although the actress says she is torn about not having both shows digitally archived for posterity and repeat viewings. Advised that TiVo does make a unit that records two shows at once, she remarks, incredulously and intrigued, "You're kidding?! Maybe I can get one before the 14th!"

newsposter

05-13-2006, 12:30 PM

i think it's funny that people that apparently make a decent living only have 1 tv and the capability to only record one thing. And that they can't even get a dvd of their own show

Joeg180

05-19-2006, 08:58 AM

Not really a spotting, but, during Thursday's Early Show the winners of the Amazing Race state that they knew they had won because the TiVo'd the last episode and saw that they had won.

JimSpence

05-19-2006, 09:12 AM

Modified

newsposter

05-19-2006, 09:40 AM

c'mon tivo is easy to operate!!!

terryfoster

05-21-2006, 11:32 PM

TiVo was featured in the "Bango Was His Name-O" episode of Family guy. Not such an accurate portrayal of TiVo, but really funny none the less.

laneerg

05-22-2006, 09:52 AM

Spotted in a Cathy (May 22, 2006 ) cartoon. :) * I tried copying the cartoon, but it didn't work.

terryfoster

05-22-2006, 10:01 AM

^^^^^
http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ca/2006/ca060522.gif

tbeckner

05-27-2006, 12:16 AM

On House this week one of the characters asked House if he TiVos The L Word.Actually it was Dr Wilson who asked Dr House in the 5/9/2006 "Forever" episode as they where leaving the hospital, "You TiVo The L Word?", at about 56 minutes and 33 seconds into the recording.

Although, I have to say that the "Now Playing" screen of Dr House's DVR looks nothing like a TiVo, because it was shown on a previous episode, and the "Now Showing" was full of SpongeBob, The OC, and the New Yankee Workshop.

Einselen

05-27-2006, 12:46 AM

Actually it was Dr Wilson who asked Dr House in the 5/9/2006 "Forever" episode as they where leaving the hospital, "You TiVo The L Word?", at about 56 minutes and 33 seconds into the recording.

Although, I have to say that the "Now Playing" screen of Dr House's DVR looks nothing like a TiVo, because it was shown on a previous episode, and the "Now Showing" was full of SpongeBob, The OC, and the New Yankee Workshop.

Wow way to get it down to the exact timing. I have noticed as I now have time to watch House, on my schedule, that Tivo is mentioned a good amount in the show.

I see Tivo alot like I see Coke being used. When someone wants a soda usually they use the word Coke even if Pepsi is what is only offered (good example is resturants) same with Tivo, Tivo is the general words for most DVR even if it isnt a Tivo.

Stylin

05-27-2006, 09:54 PM

Oprah show with 2 members of "Grey's Anatomy" cast. Towards end of interview, they were discussing the show moving to a new night and the male Dr. said "not everyone can afford to have a tivo" (so now they won't miss the show)...

cwerdna

06-13-2006, 03:34 AM

Tivo got several minutes on Cramer's Mad Money last night. I better not say anymore since stock talk is prohibited here.

dmdeane

06-19-2006, 08:44 PM

I have autorecord Wishlists for anything with TiVo in the title or subject. Recorded an episode of Greater Boston last week (PBS, Channel 2) which had a segment (maybe 10-20 minutes; I wasn't counting) about TiVo and its impact on the advertising industry; pretty standard stuff for anyone who is familiar with the topic, nothing new (basically a discussion with some local people in the TV advertising business), but still interesting. I don't know how often they repeat old episodes but if you are in the Boston area you could probably catch a repeat using a Wishlist for "TiVo" or a Season Pass for Greater Boston.

megazone

06-22-2006, 03:09 AM

Huh, I had a Keyword wishlist for 'TiVo' and it didn't pick that up for me. It has picked up other things though. Huh.

DCIFRTHS

06-22-2006, 06:01 AM

Letterman had TiVo in one of the Top Ten items last night. I can;t recall what the Top Ten list was about though :o

dr_mal

06-22-2006, 11:10 AM

Top Ten Questions To Ask Yourself Before Having Sex With A Robot

8. "Would the robot be up for a threesome with the TiVo?"

jlb

06-22-2006, 12:25 PM

mentioned on Opie and Anthony this morning....can't remember the context though.......

mallpig

06-22-2006, 05:44 PM

Ouch... guy from CIO magazine today on NECN referred to "pulling a TiVo" - as in people thinking something's cool, but not using it. Let's hope that doesn't make it into popular speech.

dmdeane

06-23-2006, 05:25 PM

Huh, I had a Keyword wishlist for 'TiVo' and it didn't pick that up for me. It has picked up other things though. Huh.
I had two TiVos with the keyword TiVo wishlist on autorecord; one recorded it, the other did not. The wishlists were pretty low on my Season Pass Manager, too.

ashu

06-23-2006, 07:20 PM

Ouch... guy from CIO magazine today on NECN referred to "pulling a TiVo" - as in people thinking something's cool, but not using it. Let's hope that doesn't make it into popular speech.

Ironic.
Isn't 'pulling a CIO mag' equivalent to being uncool AND unused? ;)

JimSpence

06-28-2006, 08:45 AM

'nough said!

lessd

06-28-2006, 09:10 PM

TiVo is mentioned in the new movie Click

pdhenry

06-28-2006, 09:20 PM

TiVo is mentioned in the new movie ClickWell, I should hope so. I suspect that the concept was developed by a TiVo owner.

DCIFRTHS

06-29-2006, 01:16 AM

Well, I should hope so. I suspect that the concept was developed by a TiVo owner.

Actually I think it's just a modern movie (that stars a horrible comic) about an old story. The old one took place with a watch that stopped time.

Hunter Green

06-29-2006, 12:31 PM

The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything, you mean?

dr_mal

06-29-2006, 02:41 PM

Simpsons Comics #119: mob guy is burying a dead body while watching a TV hooked up to a very long extension cord. Tells the mob boss "If we had TiVo, we could watch this show later"

jlb

06-29-2006, 04:46 PM

This is an overall SMEEK, but not really for me.......

Just started watching the reruns of Boston Legal. Hadn't watched since the days of "The Practice" way back when.

Watched an ep last night and saw that Denny Crane has a TiVo.

Cool!

dmdeane

06-29-2006, 09:10 PM

Actually I think it's just a modern movie (that stars a horrible comic) about an old story. The old one took place with a watch that stopped time.Right, but a TiVo remote lets you speed up time or slow it down (or, to use the full analogy, to reverse time as well) whereas the watch just stopped time and didn't do anything else.

Of course you don't need to be a TiVo owner to think of this; VCR remotes have been doing something similar for decades. The TiVo remote does tend to be the cream of the crop in this department, though.

DCIFRTHS

06-30-2006, 02:42 AM

alansplace

06-30-2006, 03:00 AM

The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything, you mean?I'm not 100% sure. The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything was a TV show, wasn't it? I think the idea was also a Twilight Zone (the original) too.it was a fantasy novel by John D. MacDonald that was made into a 2-hour tv movie in 1980 but was aired in many markerts as a short series of five half-hour programs.
--
Alan :D

Hunter Green

06-30-2006, 01:00 PM

Stories about stopping time go back way before the Twilight Zone; I was just wondering if that's the one DCIFRTHS had in mind.

tbeckner

07-07-2006, 03:04 AM

On TNT Monday 7/3/2006, on the series "Saved" in the episode "Fog", about 44:57 into the program "Bill, the homeless man" asks "They got, uh, TiVo?" in response to an offer of a night in a real bed with Cable TV in an apartment.

DianaMo

07-12-2006, 03:49 PM

Has anyone here checked out the Wiki page for Tivo?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivo

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Also see...

http://dmoz.org/Bookmarks/D/dianamo/Tivo/

megazone

07-15-2006, 02:53 AM

Has anyone here checked out the Wiki page for Tivo?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TivoIf you check out the update history for the page, you'll see that I have. ;-)

Havana Brown

07-17-2006, 01:44 PM

On last week's So You Think You Can Dance Nigel Lithgow was talking about the dances of the previous week. He said the techinique was awful and if anyone had Tivo'd it they could see it.

Frankenstien

08-17-2006, 10:12 AM

TiVo appears in the slideshow with mention of the S3.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2006/digital.world/interactive/gallery.horizon.tech/frameset.exclude.html

pdhenry

08-17-2006, 10:55 AM

I've seen some ads for the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner where TiVo is mentioned.

Comedian whose name escapes me says something to the effect "I tried to TiVo TJ Hooker and it suggested that I (expleitive) myself."

weymo

08-19-2006, 12:31 AM

Glenn Beck made mention of TiVo in his tirade today on CNNh when referring to Patsy Ramsey sending messages from beyond the grave to investigators who needed reminding that the killer is still on the loose. :eek:

jlb

08-21-2006, 08:48 AM

So my wife and I took our daughter to see the new Hilary & Halie Duff movie, Material Girls, this weekend (it was good.....er.....according to my daughter).

Anyways, there's a scene where Hilary's character is at a desk, on a laptop, with the TV on the background. I turn to my wife and say "that's a TiVo Peanut Remote". Then Hilary picks it up and starts scrolling through some (apparently) mocked up TiVo screens. Apparently, her dead father recorded a bunch of stuff and the girls just can't part (delete) with the programs.

Now the best part, is the following scene, spoilered just in case......

The girls accidentally start a fire in their mansion. And they start to run for their lives when Hilary yells "Daddy's TiVo". She runs back into the room where they started the fire so she could "go save Daddy's TiVo".

So, I guess that scene is what really made the movie for me! LOL!

classicX

08-21-2006, 09:19 AM

...Material Girls...

The disclaimer saved you.

TivoGeezer

08-24-2006, 07:09 AM

http://geoff0522.home.comcast.net/Images/blondie.jpg

Popasmurf

08-24-2006, 08:50 AM

Darn! You beat me to it! :)

http://geoff0522.home.comcast.net/Images/blondie.jpg

TivoGeezer

08-30-2006, 08:02 AM

http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2003053860830.gif

Havana Brown

09-05-2006, 02:58 PM

On yesterday's Ellen Show she said that her show was changed to a different time period in NY. She said that people should quit their jobs . . . . or tivo it.

I may be smeeking here, but in an old Monk show (I still have about 20 to catch up on) the Captain's wife had temporarily kicked him out and he was staying with Monk. He of course was going crazy and his Lt. said "you can always stay with me, I have a spare bedroom . . . and tivo."

tally

09-05-2006, 08:33 PM

Just saw a commercial for the premier of the new series Standoff where the lead character (played by Ron Livingston) says "We're pretty sure Ali intends to blow the place up on live tv, better TiVo value."

newsposter

09-06-2006, 09:30 AM

in an interview with Ms Davis (CiC president), she states she tivos 24 so she can talk to keifers dad about it

tally

09-06-2006, 11:24 AM

Rosie O'Donnell on "The View" just said that TiVo was the greatest invention of the last 10 years and then gave an 80hr dual tuner unit to everyone in the audience.

DianaMo

09-12-2006, 11:15 AM

From today's Chicago Tribune...

Dual-tuner TiVo focuses on high-definition programs

By Eric Gwinn
Published September 12, 2006

TiVo on Tuesday unveiled its first HD-compatible product, a dual-tuner recorder that captures 32 hours of high-definition programming or up to 300 hours of standard-definition programming.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/chi-0609120202sep12,1,3812523.column

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/chi-0609120202sep12,1,3812523.column?coll=chi-ent_tv-hed

Dmon4u

09-12-2006, 08:36 PM

PC Magazine S3

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2014569,00.asp

Editor Rating - Very Good

The Complete Review: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2014608,00.asp

A Video Review by Robert Heron: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2014570,00.asp

newsposter

09-13-2006, 09:20 AM

big brother finale...boogie said he'd go home and watch the tivo of.........I forget what

annenoe

09-13-2006, 03:40 PM

Daily Show - the one w/ Gary Hart, original air date 9/12 (BTW, one of the funniest Daily Shows I've seen in a while).

Talking about getting ready to watch CSI and CBS and then he sees this: (and he cuts to a screen shot of ABC Special Report). Then acknowledging that yes, it was a screen shot from ABC but it was the only thing they recorded on tivo.

DianaMo

09-27-2006, 05:04 PM

TECH Q&A column...

Q: I can usually record everything from my TiVO onto DVD, but the recorder refuses to allow me to record anything from HBO! Are they encoding their broadcast?

Read the answer here. (scroll down a bit to find it.)

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/technology/15608244.htm

ScottUrman

09-27-2006, 07:16 PM

http://www.pvponline.com/images/2871.gif

trainman

09-30-2006, 10:02 PM

pdhenry

09-30-2006, 10:32 PM

NPR's Car Talk - During the weekly puzzler, Click & Clack (the Tappet brothers, aka Tom & Ray Magliozzi) usually openly solicit bribes from the respondents. This week their request was for a Series 3 (thoroughly and well described by them).

DianaMo

10-05-2006, 02:52 PM

TiVo tyranny is the latest in self-loathing

By Meghan Daum
Los Angeles Times
Published October 5, 2006

With the fall TV season under way, televisions with digital recorders are probably sagging under the weight of even more must-see programs that undoubtedly will be recorded but never watched.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0610050029oct05,1,3935424.story

windracer

10-16-2006, 10:12 PM

In the latest episode of Robot Chicken ("Sausage Fest") during an X-Men sketch, Professor X is asking the X-Men: "Oh, is it okay if I delete 'Real World: Road Rules Challenge' off the TiVo because it's been a ..."

Havana Brown

10-17-2006, 01:45 PM

I forgot to look for this post last week, when during several shows there was a tivo spotting. The only one I can remember right now is Ghost Whisperer, where Melinda ask someone if they have a date, and she answered, no just me and my Tivo.

bpurcell

10-17-2006, 05:29 PM

In a senate debate on Meet the Press between, I think, Iowa Senate candidates, the Republican candidate was asked about his vote on the Iraq war. He said (paraphrased), "You can't just Tivo your vote and press rewind".

newsposter

10-24-2006, 06:00 PM

10/20 law and order: Thank God for Tivo when a woman showed them the guy that was just killed

ashu

10-24-2006, 06:14 PM

A new Target ad features two cool devices they stock ... a Logitech notebook screen mountable webcam, and a TiVo (with a mini KidZone spiel).

Very slick ad. Was on during Heroes last night, and I saw it because I don't have a smooth-skipping S3 yet (Adelphia HD DVR) ;) Ironic, eh?

dmdeane

10-25-2006, 03:39 AM

New episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. They don't have a TiVo so Meatwad uses his memory and a pair of sockpuppets to replay the TV.
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4514322#post4514322

Aqua Teen Hunger Force - 10/22 "Dickesode"

Quit dicking around and share your thoughts with the newest episode. If you missed it you can watch it for free at adultswimfix.com

Meatwad:"We ain't got TiVo."

Havana Brown

10-25-2006, 01:49 PM

This week's CSI Miami. Callie is in the lab and she's trying to figure out something technical. She turns to another CSI and says, hey, it took me a week to hook up my Tivo.

etz

10-25-2006, 01:59 PM

Gilmore Girls on 10/24/06. Lorelei is trying to play a song using the various blips and bongs that come from the TiVo using the peanut remote.

TomJHansen

10-25-2006, 06:43 PM

There are two or three scenes where customers are holding Tivo's in the checkout line - and one scene where they need help in the electronic department and you can see a Tivo setup on the shelf.

windracer

10-25-2006, 08:29 PM

On Monday's "Don and Mike Show," Don was talking about how he uses TiVo WishLists to find pr0n on DirecTV. :D

DianaMo

10-27-2006, 01:27 PM

TiVo to Offer Online Services
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3694

DianaMo

10-31-2006, 04:29 PM

Preaching Past TiVo
Do you tell the whole truth to people who want only certain parts?

Heard the latest disorder? Something called TiVo Tyranny. It's the burden of having recorded too many TV shows and now finding there's no way you're going to be able to watch them all. Though TiVo® is supposed to be a convenience that frees us up, it has produced its own overstuffed feeling. When people gorge on entertainment, can they attune themselves to sermons containing words of life?

Read entire article at:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/2006/003/12.57.html

Einselen

11-17-2006, 05:48 PM

This thread has not been updated for awhile.

However on last night's CSI (Thur) I think the title was Happenstance there was a Tivo remote on the bed side table of Jill's room. No reference to Tivo, but still had the remote as a prop.

annenoe

11-17-2006, 07:50 PM

Today on Oprah (I don't normally watch but happened to catch cast of Grey's Anatomy, which I like). The Meredith character was trying to distract her real-life boyfriend from watching the show last night b/c of a steamy hot tub scene w/ Dr. Shepard. He mentioned they were missing the show but said it was OK because it was being "tivo'd".

TivoGeezer

12-02-2006, 08:03 AM

http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/rudypark/archive/images/rudypark2006121018002.gif

trainman

12-02-2006, 08:40 PM

Here in Los Angeles, NBC affiliate KNBC has a local show called "Your L.A."

Their 5-second station ID promo for it has the following voiceover: "'Your L.A.,' weekdays at noon on NBC 4. Set your TiVo."

Apparently, not enough people were heeding the announcer's advice, so they upgraded the promo:

http://www.ellwanger.tv/images/misc/setyourtivo.jpg

I've also noticed that they're now using the TiVoMatic -- uh, I mean iPreview icon technology during their local news promos.

newsposter

01-21-2007, 10:06 AM

last night madtv had a "tvio" now playing list of the prez and tom cruise...they even changed the bong sound...maybe trying to avoid copyright stuff?

DianaMo

02-01-2007, 02:27 PM

TiVo taking on Nielsen with new ratings statistics

TiVo is now launching a service called StopWatch which offers data on the programming and viewing habits of TiVo customers, including that all important time shifted data. The time shifted data is what advertisers and TV networks are really concerned with at the moment.

http://www.pvrwire.com/2007/01/31/tivo-taking-on-nielsen-with-new-ratings-statistics/

etz

02-01-2007, 09:40 PM

The janitor guy on Scrubs was reviewing his list of things to do on his PDA or phone. One item was to TiVo 'Crossing Over w/John Edwards'.

windracer

02-05-2007, 09:23 PM

In tonight's "How I Met Your Mother" before heading out to a funeral on Superbowl Sunday, the gang prays to their TiVo while holding a peanut remote.

My wife is using the TiVo right now, so I'll try and post the prayer later. :)

edit: and here it is:

"Quiet Prayer to the TiVo Gods"

Almighty TiVo
We thank you for all the gifts you have given us:
The power to freeze live TV to go take a leak is nothing short of god-like
And let's not forget fast-forwarding through commercials.

It seems greedy to ask anything more from you,
O magic box
But if you malfunction and miss the Super Bowl
We will destroy you in the alley with baseball bats

Amen

:D

Mikala

02-05-2007, 10:41 PM

The OC. While Summer Roberts is watching the news she pauses it and you hear the Tivo sound, she continues the show and Tivo sound again. The only bummber...when they show the screen on pause, no Tivo green bar. The sound threw me off...thought my Tivo was malfunctioning!

ashu

02-05-2007, 10:47 PM

(in response to windracer)
Ha ha - darned unspoilerized ... spoil!

And in other 'news', I hosted my first ever Superbowl party for my colleagues. The S3 was a HIT!

Whaaat? I thought that was news-worthy!

02-06-2007, 03:05 AM

In tonight's "How I Met Your Mother" before heading out to a funeral on Superbowl Sunday, the gang prays to their TiVo while holding a peanut remote.

I came here to see if someone has posted this yet. :)

windracer

02-06-2007, 08:14 AM

(in response to windracer)
Ha ha - darned unspoilerized ... spoil!
Sorry, it didn't occur to me to spoilerize that!

newsposter

02-06-2007, 06:18 PM

on madtv they did a skit and they guy said i'm going tivo..meaning in slo mo

vikingchris

02-10-2007, 10:22 AM

This was particularly funny since our Tivo's are named Minor God 1, Minor God 2 and Minor God 3.

In tonight's "How I Met Your Mother" before heading out to a funeral on Superbowl Sunday, the gang prays to their TiVo while holding a peanut remote.

My wife is using the TiVo right now, so I'll try and post the prayer later. :)

edit: and here it is:

"Quiet Prayer to the TiVo Gods"

Almighty TiVo
We thank you for all the gifts you have given us:
The power to freeze live TV to go take a leak is nothing short of god-like
And let's not forget fast-forwarding through commercials.

It seems greedy to ask anything more from you,
O magic box
But if you malfunction and miss the Super Bowl
We will destroy you in the alley with baseball bats

Amen

:D

HomeThtrLA

02-10-2007, 01:50 PM

An episode of Family Guy had them at the Quahog Circuit Shack where a salesman pointed out the TiVo, then used the TiVo remote to fast forward the sales pitch and get them to the register in about ten clicks. Very TiVoid.

leon999

02-10-2007, 03:44 PM

During a timeout at the Super Bowl, Phil Simms said he was pretty p.o.'d to discover that his shiny new Series 3 didn't come with some of the fundamental features of a Series 2, such as a deleted folder, and that he was getting tired of hearing from Tivo folks that 8.1 was just "weeks away."

Oh. Sorry. I guess I just dreamed that.

Never mind.

Cruzin Chris

02-10-2007, 06:22 PM

Patton Oswalt did a stand-up bit about his TiVo thinking he was gay, by recording mens figure skating. He also worked that bit into his characters role on King Of Queens.

jmmeij

02-12-2007, 02:29 AM

on Jeopardy teen tournament one of the questions was about TiVo

ddelora

02-14-2007, 06:51 PM

Pottery Barn catalogs usually have a Tivo in the Media cabinets they show....

Jazhuis

02-17-2007, 12:31 AM

A suspiciously-familiar looking device appears in the latest Order of the Stick comic:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0415.html

(...attached to the main villians' widescreen crystal ball. Okay, very geek humor, but hey...)

bpurcell

02-17-2007, 12:41 AM

On the new Sam and Max adventure games, Episode 3, Sam has a death scene where he says, roughly, "...Please remember to TiVo Dukes of Hazard for me...".

newsposter

02-20-2007, 06:58 PM

what about brian...dont touch my tivo! for the one guy that moved in

trainman

02-20-2007, 07:57 PM

Note the name of the new character in "Dick Tracy"...

http://www.ellwanger.tv/images/misc/dicktracy20070220.gif

ZeoTiVo

03-21-2007, 11:53 PM

Old Christine's TiVo is broken :eek:

In "New Adventures of old Christine" in walks her ex and reminds her to vote (in actual election.) She says "you can not vote yet as she is watching American Idol and they are not done singing yet. you dumb@ss"

ex says - "no I mean in real election, you dumb@ss"

she says she can't "cause she is watching Idol".
He says "TiVo it"

she says "I can't the TiVo is broken. we are watching this live like animals"

newsposter

03-22-2007, 09:26 AM

i think supernatural had tivo in last week....

TivoGeezer

05-09-2007, 10:25 AM

http://geoff0522.home.comcast.net/Images/BlondieTivo.jpg

dcahoe

05-09-2007, 01:27 PM

Last week on Ellen she gave everyone in the studio audience a free TiVo. They showed a stack of TiVo boxes on a pallet. I couldn't tell exactly what model they were, but they were definitely Series 2 (yellow boxes) and not Series 3. Probably the new dual tuner model, but perhaps just older single tuner 540 models.

DianaMo

05-18-2007, 07:57 PM

TiVo to expand Internet search capabilities

BY DAVID LIEBERMAN GANNETT NEWS SERVICE

The DVR pioneer's system, called Universal Swivel Search, will let its subscribers who like a TV show or movie search for other programs they might like based on elements in common, including the title, actors and subject matter -- as well as suggestions from other fans.

"It's like having all the answers to a television trivia game right in front of you," CEO Tom Rogers says.

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070518/BUSINESS/705180340/1003

Article also mentions Comcast & Cox cable's plans to add Tivo software as a premium upgrade on their DVRs.

morac

05-18-2007, 08:49 PM

In the trailer for Bee Movie (http://movies.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=movies&cdn=entertainment&tm=6&f=10&su=p532.0.400.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//movies.aol.com/movie/bee-movie/22560/main) the character mentions TiVo "freezing live TV" is "insane". He then mentions that bees have "HiVo". It's at the end of the trailer.

windracer

06-21-2007, 02:32 PM

At the tail end of the latest "Ask a Ninja" podcast (episode #45), the Ninja says:

"Yo momma's so dumb it takes her an hour to watch 60 minutes ... because she doesn't TiVo it and skip the commercials."

:D

MickeS

08-13-2007, 05:04 PM

jlb

09-07-2007, 04:23 PM

In the August issue of CFO magazine there is an article on NASCAR.

http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/9565003/c_9572331

The following is the section which mentions TiVo:

Tivo-Proof
The number of corporations willing to pay big money to sponsor stock-car racing teams appears to be dwindling, thanks in part to troubled business sectors. In March, for example, besieged mortgage lender Ameriquest withdrew its sponsorship of Roush Fenway's No. 16 car, driven by Greg Biffle, two years before the contract was up.

While the powerful Roush Fenway team will no doubt find a sponsor for Biffle's ride, corporate boosters appear to be holding the line on their investments. This is understandable. Primary sponsorships are getting pricey, now between $15 million and $20 million. Even lower-profile sponsors, so-called major associates, pay anywhere from $2 million to $4 million to put a decal on the rear deck lid of a stock car.

Until recently, backing a Nascar team was one of the best buys in marketing. A corporate logo emblazoned on the hood and trunk of a race car is perfect product placement — "Tivo-proof" is how one racing executive puts it. In fact, sports-marketing specialist Joyce Julius & Associates reckons all sponsors involved in Nascar's top series, the Nextel Cup, received $5.2 billion in TV exposure last year. That's up 353 percent from 1997.

But with Nascar's television numbers dipping — down 12 percent from 2005 — sponsors are getting less mileage out of their investments. (TV ratings for other pro sports are falling, too.) Not surprisingly, sponsors are becoming more selective. "There's a lot of competition for sponsors right now," says Larry DeGaris, president of sports-marketing firm Sponsorship Research & Strategy. "Teams are going to be selling against each other."

That will be hard on smaller racing outfits, particularly one-car teams. Once the dominant force in the sport, these small shops are finding it increasingly difficult to attract corporate funding. Of the nearly 50 drivers currently on the Nextel Cup series drivers list, only 7 are employed by single-car operators.

windracer

09-07-2007, 04:37 PM

In the new "Finding Nemo: The Musical" show at Disney's Animal Kingdom park, one of the names Dori (the forgetful blue tang) calls Nemo is "TiVo."

Jeshimon

09-18-2007, 01:21 AM

Personally, I feel that it is ridiculous for them to remove the towers from TV shows.
Yes, there was a huge tragedy with the towers, but that is no reason to erase it from history.

Edit: Whoa, I didn't even finish reading your post, but I said almost the same thing you did. lol Freaky!!!
Gotta love revisionist history...

Jeshimon

09-18-2007, 01:33 AM

Jeshimon

09-18-2007, 01:44 AM

In the eighth season of Charmed I believe the name of the episode is 'Repo Manor', Phoebe is packing to move out and something like, 'I think this is my TiVo, it has all my season passes on it', indicating they have more than one.

barbeedoll

09-18-2007, 10:57 AM

I loved the way they did this--for anyone watching the background of the show, it made it look like Monica and Chandler got a TiVo, then Chandler told Joey about it, so *he* got a TiVo and since Rachel was living with him at the time, she got to benefit from it and told her father about it.
I think I remember a Friends episode where Ross was watching figure skating, so the Tivo decided he was gay and kept using the Suggestions to record all sorts of gay programming. Pretty funny.

Barbeedoll

mr.unnatural

09-18-2007, 02:53 PM

The husband and wife trying to conceive on HBO's "Tell Me You Love Me" were watching Tivo right before the wife decided to give him a hand job in front of the camera. :eek: Now that was a Tivo moment. ;)

tampa5000

09-19-2007, 12:43 PM

vertical blue lines on screen when on Live TV

appleye1

09-20-2007, 01:57 AM

In the 9/11 episode of Damages, Glenn Close's character is trying to set up a recording of Greta Van Susteren on her Tivo, but is having a terrible time doing it. It's just too complicated for her poor little lawyer mind. She's frustrated, she keeps punching buttons, you hear all kinds of bleeping and blooping, she ends up deleting her husband's favorite show. Finally her husband takes the remote from her and sets up the recording in about 3 button presses.

I can't decide if that was a favorable Tivo sighting or not. :(

JacksTiVo

09-24-2007, 08:04 AM

The Sept. 23 HBO episode (repeated all week) of "Tell Me You Love Me" (HBO website: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbo.com%2Ftellme%2F&ei=KaX3RuqROpuSiwGXyoyDDA&usg=AFQjCNE-orCm2Cm00jROQa7vZ_Qyb6r9aA&sig2=PcodxsjlEtMWs-VIem6qYw)
had two TiVo spottings. The wife of one couple was having a heated discussion and she was using the TiVo peanut remote at the same time. You hear the beeps in the background.

The best one is another couple who were celebrating their wedding anniversary and the wife gives the husband a new TiVo wrapped in gift wrapping. He unwraps it and is overwhelmed with joy. After she returns from her shower, he is sitting on the bed and is holding the TiVo unit with the guide book in his hands while he excitedly starts explaining to her one of the functions. In fact, he is more interested in the new TiVo then her and she leaves the bedroom in disgust. Wow, TiVo is better than sex, what a great new advertising strategy.

renkablue

09-24-2007, 08:43 AM

Entertainment Tonight - Hillary Clinton was asked what TV program she liked and she responded that she Tivo's Grey's Anatomy all the time

richsadams

09-24-2007, 02:26 PM

kmill14

09-24-2007, 02:51 PM

Best Buy has a new TV commercial out where a couple lists a number of items regarding their home entertainment needs. One of those items listed off (in rapid succession) was Tivo. Its easy to miss, but Tivo is definitely mentioned when you listen for it.

richsadams

09-24-2007, 03:44 PM

<snip> The best one is another couple who were celebrating their wedding anniversary and the wife gives the husband a new TiVo wrapped in gift wrapping. He unwraps it and is overwhelmed with joy. After she returns from her shower, he is sitting on the bed and is holding the TiVo unit with the guide book in his hands while he excitedly starts explaining to her one of the functions. In fact, he is more interested in the new TiVo than her and she leaves the bedroom in disgust. Wow, TiVo is better than sex, what a great new advertising strategy. And…

From a man's POV: TiVo never asks if you will love it forever.

From a woman's POV: TiVo never rolls over and goes to sleep when you're finished at night.

From anyone's POV: Nothing is better than sex. TiVo is better than nothing. Therefore, TiVo is better than sex!

;)

ZeoTiVo

09-24-2007, 04:52 PM

GoHokies!

09-25-2007, 09:39 PM

House, Season 4 premeire.

I won't spoil it, since I'm sure that it's still in a bunch of folks now playing list.

The only thing that was missing was Wilson saying "But I have a "recently deleted folder, you fool!"...

09-25-2007, 09:45 PM

I won't spoil it, since I'm sure that it's still in a bunch of folks now playing list.

or To Do List. :)

GoHokies!

09-25-2007, 09:59 PM

Silly time zones! :D

This season is going to be a good one.

DCIFRTHS

09-26-2007, 06:00 AM

richsadams

09-26-2007, 10:19 AM

I haven't seen this one posted yet, and I actually snapped a pic of it for all to see. I was going to host the pic, but fearing copyright laws :eek: (seriously) I did a quick search to see if it was hosted by CL himself. Anyway...

I paused at the end of The Big Bang Theory, and found out that TiVo was actually the brainchild of Chuck Lorre (http://www.chucklorre.com/index.php?p=182) :eek:Ha! Good stuff...and funny! :up:

Noted that Jon Stewart mentioned TiVo on Monday's Daily Show. It's not the first time of course. In fact it's almost in passing now...as if everyone knows what TiVo is and obviously has one. I can imagine how many Comcast DVR couples look at one another and smile...knowing that they have "TiVo"...just as the recording stops in the middle of the program. ;)

Dawny

09-27-2007, 03:01 AM

Colbert Report tonight in "The Word" segment--

Colbert is ranting on advertising, including NBC's new NBC Direct Download--free shows including commercials you can't fast forward through. Colbert says "NBC's new plan has only one flaw"
and on the screen appear the words: "Doesn't De-invent TiVo". lol!

erikwurz

09-27-2007, 11:55 AM

Watched this new HBO series. The program is loaded with Tivo. In fact the one husband receives a new Tivo from his wife for their anniversary. Wow, she is a great wife!

Dawny

09-27-2007, 03:31 PM

erikwurz- What a great title for your first post! :)

erikwurz

09-27-2007, 07:37 PM

Can't take much credit for it, it was the title of the show and all... :)

Dawny

09-28-2007, 10:52 AM

Can't take much credit for it, it was the title of the show and all... :)

Well, I bet you added the smiley!!! :D

zand94

09-28-2007, 04:41 PM

Ageed...may not be a "favorite" as it made TiVo look like it was hard to use...for uber smart women at least. ;) Also noticed that the SFX (bleeps and boops) weren't actually all TiVo SFX.

I agree with ya - actually i was thinking "old batteries" as i have that problem when my batteries are about ready to die! I was a bit upset that they didnt use the TiVo sounds as it's one of the easiest ways to recognize our favorite toy :)

windracer

11-14-2007, 09:15 PM

Lots of TiVo mentions in tonight's episode of "'Til Death" including actual sound effects and an argument over a deleted show. Guess they didn't have the Recently Deleted folder yet. :)

richsadams

11-15-2007, 12:35 AM

Two and A Half men this week (what night is it on? I have no idea when TV shows air anymore :)) Mr. Waffles episode.

Charlie drags Allen and Jake out of bed to watch an infomercial for a CD by Charlie's alter ego, child song writer/star Mr. Waffles, at 5 a.m. After a bleary-eyed look at it Jake asks if this isn't something Charlie could have "TiVoed".

Honorable mention.

11-15-2007, 01:37 AM

Guess they didn't have the Recently Deleted folder yet. :)

That would not have helped because the space was needed to record another show.

It's not a show I watch, but I had to watch it because of your message. :)

morac

11-25-2007, 08:57 PM

On tonight's Simpson's Homer goes to buy batteries but ends up buying a TiVo (with 2 year contract) since the batteries came free with it. :)

They then go on and on about how wonderful it is to skip commercials until Keith Olbermann convinces her that skipping commercials is evil so she ends up watching all commercials which then leads them into the main story line (that has nothing to do with TiVo).

mtchamp

11-25-2007, 10:18 PM

I saw that giant TiVo commercial opening up The Simpsons tonight. I had to watch it more than once. It was really, really good, as if it was a paid product placement. Was this a brand new episode? I think it was because it had Happy Thanksgiving in it.

11-26-2007, 01:45 AM

On tonight's Simpson's Homer goes to buy batteries but end up buying a TiVo (with 2 year contract) since the batteries came free with it. :)

Another program recorded and watched because of this thread. Thanks!

bobharp

11-26-2007, 09:19 AM

windracer

11-26-2007, 10:03 AM

It was really, really good, as if it was a paid product placement.
I wonder, was it? I mean, they had the orange TiVo box, the peanut remote (except it was white), etc. That was the biggest/longest TiVo mention I have seen in a while (that wasn't actually an ad).

When Marge is FF'ing through the commercials, use slo mo ... there's a lot of good caps from old episodes in there. :)

richsadams

11-26-2007, 10:37 AM

On tonight's Simpson's Homer goes to buy batteries but end up buying a TiVo (with 2 year contract) since the batteries came free with it. :)

They then go on and on about how wonderful it is to skip commercials until Keith Olbermann convinces her that skipping commercials is evil so she ends up watching all commercials which then leads them into the main story line (that has nothing to do with TiVo).Do you happen to know the name of the episode? We missed it and I took a look, but can't determine which episode it is.

Thanks for the tip! :up:

windracer

11-26-2007, 10:48 AM

Do you happen to know the name of the episode?
Funeral for a Fiend.

richsadams

11-26-2007, 10:55 AM

Funeral for a Fiend. :up: :up: :)

No upcoming episodes. :( Guess it'll have to go on a Wishlist.

fergie8

12-21-2007, 11:51 AM

This is not my favorite comic, but that's not what this thread is about, is it? :rolleyes:

Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! (http://www.comicspage.com/brewster/brewster.html)
Select 12/20/2007 from the Archive

Or if you feel lucky, take the short cut via
Brewster Rockit, 12/20/2007
(http://www.tmsfeatures.com/tmsfeatures/servlet/com.featureserv.util.Download?file=20071220csbre-a-p.jpg&code=csbre)

richsadams

12-21-2007, 12:44 PM

DianaMo

01-09-2008, 01:48 PM

Looks like Dagwood's got a Tivo now.

Blondie
January 4, 2008
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/blondie.asp?date=20080104

ZeoTiVo

01-09-2008, 01:57 PM

Looks like Dagwood's got a Tivo now.

Blondie
January 4, 2008
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/blondie.asp?date=20080104

yah but he needs to read this forum and get a bigger hard drive put in :D

jayfest

01-09-2008, 08:13 PM

I can't remember where I read it, but within the last 2 weeks I read an article about Jeremy Sisto where he said that when he first signed onto Law & Order, he added L&O to his Tivo and the next day the thing was filled.

windracer

04-22-2008, 02:57 PM

Heh. TiVo and Family Guy in the same strip.

http://www.comics.com//comics/pearls/archive/images/pearls2008042261970.jpg

edit: awww, I guess comics.com archives strips older than 30 days. Oh well.

windracer

07-30-2008, 08:31 AM

In "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" Kumar tries to convince one of the Cuban immigrants:

I'm telling you Jorge, the first thing you have to do when you get to America - buy a device called TiVo. Okay? Freedom means nothing if you're a slave to regular programming. I promise you that.

:D

etz

08-12-2008, 08:25 AM

In episode "Mr. Monk Takes a Punch"....

Lt. Disher: They went through a lot of trouble for nothing. I mean nobody even watches commercials anymore.

Monk: Is that right?

Natalie: It's called TiVo, Mr. Monk. People just zap right past it to get to the good stuff.

Monk: That makes sense.

newsposter

09-02-2008, 07:17 PM

ok it's not quite a tivo quote but in Depth Charge they said

you'd rather be home watching a game in HD on directv

Einselen

09-02-2008, 07:18 PM

I love the New Millennium: 2000 has a segment on TiVo (however wasn't it released late 99?

windracer

09-11-2008, 08:50 PM

The "Boo Cocky" episode of Robot Chicken features a TiVo-like interface (and sound effects) in one of the sketches.

http://www.windracer.net/outgoing/tc/rc-tivo.jpg

etz

09-12-2008, 12:09 AM

Monk's "Mr. Monk's 100th Case" episode from 9/5/08 had a scene where they were watching a "DVR". It had the very distinctive TiVo sounds as they were fast forwarding and pausing and what not.

steve614

09-12-2008, 07:54 PM

I've heard 'Tivo' sounds in other shows before.
I wonder if they have to pay Tivo to use them.
I downloaded a file a while back with all the Tivo sound effects.
Could I get in trouble if I were to use them myself?

Jimbo713

09-26-2008, 09:39 AM

Where did you get that audio file of all the TiVo sounds? I want it, too!!

scurby2

09-26-2008, 10:24 AM

Howard Stern was talking this week about how he was unable to record 'Heroes' and 'Dancing with the stars' at the same time on his Tivo. Gary 'baba booey' informed Howard that he has an old Tivo and needs to upgrade to a Dual tuner Tivo.

windracer

09-26-2008, 11:28 AM

Where did you get that audio file of all the TiVo sounds? I want it, too!!
I have this old TiVo theme for Windows (http://www.windracer.net/outgoing/tc/tivotheme.zip) (forget where I got it) that has some of the sound effects in it (WAV format).

steve614

09-26-2008, 08:03 PM

Where did you get that audio file of all the TiVo sounds? I want it, too!!
I don't remember exactly, but I'm 90% sure it was via this forum.
btw, it wasn't all the Tivo sounds, just the *select*, *ffx1,2,3*, and the thumbs up ding.
I have this old TiVo theme for Windows (http://www.windracer.net/outgoing/tc/tivotheme.zip) (forget where I got it) that has some of the sound effects in it (WAV format).

Wow, those were...interesting.
:)

NanoL

11-03-2008, 06:23 PM

On an Angie's List commercial, "Pay-Per-View" as the flooring guy is selecting PPV categories, TiVo ba-doops can be clearly heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x2AElSF-P8

morac

11-09-2008, 07:29 PM

In the new Futurma movie "Bender's Game", Leela complains about a lousy suggestion that TiVo recommended.

windracer

11-10-2008, 08:25 AM

In the current episode (#58) of Tekzilla (http://revision3.com/tekzilla/worldpress/), Veronica Belmont says "you can pry my TiVo from my cold, dead hands."

newsposter

02-13-2009, 02:33 PM

http://basicinstructions.net/comics/2008-12-11-Who-You-Are.gif

windracer

02-13-2009, 03:49 PM

That's not megazone, is it? :D

Not sure if it's been mentioned in this thread, but TiVo makes a few appearances in "Tropic Thunder."

ZeoTiVo

02-13-2009, 03:58 PM

That's not megazone, is it? :D

Not sure if it's been mentioned in this thread, but TiVo makes a few appearances in "Tropic Thunder."

few appearances???!!!!

TiVo saves the entire squad by taking a RPG right in the gut. TiVo is a hero.

PS - it doers look an awful lot like megazone

erikwurz

02-27-2009, 11:26 PM

Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity on the Fox news network often ask their audience to Tivo their shows.

windracer

02-28-2009, 11:40 AM

Jimmy Fallon keeps mentioning TiVo in his promo spots for his new show that starts on Monday.

03-13-2009, 02:37 AM

In the 3/9 episode of The Big Bang Theory, they were debating whether to take the warranty sticker off the TiVo to upgrade the hard drive, or erase the first season of Battlestar Galactica.

steve614

03-13-2009, 05:57 PM

Must have been an old Tivo since they haven't had warranty stickers in a long time. :p

03-14-2009, 04:11 AM

Must have been an old Tivo since they haven't had warranty stickers in a long time. :p

There are other problems with the details, but still fun to watch. :)

Here's the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ftAcg5pqUY

Hew

03-16-2009, 01:06 PM

Popular Science Magazine has an article on if tivo is worth it on page 80 of its April 2009 issue. It has a drawing of a Tivo logo and an acme cable dvr on a beach. The tivo guy is super strong, while the acme dvr is skinny in the muscle department. There is a girl in bathing suit deciding which one she wants, super strong tivo guy, or acme cable skinny guy. The conclusion of the article after comparing each in pricing is to try the acme dvr first and if you aren't satisfied and want more features, upgrade to the tivo.

alansh

03-16-2009, 01:50 PM

The newest Futurama DVD, "Into the Wild Green Yonder" has another TiVo reference. After Leo Wong replays a news report about himself, Richard Nixon says "Incredible, absolutely incredible. You're saying this TiVo machine can pause and rewind live TV?" They use the TiVo sound effects, too.

Lenonn

03-16-2009, 11:26 PM

Tonight's (03/16/2009) episode of How I Met Your Mother (The Front Porch) had Robin asking Lily if they used the TiVo to record that night/morning's episode of her 3:30 am news show.

03-19-2009, 01:44 AM

Tonight's (03/16/2009) episode of How I Met Your Mother (The Front Porch) had Robin asking Lily if they used the TiVo to record that night/morning's episode of her 3:30 am news show.

I just finished watching that episode. Exact words: "Did you at least TiVo it?" Closed caption even had the capitalization of "TiVo" correct!

wtherrell

03-21-2009, 01:08 PM

3/20/09 Golf Central on Golf Channel.
Kenny Perry had just blamed his poor play on staying up past 1:00 AM to watch Western Kentucky in the March Madness tournament. Golf channel anchor Inga Hammond commented: "No excuse, Kenny. There's a better way. It's Tivo--$10 a month. Just record it. "

ggieseke

04-07-2009, 01:22 PM

Last night's Castle on ABC: When presented with huge several stacks of missing person files instead of the facial recognition database he expected, Nathan Fillion quips "By hand? That's like life before TiVo".

ashu

04-07-2009, 01:37 PM

I'm amazed that nobody has noticed the article on PC World a few days ago ... I think it was on the first ... about Super Advance on the TiVo (http://www.pcworld.com/article/162348/first_look_tivo_dvrsuperadvance.html)

The best suggested use of TiVo SuperAdvance? No more NippleGate incidents!

Oops - I was wrong ... there is another thread (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=422736&highlight=superadvance)!

Hew

04-08-2009, 02:28 PM

mp11

04-08-2009, 03:17 PM

just goes to show you the universal appeal of the name "Tivo". I mean, can you ever imagine the term "HR21" used by all these people as easily as Tivo? :D I dont think so Tim.

jlb

04-08-2009, 03:27 PM

Saw this on yahoo news, Obama's have a TiVo on AirForce One. I wonder what model he has, and does it get a secret service body gaurd?:cool:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090408/pl_politico/21010

I saw that too. For those too lazy to follow the link, here's the portion of the article with the Tivo mention (my bold added):

For less R-rated fare, he tunes into “Hannah Montana” or “SpongeBob SquarePants” in the White House with his daughters. Aides said he would have watched Monday night’s NCAA championship on TiVo on his way home from Iraq Tuesday night.

windracer

04-08-2009, 03:41 PM

richsadams

04-08-2009, 04:15 PM

He would have watched it? So does that mean he didn't because he was busy doing other things or he would have if he had a TiVo? I don't think that necessarily is a confirmation they have a TiVo on AF1.True enough, but I took it to mean that he would "probably" have watched it meaning that is something that he would normally do and the aide being interviewed just wasn't aware of what actually happened on that particular leg of the trip. Good question though.

It's clear that if he does have TiVo that he didn't have a Slingbox during the campaign; having to schedule conference calls and such around a live broadcast. Hopefully he can afford a couple of both now though. :)

Hew

04-08-2009, 07:10 PM

Isn't DirecTV the only service available for airplanes? So maybe he's got a directivo, or has a dvr+ but calls it a tivo anyway. Someone has to get to the bottom of this, hopefully someone will ask him that question on his next press conference. Forget about the economic recession, the wars, the North Korean thing and tell me this, do you have a Tivo or not? :p

Thats a good business idea for tivo: Tivo dvr on every aircraft seat!!

richsadams

04-08-2009, 07:19 PM

Thats a good business idea for tivo: Tivo dvr on every aircraft seat!!Now that would be worth paying a surcharge for! :D

Einselen

04-08-2009, 07:23 PM

Thats a good business idea for tivo: Tivo dvr on every aircraft seat!!

Now that would be worth paying a surcharge for! :D

Problem is I don't want to watch someone else's recording of the Gilmore Girls. I want my own shows.

richsadams

04-08-2009, 07:28 PM

Problem is I don't want to watch someone else's recording of the Gilmore Girls. I want my own shows.Ugh! Hadn't thought of that! :p

windracer

04-16-2009, 12:50 PM

Adam Carolla talked about his TiVo on yesterday's episode (http://carollaradio.com/2009/04/14/acp-20090415-adam-and-harland-williams/) of the Adam Carolla podcast with Harland Williams.

jlb

04-20-2009, 10:36 AM

Clearly, this could be a smeek as I haven't gone back to re-read the bulk of the recent posts, but there is a billboard along I-93 just north of downtown Boston which I believe is advertising the TiVo Service for Comcast.

As my client blocks access to pic/file hosting sites, I cannot embed the document in my post. However, click the attached link to see the image.

[needs new wipers] The view in the image is me driving north on 93 with the billboard on the Southbound side of the highway (but only viewable to north bound drivers). [/needs new wipers]

windracer

04-20-2009, 12:16 PM

Cool billboard! :up:

jlb

04-20-2009, 03:09 PM

I found a hosting provider that is not blocked. I hope it is a non-spamming kind of site. Anyways, here's the billboard embedded in a post:

http://www.piccdrop.com/images/1240254556.jpg

windracer

05-06-2009, 08:02 AM

Adam Carolla and Doug Benson were complaining about their TiVos always cutting off the end of their shows in yesterday's (http://www.adamcarolla.com/2009/05/04/20090505-adam-and-doug-benson/) podcast. I guess we need to teach them about padding. :) (but I agree it's annoying when that happens!)

alansh

07-24-2009, 12:51 AM

morac

07-24-2009, 01:09 AM

Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" brought up his TiVo to show us a "Good Morning America" segment, but he needs to turn folders on -- he had to search through several pages of "John & Kate Plus 8" to find it.

He had a dogbone remote and a progress bar on screen. He also used the pause feature to insert his own commentary.

I'm pretty sure that was a mock up TiVo since it made TiVo sound effects when he paused and also he could jump direct to 3xff from pause. Plus no pause ads. :)

steve614

12-18-2009, 12:07 PM

...and you have a chance to win one.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34382636/ns/today-today_technology_and_money/

I won't win one because I neglected to follow the directions exactly (realized after the fact). :(

Code word (phrase, actually) you need: It's Friday, baby

GOOD LUCK!

dd9

12-24-2009, 10:56 AM

He would have watched it? So does that mean he didn't because he was busy doing other things or he would have if he had a TiVo? I don't think that necessarily is a confirmation they have a TiVo on AF1.

Nobody asked the obvious question yet? Let's say he does have one on AF1 (not an unreasonable assumption). What type of custom privacy policy does he have? :D Surely TiVo is not retrieving 'anonymous' data from that unit...