The Official TiVo-Spotting Thread

[HTH]

Have you spotted TiVo, TiVo logos, or other TiVo references in movies, television, radio, newspapers, comics, magazines, or other popular media? Well this is the thread in which to announce and discuss your TiVo Spotting, or just to check to see if anyone else spotted it first!

(Let the moderators' thread-merging begin.)

[sllerts]

Tivo got huge air time on Undeclared last night. The big guy who's a friend of Eric's at the copy shop (is that the other guy from Tenacious D?) uses Tivo in...interesting ways. I forgot which actresses he watched for, but Tivo was mentioned a number of times.

Steve

[BuggyBoyVT]

I wonder if TiVo pays for those mentions and boxes in the background?

[rastephens]

TiVo got a mention on The "Rick and Bubba" show yesterday morning. Rick and Bubba have a syndicated morning radio show out of Birmingham, Alabama, and they have stations mostly in Alabama, but I think some in Tenn and GA too. I can't remember the exact context of the reference. I think maybe they were talking about TiVoing the Celebrity Boxing matches last night. They bill themselves as "The two sexiest fat men alive."

Rick and Bubba (http://www.rickandbubba.com)

Richard

[modnar]

There were lots of threads about this months ago, but I figured I'd post it in this official thread:

There is a TiVo on Friends in Monica and Chandler's apartment.

[TiVoMonkey]

The gameshow "Beat the Geeks," on Comedy Central, often has a Tivo as part of it's grand prize on every show.

And a year or so ago, on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Stewart asked a guess if he had Tivo, and Stewart said, "It's great, I turn it on and it says, 'Would you like to watch the Simpsons?'"

[Dalebill63]

Tivo got a mention in an episode of the Chronicle (SciFi Channel)

[LUVmyTIVOinKC]

My wife told me that TiVo was on the "Price is Right" on Monday.

[emjay]

They spoke about it on Opie and Anthony yesterday

[joeinma]

It has been mentioned in the Get Fuzzy comic strip the last few days. For those of you who do not get it in your paper, go to www.boston.com (http://www.boston.com) and click on the link for comics and then you should be able to go back and read the story line for the last week.

Joe D

[pin87a]

Originally posted by joeinma
It has been mentioned in the Get Fuzzy comic strip the last few days. <snip>

Joe D

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[HTH]

Originally posted by Philosofy
In his monologue, Jay said he watched a new show starring Yassir Arafat called "Grounded for Life." Kevin asked increduosly "You watched THAT?" and Jay replied, very nonchalantly, "Yeah, my TiVo caught it."
I can't merge threads myself, but I can quote from them here.

[GBaz]

Don And Mike have mentiond it often (radio)
Adam form liove lines and also talkied about it it think even Drew has (radio)

[Tenacious Lee]

On StreetSmarts the other night, one of the questions was "What electronic device's slogan is 'TV your way'?"

The host was shocked that the guy got it right, telling him that he's the first person to ever guess it correctly, and later started talkin TiVo to the camera when they came back to the studio (methinks he likey the TiVo)

Originally posted by sllerts
Tivo got huge air time on Undeclared last night. The big guy who's a friend of Eric's at the copy shop (is that the other guy from Tenacious D?) uses Tivo in...interesting ways. I forgot which actresses he watched for, but Tivo was mentioned a number of times.

Steve

And yes, thats Kyle Gass of The D

[TivoDaddy]

There is a late night talk show host here in Los Angeles (Mr. KABC) on KABC radio that mentions it once in a while. About a few weeks back, somebody asked him what was a gadget that had changed his life, and he mentioned TiVo. He went on and thoroughly explained what it does, how it works, pricing plan, etc. He's very well-informed, as somebody else brought up the topic of Moxi's new machine, and he went on to say that TiVo was coming out with something similar to their machine.

[BuggyBoyVT]

:rolleyes:
Moxi-schmoxi

[TheSimpsons]

Hmmm....Lets See:

Conan O’Brien on the Rosie O’Donnell’s show.
Rosie comments on Conan's show being on so late at night. She then says "I TiVo it!" (because she can’t stay up that late) Conan says TiVo’s gonna save my life”. (as more viewers are able to watch him if they TiVo his show rather than trying to keep themselves awake.)

Jamie Kennedy ( the Jamie Kennedy Experiment on the WB) /Roseanne/Conan O’Brien-On late night with Conan O’Brien.
Roseanne: (to Jamie Kennedy)-Your show looks funny when is it on.
Jamie Kennedy: Well we just premiered 2 shows….but hey you got TiVo, TiVo it!
Roseanne- “oh,ok” (in a somewhat confused tone of voice)
Conan- (saracasticly) No, don’t TiVo it, its not good for the networks. (ironically this is coming from a guy who works at NBC a major sponsor of TiVo) Looking into the camera: Don’t TiVo it…this is what you do..., smiles and trails off. Crowd laughs.

Conan O’Brian-During his monologue
Well President Bush gave his state of the union speech today. Did anyone see it. (Crowd is silent)
Conan: Wow, that’s great. I love America. (Imitating an audience member) Don’t worry we’ll get it later on TiVo.

Friends: Rachel tells her father that she got TiVo. Her father asks what TiVo is. Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) replies apparently its slang for pregnant.

Friends Sightings: A TiVo sits near the TV in Monica and Rachels apartment.

Heres one which many people didn’t see ….....(In “the one with Joey’s Award-create an autorecord Title wishlist if you want to see this episode) in Joey’s apartment he is about to put an acting award near his TV, in the background, its not distinct, but if you look carefully, it is clearly a Sony SVR-2000 TiVo and a figurine of the little TiVo guy. The little TiVo guy didn't look like the standard plush doll-it was on a stand.

Saturday Night Live:

The latest Britney Spears one …Horatio Sanz plays a pothead college student, Britney Spears plays one as well. They carry on a conversation that makes no sense. A midst the jumble Horation Sanz says “Well I TiVo’ed that” Britney Spears responds with more nonsensical talk “Yeah, well at least its not red anymore.” –------Maybe she was talking about the record LED, we may never know!

Chris Parnell on another SNL skit: Plays a newscaster at a party with other newscasters- we hear him talking about Ally Mcbeal to some of the other news anchors. He says “Well I TiVo’ed Ally Mcbeal last night”….

The Weakest Link: Anne Robinson asks a question which is supposed to be an insulting question to the contestants: “Who thinks TiVo is a member of the Jackson Five?”

Undeclared: The one with Ben Stiller-its mentioned above.

Adam Sandler guest stars and tells his friend he got a TiVo. His friend responds. “Oh yeah how is it” Sandler: Its cool it knows what you like and tapes it for you and stuff. *Note he says TAPES.

Steven’s Dad has a TiVo in his house.

Steven asks his dad for more tuition money, his dad says he can’t afford it. Steven says “Oh, yeah but you could afford TiVo. Yeah, hell with me getting a college education, as long as you’re able to watch Ally Mcbeal three times a week."

Judd Apatow creator of Undeclared also mentioned it on his online newsletter. (there was a post of this somewhere on the forum.)

The Ellen Show-This was probably one of the greatest ones. Ellen mentioned TiVo a dozen times, explained what it did, and even had goofs about it.

Futurama - During the beginning of the episode when the giant “FUTURAMA” logo appears, there is usually small text written at the bottom of the screen. There are shorts jokes usually written there (i.e.-Place your eyeballs on the television set for cheap laser eye surgery), well on one episode it said: “Hey TiVo suggest this”, pertaining to TiVo’s capability or recording shows as suggestions (shows you might like).

http://www.planetexpress.dk/subtitles/3acv18.jpg

The Rosie O’Donnel Show: Rosie is talking about the MTV show “The Osbournes” and how she loves it so much. She says "I honestly…I mean I literally watch this show everyday on my TiVo."

Rosie talks TiVo a lot! Anytime she talks about a TV show she will say something like"so...I TiVo'ed it. I seriously think her extensive, suttle advertising is going to sell units!

;)
Then of course heres another TiVo comic...



-The Simpsons :) :D :cool: :eek: :p

[Hunter Green]

Err, that's PvP, not PPV, and it's Player vs. Player. Just FYI.

[TonyD79]

There was an article in Entertainment Weekly a couple weeks ago that said something to the effect that TiVo had given units to writers/producers/actors in a way to get cheap (smart) advertising, hence the name is starting to pop up on shows all over the place.

[trojanrabbit]

Since I did not initially see this thread, I'll reference the one I just started here.


http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53016

It appears that one member of Boston Sports Talk station WEEI's morning team has purchased a TiVo, and he was trading barbs with his co-host, making it sound like it was too difficult for him to set up. Looks like not much else will be said until he gets a chance to play with it over the weekend.

The afternoon "Big Show" also mentions TiVo once in a great while.

[Jim Lash]

Tivo was mentioned on WMZQ fm in the DC area this week by the afternoon DJ.

[phone1]

This guy (http://www.bullwinkle.org/chair) seems to have a bunch of TiVo's piled up in his office... :)

[JimSpence]

In case no one else knows it, but, that guy is RB.

Leo Laporte mentioned TiVo last night on The ScreenSavers on TechTV. It was only in passing when he and Patrick were talking about quieting hardrives in PCs.

[Polcamilla]

Friends: Rachel tells her father that she got TiVo. Her father asks what TiVo is. Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) replies apparently its slang for pregnant.

Friends Sightings: A TiVo sits near the TV in Monica and Rachels apartment.

Heres one which many people didn’t see ….....(In “the one with Joey’s Award-create an autorecord Title wishlist if you want to see this episode) in Joey’s apartment he is about to put an acting award near his TV, in the background, its not distinct, but if you look carefully, it is clearly a Sony SVR-2000 TiVo and a figurine of the little TiVo guy. The little TiVo guy didn't look like the standard plush doll-it was on a stand.

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.

[askewed]

Howard Stern refers to recording shows as "Tivoing".

[Backhack]

On the Fox News Channel, the morning show Fox and Friends during the Mancow segment, Mancow said he uses TiVo to get the Ozzy show and that the hosts of the Fox and Friends should get one so they dont miss TV shows because they are to busy or not there when they are on.

[mtchamp]

My favorite celebrity mention of TiVo was on David Letterman. One night he was talking about some lame CBS special involving the Survivor series. He rolled his eyes and said "thank God for TiVo!" It turned into a catch phrase for me and I've often repeated the quote ever since.

[grecorj]

Wow, I heard this today at lunch, too! As Pan Chun noted, lots of misinformation (no, TiVo doesn't take out commercials; no, you can't pause live tv for days at a time, etc), but very positive.

Originally posted by Pan Chun
Today around 12:15EDT, on ESPN's Tony Kornheiser Show (ESPN Radio), he and his guest went on and on about how great TiVo is SUPPOSED to be...even though neither one of them HAS it! All their information was second hand! The guest (a sportswriter on the telephone) was more accurate than Tony was...Tony thought it would magically remove commercials or something...but for the most part, they weren't TOO far off the mark.

Now maybe someone needs to send Tony one...he goes on and on and on about the things he likes...I'm sure he'd do that with a TiVo! :)

[Francesco]

Page 114 of the May 2002 issue of Automobile magazine, this month's "Collectible Classic" is the '68-'72 Olds Vista Cruiser. The last paragraph reads:

Issues of nostalgia and cultural anthropology aside, the Vista Cruiser offers lots of space and, just as important, lots of hauling power. GM's stout-hearted 350-cubic-inch V-8 was standard, but the mighty 455 big block was optional. If you don't consider that sport and utility, you might want to program your TiVo to record That 70's Show.

[TiVoMonkey]

Originally posted by TheSimpsons
“The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson”-This hilarious episode will never grace our television sets again, it was taken out of syndication after 9/11 as the episode takes place in between the Twin Towers in New York’s World Trade Center as Barney (Homer's drunk friend) accidentally illegally parked his car there.


Well, this is off topic, but I saw your .sig here. This episode is still in syndication, as my TiVo picked it up last week. Hopefully that was just a rumor stemming from all the talk about removing the towers from everywhere. I'm glad it's still on. And it's sure to be in the Season 9 DVD box set.

Personally, I think it was blown out of proportion all the things they wanted to remove the Twin Towers from. It's not like those buildings never existed.

[BuggyBoyVT]

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!!!

[Damian]

no, you can't pause live tv for days at a time
Sure you can! Just not out of the box. :)
Upgrading to 2x120 gig drives gets you what, about 70-80 hours of Best? Then you can tweak your Live Buffer to use all that extra space. Impractical? Absolutely. But wouldn't it be cool to be able to spontaneously pause what you're watching on a Friday afternoon, go away for the weekend, come back on Sunday night and pick right up where you left off? :)

[dllewel]

Originally posted by Damian

Sure you can! Just not out of the box. :)
Upgrading to 2x120 gig drives gets you what, about 70-80 hours of Best? Then you can tweak your Live Buffer to use all that extra space.

How can you "tweak your Live Buffer" to be an hour or more? I have not seen any successful reports that this can be done with current 2.5 software. I heard that once it was adjusted, it soon returned to near 30 minutes only. I would love to set the buffer to 1 hour if it were possible.

[Damian]

Originally posted by dllewel
How can you "tweak your Live Buffer" to be an hour or more? I have not seen any successful reports that this can be done with current 2.5 software. Has it gone away? I haven't really kept up with the hacking front, I just knew it was possible at one time. Sorry to get your hopes up.

[TheSimpsons]

Originally posted by TiVoMonkey


Well, this is off topic, but I saw your .sig here. This episode is still in syndication, as my TiVo picked it up last week. Hopefully that was just a rumor stemming from all the talk about removing the towers from everywhere. I'm glad it's still on. And it's sure to be in the Season 9 DVD box set.

Personally, I think it was blown out of proportion all the things they wanted to remove the Twin Towers from. It's not like those buildings never existed.

Actually Bryanmc sent me a PM (private message) concerning this. He said that this episode was shown in Dallas. So after some further "researching", I found out that FOX did indeed choose to pull if from syndication. FOX sent a list of episodes that may be found offensive, to all of its local affiliates. Now---its your local affiliates call on whether or not the episode will air. As for many of you- your FOX affiliates chose to air it-where as since 9/11 it has never aired here in NY. So its solely based on your local affiliate. So hope that answers any questions. Here are some link and excerpts pertaining to this...

( http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,...illions,00.html ) here's the full quote:

Even comedies are affected. ''Friends'' has altered an episode that makes light of Monica's obsessiveness in getting herself and Chandler to the airport three hours before their honeymoon flight, a margin that no longer seems ridiculous. And ''The Ellen Show'' has cut a punchline out of its debut episode, in which Ellen DeGeneres' character talks of losing her job in the dotcom collapse, to which another character responds, ''I hope you didn't get caught in the building.'' And the old episode of ''The Simpsons'' in which the family visits New York and the World Trade Center, has been pulled from syndication.

I also checked this Simpsons website (http://www.snpp.com/news/newsbites.html ---check under 9/24/01) and they said:

Sep 24 2001 · According to Entertainment Weekly, episode "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" (4F22) with the WTC has been pulled from syndication. However, Fox has only sent a list of episodes to review to the stations, who make the final call.

Another episode on the “list” FOX sent the stations was “New Kids on the Bleech”. This is also being considered of being pulled as at the end of the episode a NYC skyscraper (the MAD magazine headquarters) collapses, which is reminiscent of the Twin Towers on 9/11.

-The Simpsons :) :D :eek: :p :cool:

[dmdeane]

Earlier this season, Futurama had a TiVo reference; there was a thread about it on this forum. It was the little message that pops up at the beginning under the Futurama logo: "hey, TiVo, suggest this!" or similar words to that effect.

[Jeff412]

Originally posted by phone1
This guy (http://www.bullwinkle.org/chair) seems to have a bunch of TiVo's piled up in his office... :)

Is that a plasma TV in the background? Whatever it is, it's 16:9. Does this mean HDTiVo is in the works?

Jeff

[grecorj]

Tim Robbins was on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" yesterday (repeat?) and apparently raved about TiVo. Rosie has a TiVo and will drop a "I TiVo'd it" or "I was watching it on TiVo" reference every once and a while.

[sschwart]

An article on ESPN Page 2 mentions TiVo!


http://espn.go.com/page2/s/caple/020412.html

To quote:
Critics scoffed when the Yankees announced their own 24-hour channel, but those same naysayers now are straining the limits of TiVo to record what the Washington Post's Tom Shales describes as "the greatest advance in home entertainment since Lucy met Ethel"

[loopey]

I was watching the Toronto vs Ottawa game tonight, broadcast on CBC. During the 2nd intermission they have the satellite hot stove which is 4 people discussing hockey issues.

Tonight the Toronto guy was talking about a device they were going to start using to speed up goal replays. He said they could now replay the possible goal before the play stopped, prior to this they couldn't start reviewing it until the play stopped. The guy from Philadelphia said yeah it's called a tivo.

[harvscar]

The April 6-12 issue of TVGuide has a small section by Regis Philbin talking about TiVoing Seinfeld to catch the Larry David episodes.

[DCIFRTHS]

Originally posted by TheSimpsons
Judd Apatow creator of Undeclared also mentioned it on his online newsletter. (there was a post of this somewhere on the forum.)


Would you please post a link to this forum?

[harvscar]

Originally posted by DCIFRTHS


Would you please post a link to this forum?

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40860&highlight=apatow+tivo

[Opus]

On The Screen Savers last night there was a demo of a baseball game available from the EA website (www.ea.com), I think the game was It's Outta Here. In the background, flanking the scoreboard are a pair of TiVo guys.

I'm assuming that this is paid advertising, but it is kindof unique.

[BuggyBoyVT]

I saw that too!

[trainman]

Filling in for Regis this morning, Andy Richter was talking with Kelly Ripa about the fact that "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" and "The Osbournes" both air on Tuesdays, but Andy was confused about whether they were on at the same time or not.

Andy said, "I have TiVo, so I don't know what time anything's on."

[Mike Lang]

Yesterday, Rosie told Sharon Ozborne she has every episode of The Osbornes on TiVo and watches them all in order again before watching a new episode.

[Dusty]

Originally posted by Mike Lang
Yesterday, Rosie told Sharon Ozborne she has every episode of The Osbornes on TiVo and watches them all in order again before watching a new episode.

Marlo Thomas, either on yesterday or Monday, also mentioned she TiVo'd her Biography and how much she looooves TiVo.

[Bradc314]

Yesterday, Garry Meier mentioned TiVo on his afternoon drive-time show on Chicago's WLS 890 AM. He was discussing "Trading Spaces", and Garry said that he had never watched the show, so he recently TiVo'd it so he could watch it.

This is not the first time Garry has bragged on his TiVo-ing abilities on the show, but the references have been far fewer lately since Dish networks is advertising quite heavily on WLS lately, and of course they're touting their Dishplayer....

[gadgetgrrll]

A blurb in ESPN the Magazine mentions Tivo. Page 24: Under 80% Big Number: 'So if Carr is house-hunting in Houston, we'll likely be TiVoing past Fear Factor reruns'

TiVo Rocks!

[netringer]

Originally posted by Pan Chun
Wow...the fact that THAT idiot (Mancow Mueller) uses TiVo makes me feel, I dunno, kinda DIRTY that I own one now! :( Maybe it's time to look into Replay or something. Bleah! :( :( :(

Don't sweat it. "Mancow's" working on getting fired.

See the first item on the bottom (http://www.suntimes.com/output/feder/cst-fin-feder19.html)

[phone1]

During recent ESPN tennis, the announcer (Luke Jensen) was promoting the French Open - he said "Set your VCR's and TiVo's to record French Open Tennis..." I know he did 'cause I hit the back button! :)

[judson_west]

I was watching the local WB affiliate KTLA on Friday during their morning show. They had a segment on a home tour in Pasadena that was recently made over by a number of interior designers. During the segment I was watching, they toured the entertainment room. The center piece was a 16x9 TV (either plasma or rear projection). The reporter asked the tour guide to show the audiance the works behind the doors. When the doors were opened, there was a SONY T-60 sitting there amongst all of the other high-end a/v equipment.

[Tivowner]

Leo Laporte made a comment about every one should be tivoing the screensavers this week..
I guess its easier than saying you should be Ultimatving our show this week.

[mikebridge]

the TV articles in this weeks economist mention TiVo and PVRs in general.

[hammos]

How about the recent episode of "Sex and the City", in which testicular cancer was described as "...the TiVo of cancers....everyone's getting it!"

[BryanRDC]

I could kick myself for leaving it on an airplane after a recent trip, but in an April, 2002 (don't recall the exact date) New Yorker magazine, the "Talk of the Town" column mentioned TiVo, specifically in the context of recording the Academy Awards, which ran hellaciously long. The main point was, even though TiVo-savvy Hollywood users used TiVo's impressive capabilities and capacity to try to catch all of the (ridiculously long) awards show, they came up short. It poked fun at the misfortune of the Hollywood types, but in no way blamed TiVo for their pain.

By the way, if anyone has this New Yorker, please PM me or send a note to bmr2@georgetown.edu. I'd like to get a copy of the article on Peter Bogdanavich to show my wife. Thanks!

[grecorj]

See my previous thread (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53655) for a link to the article...


Originally posted by BryanRDC
I could kick myself for leaving it on an airplane after a recent trip, but in an April, 2002 (don't recall the exact date) New Yorker magazine, the "Talk of the Town" column mentioned TiVo, specifically in the context of recording the Academy Awards, which ran hellaciously long. The main point was, even though TiVo-savvy Hollywood users used TiVo's impressive capabilities and capacity to try to catch all of the (ridiculously long) awards show, they came up short. It poked fun at the misfortune of the Hollywood types, but in no way blamed TiVo for their pain.

By the way, if anyone has this New Yorker, please PM me or send a note to bmr2@georgetown.edu. I'd like to get a copy of the article on Peter Bogdanavich to show my wife. Thanks!

[TheSimpsons]

Today on Rosie O'Donnels show the cast of FOX’s "That 70’s Show" talked about how they loved TiVo. The entire cast has a TiVo except Mila Kunis (known as Jackie on the show). Rosie asked them what their favorite TiVo season pass was, and the majority of them just said Basketball, Laura Prepon (Donna) said hers was Six Feet Under. I’ll try to get the whole transcript to add to my post in the “Official TiVo spotting thread”. Good exposure indeed! :)

-The Simpsons :) :D :cool: :eek: :p

[Fish Man]

Several weeks ago (might be a couple of months now) David Letterman had Martin Short on.

Martin Short told a rather gross comical story about how he, Steve Martin, and some other comic actor of about the same age (I've forgotten who this third one was) were all scheduled to have colon examinations on the same day, so they decided to spend the evening together sharing the experience of drinking barium solution and "purging" their digestive tracts in preparation for the procedure.

Dave asked, "So what did you guys do all evening, apart from the obvious."

Martin Short rattled off a list of inane and unlikely activities for three middle-aged men to be doing, the last item on the list was, "...and Steve had TiVoed about 6 hours of 'Moesha' so we had a great time!"

:D

[WinBear]

Brad Garrett made a joke recently on Hollywood Squares about women needing their husbands to program the TiVo.

[Connie]

Jon Carroll column from a couple of days back -- his son-in-law gave it to him for Xmas, and he can't resist singing its praises:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/04/22/DD153548.DTL

[mtchamp]

The word Tivo was used on David Letterman twice in a row so far, we'll see if it's three tonight. First on Tuesday 04/23/02 by a guest, don't know his real name, Scott Evil. He told us to TiVo his new shows because there were many different times and dates. Then also on Wednesday 04/24/02, TiVo was used in one of Dave's opening jokes about while the Cardinals were in Rome, they were tivoing The Osbournes. If I hadn't already deleted these shows, I would have given you the exact quotes. This thread just goes to show you how often TiVo is used as a verb. I will assume they all own TiVos.

[KwikSilvr]

TiVo is mentioned in Fantastic Four #55, to be released next week. You can see a scan of the page over at comics continuum (http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0204/26/f4.htm) .

[biker]

Originally posted by mtchamp
The word Tivo was used on David Letterman twice in a row so far, we'll see if it's three tonight. First on Tuesday 04/23/02 by a guest, don't know his real name, Scott Evil. He told us to TiVo his new shows because there were many different times and dates. Then also on Wednesday 04/24/02, TiVo was used in one of Dave's opening jokes about while the Cardinals were in Rome, they were tivoing The Osbournes. If I hadn't already deleted these shows, I would have given you the exact quotes. This thread just goes to show you how often TiVo is used as a verb. I will assume they all own TiVos. Seth Green

[SSteve]

Originally posted by Fish Man
Several weeks ago (might be a couple of months now) David Letterman had Martin Short on.

Martin Short told a rather gross comical story about how he, Steve Martin, and some other comic actor of about the same age (I've forgotten who this third one was)



I think there were two other people. One was a director (whose name I don't remember) and the other was Tom Hanks.

[Philosofy]

In the comic book "Ultimate Spider Man" #22, Norman Osborn (aka The Green Goblin) tells Peter Parker (aka Spider Man) "I've watched this clip so many times this weekend, I thought I was going to burn a hole in my Tivo."

[miimura]

Morning radio hosts Sarah & Vinnie on Alice Radio in San Francisco both have TiVos. They used to talk about it all the time. Of course, Vinnie doesn't talk at all any more, but that's another story... Oh, and I think the traffic gal Cathy got one too after they raved about it repeatedly.

[stevel]

This week's "Car Talk" mentioned TiVo, but I can't find it in the online version. It was at one of the breaks away from the show, which had Tommy (I think) saying something like "And even though the space station astronauts fast-forward their TiVo whenever we say it, this is National Public Radio". I am sure I don't have the quote just right, and am annoyed I can't find it in the online version, but my son corroborates the "spotting".

[mtchamp]

David Letterman again on 04/29/02 during an interview with Charlie Sheen. Charlie asked if he watched his show and Dave says I taped it, I tivoed it.

[brianld]

Conan O'Brien mentioned TiVo last night ... sorry I don't have any specifics - I'm currently on the road, Tivo-less, or I would have backed it up a few seconds to catch it.

I don't know how I'm getting by without the trusty TiVo. :eek:

[trainman]

Originally posted by brianld
Conan O'Brien mentioned TiVo last night ... sorry I don't have any specifics - I'm currently on the road, Tivo-less, or I would have backed it up a few seconds to catch it.

The guest, Christa Miller of "The Drew Carey Show," was talking about the mutual lists she and her husband have of other people they're allowed to sleep with without consequences, and in particular, who was on her husband's list. At one point in the (very detailed) conversation, Conan said something like, "I hope your husband's watching. Better yet, I hope you have TiVo and you can save this forever."

[bakerx3]

I'm a big fan of the Tony Bruno Extravaganza (sports talk show) on Fox affiliates. His regular guest is Pat O'Brien of Access Hollywood. Well, Pat O' mentions "TIVO'ing" shows often enough that it is no longer discussed as to what it means.

[TheSimpsons]

TiVo was sold on the Price is Right...Check out this link...http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?threadid=56905

-The Simpsons :) :D :cool: :eek: :p

[Barry ATL]

Tonight's Will & Grace mentioned TIVO. Grace said something to the effect that she has a life.... she has a TIVO. Will chimed in that he has almost learned how to use it.

Nice to hear about TIVO in prime time.

[mikebridge]

grace says she just got a tivo, and will says he's almost figured out how to use it.

[pbubel]

There was a small Tivo spot during tonights Will and Grace. It mad me laugh, so I figured I would share.


Photographer: I mean don't you have lives?
Grace: Yes, we have lives. I Just got Tivo
Will: I am this close to learning how to use it.

[kevostl]

Was watching Will and Grace this evening and Grace said that she just got Tivo and Will said he was learning how to use it! Good plug! LOL


Just spell checked this and Tivo isn't in the dictionary??!! :-)

[grecorj]

Saw this, too; but in the beginning of the episode Grace is watching a show when Jack comes in; Grace complains about missing her show -- but if she had TiVo she would't have been missing it. Maybe this is what prompted her to buy it! (or maybe she was just trying to appear cool)

Originally posted by kevostl
Was watching Will and Grace this evening and Grace said that she just got Tivo and Will said he was learning how to use it! Good plug! LOL


Just spell checked this and Tivo isn't in the dictionary??!! :-)

[BryanRDC]

Or maybe the TiVo is on the TV in her bedroom, and not in the living room. In that case they should get DirecTV with DTiVo so they can mirror the TiVo service across receivers. Or are we overthinking this?

[WinBear]

Maybe she got the TiVo between the first part of the ep and the conclusion. After all, they did have to wait after each photo session to get their proof in the mail.

[BryanRDC]

Or are we overthinking this, WinBear?

[arjay]

Originally posted by kevostl
Was watching Will and Grace this evening and Grace said that she just got Tivo and Will said he was learning how to use it! Good plug! LOL

Any mention is always better than no mention but the quotes above came as a response to "Get a life!" Still was a good plug.

[JoeTiVo]

Tivo made it to the supreme court tonight. It was on 'First Monday'. While in the 'robing room' getting ready to take their seats on the bench, the justices are talking about a document that most of them had read to prepare for the case. One justice mentioned that the document was boring. Another justice mentioned that if he thought that was boring, he had a Tivo installation manual that he could read. :)

Or something to that effect. :)

[walters]

It really has been all over the place, lately, hasn't it?

From recent memory (I've got a TVEyes (http://www.tveyes.com/) keyword setup. Makes TiVo-spotting trivial).

The Price Is Right*
Hollywood Squares*
The Early Show
Late Night

*these I'm pretty sure are compensated mentions -- they were prizes on those shows.


Of course, the only problem with TVEyes is that it can be a spoiler. I think the Will & Grace mention might have been funnier if I didn't expect it.

[DBCooper]

Originally posted by JoeTiVo
Tivo made it to the supreme court tonight. It was on 'First Monday'. While in the 'robing room' getting ready to take their seats on the bench, the justices are talking about a document that most of them had read to prepare for the case. One justice mentioned that the document was boring. Another justice mentioned that if he thought that was boring, he had a Tivo installation manual that he could read. :)

Or something to that effect. :) IIRC, the quote was to the opposite effect. The reference was to a well-written document like the Tivo manual.

[DBCooper]

This week or last, Time magazine had a book review by Lev Grossman on Jean Auel's fourth sequel to Cave of the Bear. It's called The Shelters of Stone. The five novels are Neolithic sagas inspired by her visit to the painted caves at Lascaux about 25 years ago.

Auels' plodding prose won't win any Pulitzers, but there's comfort to be had in her TiVo-free world, where people still get excited about a new way to make soap.

[randyf]

Originally posted by DBCooper
IIRC, the quote was to the opposite effect. The reference was to a well-written document like the Tivo manual.

it was ACTUALLY something to the effect of

" I don't know, I thought it was kind of interesting reading" (the document in question).

"Well if you liked that, I have a TiVo manual for you that should get a pulitzer"

[Dale Sorel]

I saw TiVo mentioned the other night on NewsNight with Aaron Brown on CNN.

[TreborPugly]

1. Rosie or one of her guests mentioned Tivo in 3 episodes last week. On one, she signed a Tivo Series 2 for Tivo to auction for charity. (Didn't give one to each member of her audience, however)

2. Letterman mentioned it last night, although he was using it in an excuse for not watching Survivor. Vecepia asked him if he'd seen any of the shows and he said "I Tivoed them."

[unoriginal]

The captain said, "I've got a TiVo full of unwatched Dharma and Greg."

[dmdeane]

Originally posted by unoriginal
The captain said, "I've got a TiVo full of unwatched Dharma and Greg." That would be the Sea Captain, arrrgggh.

[minorthr]

on Rosie Odonell's last show today they gave every member of the audience a Series 2

[Mike_4462]

Originally posted by unoriginal
The captain said, "I've got a TiVo full of unwatched Dharma and Greg."

I just got done watching that show at 8:30pm PST on live TV. That is sooo not fair. Those on the left coast can't compete on this thread. :D

[JYoung]

Tom Leykis (http://www.blowmeuptom.com) mentioned on his radio show last week that he was using TiVo to watch TV shows...

[kazymyr]

Originally posted by unoriginal
The captain said, "I've got a TiVo full of unwatched Dharma and Greg."

Arrrrrr, methinks I must be too slow sometimes, matey!

[ACE101]

Today on the Boers and Bernstein show on WMVP (670), Terry Boers was talking about how stupid the Fridge Perry Celebrity Boxing match was last night, and Dan Bernstein said, “That’s what you get for watching something that stupid, you got what you deserved.” Terry replied, “I didn’t watch it, I TiVoed it.” Dan replied, “What a waste of disk space!”

Ron

[Mr. K]

TiVO was the part of the grand prize package on "Beat the Geeks" last week. Probably a bit old, but new to me.

[stevel]

TiVo made MAD Magazine in the June issue, as part of an article "The 21 Hottest Rumors Regarding Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones"

[TheSimpsons]

Originally posted by stevel
TiVo made MAD Magazine in the June issue, as part of an article "The 21 Hottest Rumors Regarding Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones"

Hehe. The TiVo guy appears to have arms. :D

-The Simpsons :) :D :cool: :eek: :p

[SJinBoise]

The most recent Radio World magazine (5/22/02) contains an article by Mike Starling, VP for engineering and operations at National Public Radio, talking about the potential of digital radio. Sadly, the article is not posted on RW's website, but here are a few brief excerpts:

"TiVo is a pleasing example of an early media prosumption* device. (Caution: evangelist at work.) ... TiVo has been the best media device I've purchased to date."

*Prosumption: the act of consumers producing their own high quality goods with the help of technology - Alvin and Heidi Toffler.

He then describes the shows he has Season Passes for, how he never misses a program to take a phone call, how he captures classic movies late at night, etc.

"The problem is, I've become an increasingly frustrated radio listener. TiVo users routinely lament the lack of a radio version."

He goes on to propose the radio equivalent of a TiVo. Pretty neat mention, considering the source.

He also praises the radio station I work for in another part of the same column, but that's neither here nor there. :)

[TheSimpsons]

Originally posted by SJinBoise
He also praises the radio station I work for in another part of the same column, but that's neither here nor there. :)

Wow, looks like that article was written especially for you. :)

-The Simpsons :) :D :cool: :eek: :p

[GoldenTiger]

There was a mention of it on Wednesday's Simpsons by the ship guy "Yar, I have a Tivo full of unwatched (can'tremembernameofshow)'s!" when Homer is rallying support for himself against Fat Tony and his gangsters.

[TheSimpsons]

Originally posted by GoldenTiger
There was a mention of it on Wednesday's Simpsons by the ship guy "Yar, I have a Tivo full of unwatched (can'tremembernameofshow)'s!" when Homer is rallying support for himself against Fat Tony and his gangsters.

The show was Dharma and Greg. This whole topic has been covered on the last page.

-The Simpsons :) :D :cool: :eek: :p

[SJinBoise]

Originally posted by TheSimpsons


Wow, looks like that article was written especially for you. :)

-The Simpsons :) :D :cool: :eek: :p

Please - don't hate me because I'm special. :cool:

[logic88]

When Dave was interviewing the latest Survivor winner this past week, she asked him if he watched any of the episodes and he replied with something like "I have them all TiVoed."

[GuysInCT]

Just received the new Ethan Allen catalog - the one introducing the Townhouse collection. On page 12, in the picture featuring the entertainment center, there is a Series 2 tivo just above the tv.

[jswu]

Tivo was the subject of a segment on NPR this weekend. They were talking about the issue of skipping commercials and whether it is considered stealing. Can anyone find a link to the radio program?

[TheSimpsons]

Originally posted by GuysInCT
Just received the new Ethan Allen catalog - the one introducing the Townhouse collection. On page 12, in the picture featuring the entertainment center, there is a Series 2 tivo just above the tv.

Check this out...it seems as if there is a Sony SVR-2000 TiVo on the left side of the cabinet. Looks like Ethan Allen has quite a few pics with TiVo in it. :)

http://www.ethanallen.com/images/products/main/homeentertainment.jpg

-The Simpsons :) :D :cool: :eek: :p

[bcrider]

Matthew Lillard promotes TiVo all over the Tonight Show! :D

[feldon23]

Like FedEx, TiVo rocks.

UPS is more like a VCR.

[John Bailey]

Matthew Lillard, who played Shaggy in the new Scooby-Doo movie was on Jay leno last night (6/19). He was talking about how much he enjoyed watching the USA Soccer team play in the World Cup. Jay asked how he could stay up that late and Mathew went into a long endorsement of TiVo and how it is the greatest invention since television. He said he loves his TiVo, but it was on the blink. Jay, who must also own a TiVo, told him to unplug it and plug it back in again. It was amazing how much time was devoted talking about TiVo.

It was a great plug for TiVo - was anyone at TiVo aware that he was going to do that? You couldn't have run a better ad.

If you have access to the show last night, you should watch it.

[murgatroyd]

That's funny, the guide data I have shows that he is scheduled to be on this Friday on the 21st.

Jan

[Sinnerman]

Originally posted by feldon23
Like FedEx, TiVo rocks.

UPS is more like a VCR.

FedEx is okay, but FedEx Ground rocks. Where else can I get a 45 pound 4.5 cu. ft. box shipped and insured from Texas to Florida 5 days before X-mas for under $15? Yup. FedEx Ground.

"It's not just for eBay anymore"

[Rob Helmerichs]

Originally posted by feldon23
Like FedEx, TiVo rocks.

UPS is more like a VCR. Or Betamax... :D

[DBCooper]

Originally posted by Sinnerman
FedEx is okay, but FedEx Ground rocks. Where else can I get a 45 pound 4.5 cu. ft. box shipped and insured from Texas to Florida 5 days before X-mas for under $15? Yup. FedEx Ground.Where else can you buy a case of wine and ask the dealer to ship it from Houston to Austin and have it never arrive? On inquiry, weeks later, FedEx Ground seems to think it's illegal to ship wine within Texas when a licensed dealer does it. :confused:

Many assurances later that the dealer will resend by another carrier, the wine never returned. Several months later, after the weather had warmed and I feared for the worst on the missing wine, I bought another case and personally delivered it to Austin.

[harvscar]

TechTV's Screensavers is having a Gateway PC giveaway where they call a different person everyday and ask them a question about the show, if the person answers correctly they win. Last night they called a lady in GA who when they asked if she was watching the show said, "Well, I missed the first ten minutes because I was out picking up dinner. I have TiVo though so I was able to catch up through the commercials."
I thought this was so cool because that's what TiVo is all about.

BTW, she won the PC. The question was, "Who is Matthew Lillard playing in the Scooby-Doo movie?" :rolleyes:
She probably would have won without TiVo. :D

[Erik]

A sports radio show is Dallas, The Ticket (http://www.theticket.com) references TiVo all the time. There is so much going on in sports and its hard to keep up, especially now with the world cup. They seem to always being saying "I TiVo'd it and can't wait to watch it..." etc.

There's also a guy here at work that has the TiVo logo in the back window of his car...now I know what he's talking about. :)

Pretty cool.

[phone1]

Originally posted by jswu
Tivo was the subject of a segment on NPR this weekend. They were talking about the issue of skipping commercials and whether it is considered stealing. Can anyone find a link to the radio program? Sorry I missed it. A search (http://search1.npr.org/search97cgi/s97_cgi?QueryText=tivo&ResultTemplate=simple_date.hts&SortSpec=Date+Desc+Score+Desc&ViewTemplate=docview.hts&collection=zeus&collection=C1&collection=WEB&Action=FilterSearch&filter=topic_filter.hts&x=26&y=7) of NPR's website found some stories, but nothing that recent.

What program was it on and what date?

[Dawghows]

I found this:

http://search1.npr.org/opt/collections/torched/atc/data_atc/seg_143825.htm

I assume that's the segment mentioned, though it was on a Thursday, not a weekend.

[phone1]

Thanks - it was about the Sonic Blue lawsuit, not TiVo. Kinda' scary of your a Replay owner though!

[walters]

Here's the whole exchange (it comes from Closed Captions via www.tveyes.com)

It's just really -- and it's unfortunate for us that it is happening so late at night. But i have this little invention called tivo. So i'm gonna drop tivo's name ten times, and hopefully everyone in the audience a new tivo. [ Cheers and applause ] tivo is like the cell phone of our generation.
>> Jay: So you are using your tivo to tape --
>> well, my tivo's kind of on the blinks.
>> Jay: What happened to it?
>> Kinof on the blinks, tivo.
>> Jay: You know how to fix it?
>> How?
>> Jay: Unplug it, count to ten, plug in, it's fine. You try that?
>> I don't trust that.
>> Jay: That works.
>> Really?
>> Jay: This is what i do. It'll work.
>> Okay. But how great is tivo?
>> Jay: It's good.
>> But how great is the usa soccer team? [ Cheers and applause ]

[TheSimpsons]

Originally posted by walters
Here's the whole exchange (it comes from Closed Captions via www.tveyes.com)

It's just really -- and it's unfortunate for us that it is happening so late at night. But i have this little invention called tivo. So i'm gonna drop tivo's name ten times, and hopefully everyone in the audience a new tivo. [ Cheers and applause ] tivo is like the cell phone of our generation.
>> Jay: So you are using your tivo to tape --
>> well, my tivo's kind of on the blinks.
>> Jay: What happened to it?
>> Kinof on the blinks, tivo.
>> Jay: You know how to fix it?
>> How?
>> Jay: Unplug it, count to ten, plug in, it's fine. You try that?
>> I don't trust that.
>> Jay: That works.
>> Really?
>> Jay: This is what i do. It'll work.
>> Okay. But how great is tivo?
>> Jay: It's good.
>> But how great is the usa soccer team? [ Cheers and applause ]

Yeah, I cut a rerun of that last night. I thought it was funny how Jay pretended he is some sort of a tech-wiz telling him how he can fix his TiVo, if you saw him, he had this self-aggrandizing, know-it all look on his face. :rolleyes: Good plug by Matthew Lillard though. :)

-The Simpsons :) :D :cool: :eek: :p

[TiVoPony]

Tom Hanks mentioned TiVo on the Tonight Show last night.

Jay was asking Tom about his new movie, and about working with Paul Newman. Apparently Paul Newman is really fanatical about badminton...so Tom was telling Jay about their badminton conversations:

Paul: "Don't you like badminton? You didn't see badminton on the olympics?"

Tom: "No Mr. Newman, that medal round just passed me by...we, uh, didn't have the TiVo hooked up yet!"

:D

Pony

[EBone11973]

I'm opening up my self to some serious criticism for admitting this, but,

So I was watching "American Idol" last night on Fox. The show has not had a very regular schedule, and some episodes are longer than others. Next week there will be a live show (for the east coast anyways) that starts a half hour earlier than usual. One of the two hosts, at the end of the program, in an effort to remind viewers of the earlier start time, said (paraphrase) "remember to set your TiVos, or VCRs, if anyone still uses a VCR."

Nice plug on the highest rated summer program.

[markp99]

EBone,

You are in big trouble...We're gonna tell all your friends that YOU watch American Idol...and LIKE it....

[EBone11973]

Yeah, I know, I have it coming to me for that. I use my TiVo for crap-TV. Is there a reality series for people undergoing a 12-step program for watching crap reality TV?

[markp99]

I think TiVo will actually make your crap-TV habit worse. Now you can get it whenever you want... :) Like giving drugs to a junkie....

[JYoung]

Originally posted by EBone11973
Yeah, I know, I have it coming to me for that. I use my TiVo for crap-TV. Is there a reality series for people undergoing a 12-step program for watching crap reality TV?

ooohhh, you watched Bachelorettes in Alaska, didn't you?

[EBone11973]

JYoung, that was just hurtful. My WIFE watched Bachelorettes in Alaska; I just happened to be in the room at the same time.

[BryanRDC]

New "sighting:" On the morning show on SF Bay area radio station "Alice," KLLC, long-time co-host Sarah was ecstatic that her new partner, known as "No-name," had received a TiVo as a gift. They both went on and on about the wonders of TiVo, including how it doesn't necessarily make you watch more TV, just that when you have time to watch, there's always something available that you actually want to see. Great overall mention. TiVoPony, were you listening?

[TiVoPony]

I missed it. I occasionally listen to audio books, and wasn't tuned to Alice this morning. Shame on me. My wife probably heard it tho'. :)

Sarah has often sung our praises in the past, she's great. There have been times when I think she couldn't be as vocal due to other obligations...I'm glad she's free to talk about us again! ;)

Pony

[TSpoonEars]

Sarah on Radio 'Alice' has been singing Tivo's praises for yonks. I think she's one of their biggest adverts. I agree, it's great she can plug Tivo again. I'm sure she was still using Tivo when she had to plug U*TV.
She thinks she's the first to come up with the idea of Tivo Radio - as if everyone who owns one hasn't thought trick-playing everything (well, almost ;) ).

It's a shame the host of American Idol the other night couldn't have been told to say 'Your Tivos will already know this, but don't forget to set your vcrs as we're on a half hour earlier next week'.

Cheers,

Ears.

[Bsteenson]

This was Letterman's Top 10 July 9. Note #4.

Top Ten Good Things About Being Cryogenically Frozen

10. Never again have to answer the question, "Hot enough for ya?"

9. You can request that you be frozen while making a funny face

8. When you come back to life, you get to keep your frequent flier miles

7. Pale blue translucent skin complements hazel eyes

6. If your name is Jim, friends and family will refer to you as "Jimsicle"

5. You + Walt Disney = Best friends in the 25th century

4. When they thaw you out in a few thousand years you'll have lots of stuff to watch on TiVo

3. It's a million times more refreshing than biting into a York Peppermint Patty

2. It hasn't hurt Al Gore, am I right people?

1. You're still warmer than those poor *******s in the audience of the Ed Sullivan Theater

BS

[biker]

Originally posted by Bsteenson
This was Letterman's Top 10 July 9. Note #4.

Top Ten Good Things About Being Cryogenically Frozen

10. Never again have to answer the question, "Hot enough for ya?"

9. You can request that you be frozen while making a funny face

8. When you come back to life, you get to keep your frequent flier miles

7. Pale blue translucent skin complements hazel eyes

6. If your name is Jim, friends and family will refer to you as "Jimsicle"

5. You + Walt Disney = Best friends in the 25th century

4. When they thaw you out in a few thousand years you'll have lots of stuff to watch on TiVo

3. It's a million times more refreshing than biting into a York Peppermint Patty

2. It hasn't hurt Al Gore, am I right people?

1. You're still warmer than those poor *******s in the audience of the Ed Sullivan Theater

BS I just saw that today on my tivo. :)

[grecorj]

Yesterday's episode of "Fresh Gear" had 2 TiVo mentions: The TiVo/Nielsen thing as well as a plug by Sumi during a review of portable lcd tvs; she said she doesn't have to worry about missing her fave shows when away from home because she has all her Season Passes programmed into her TiVo. :D

[grecorj]

On "Imus in The Morning" on WFAN yesterday morning Imus joked with Lou Dobbs about Lou missing a Tom Brokaw special and Imus said: "Don't you own a vcr? A TiVo?".

[TiVoPony]

On David Letterman last night, Chris Elliot mentioned TiVo.

Dave asked him what's been going on, and Chris said something like "Lots of great things. First, I got TiVo!".

He asked if Dave knew what it was (he did), Chris said all of his friends have been telling him "you gotta get this, you gotta get this", and then Chris made a joke about thinking they were sandals. But now he has one and "can zip right through the commercials".

Thanks to Lori for the Eliza Dushku on Letterman tip...probably would have missed this otherwise. ;)

Pony

[scottjf8]

I just got home and had it recorded from last night and I'm watching... I swear this is the first time I've ever heard Chris Eliot be funny...

Cant wait to see Eliza.. better watch it before the wife gets home!

[shady]

Also last night, on the screensavers. Pat and Leo were going over the bargains in the weekend newspapers and they highlighted a Western Digital 120 gb hard drive for $99 after rebate at Circuit City.

Leo then said - "This would be great for upgrading your Tivo"

I bought mine today

[rogo]

Ok, Chris Elliott was not funny Scott. You were just excited about the Tivo mention.

Eliza Dushku, on the other hand... Oh my :)

Mark

[psxotaku]

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,485583,00.asp

Spencer must already have his.

[Mr. Music]

On the opening show of the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards

part of one of the songs


"You don't need to set your TiVo...."

[JivinJeff]

Funny mention during this big event...

Jimmy Fallon is singing during the opening act...

"They'll re-reun the show till May.
They'll show it again and again and again.
He will stand up here forever.
There's no need to set your TiVo."

Jeff

[Mr. Music]

Originally posted by JivinJeff
Funny mention during this big event...

Jimmy Fallon is singing during the opening act...

"They'll re-reun the show till May.
They'll show it again and again and again.
He will stand up here forever.
There's no need to set your TiVo."

Jeff

Yeah... that sounds right... I really only caught the TiVo part, everything else was just noise... ;)

Thanks! :)

[mij]

There was a quick tivo reference on the Video Music awards tonight..

Jimmy Falon was doing an impression of Enrique Englasias (I likely misspelled that) and he sang something like "they will rerun the show till may, they'll show it again and again, there is no need to set your tivo.... "

-Mij

[bcrider]

Yeah, I saw it the 2nd time they ran it (was on darn pager duty and working a problem the first time). Pretty subtle reference too. I came on here to post, but ya already got it.

How 'bout that Guns 'n' Roses finale!!!! :D

[jchan]

TiVo is becoming the generic brand moniker with PVRs like Kleenex and Xerox did.

[Mr. Music]

Uhmmm...

That is Guns N' F'n Roses !! :)

:up: :up:


The only reason I watched the VMAs this year, and the 1st year I watched them since 92 or 93.

Oh yeah... and that finale got TiVo'd

[JimSpence]

See this thread.

Re: Dilbert

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74048

[michellemck99]

Tivo is mentioned in the first paragraph of this Yahoo! story (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=799&e=4&cid=797&u=/eo/20020905/en_tv_eo/10491) on the American Idol finale.

I'm touched that Tivo was used instead of "vcr" to convey the writer's sentiment...

[grecorj]

TiVo mentioned on "The Wayne Brady Show" on Thursday...he was talking to Jane Kazmarack (Malcolm in the Middle) and she said "Our assistant was staying with us for the summer and she TiVo'd it (American Idol)..." and she made a gesture like she was using a remote. Wayne said something like, "Talk to me about the TiVo...(then using deep voice)...TiVo!" Jane said she didn't know how to use it...

[thehepcat]

another American Idol related reference.

During E's live from the Red Carpet preshow, their annoying new (I'm too hip for a last name) blonde interviewer was talking to a couple of b-list stars about Idol and they mentioned that they TiVo it every week.

[BrettStah]

Wayne Brady has apparently mentioned Tivo a lot this week, according to my wife.

[grecorj]

Neil Patrick Harris (a/k/a Doogie Howser) was on The Caroline Rhea Show yesterday -- he said "I TiVo The Price is Right everyday." Apparently "Doog" is into game shows.

[jlb]

Latest comment I heard on WEEI in Boston was on Monday Morning as part of Dennis and Callahan's lead in regarding the MNF game.....

Dennis said to Callahan that he wished "I had a TiVO like you Gerry.....so that I wouldn't have to worry about missing any of the Pats or Red Sox game and wouldn't have to switch back and forth".............or something to that effect.

[loopey]

The first episode of Mind of The Married Man's (HBO) description says something like "Mickey has trouble setting up his TiVo". There is a thread about this in the Now Playing Forum.

[murgatroyd]

Whoo-hoo!

CBS Sunday Morning, in their new gadget segment, showed off TiVo (my model) -- and when demonstrating how the Now Playing list works, showed the detail screen for -- what else -- CBS Sunday Morning.

TiVo was also mentioned in an earlier segment that talked about product placement in movies.

Fun to see TiVo shown off and talked about by someone who has a clue. I'd bet it was the reporter's own TiVo.

He also held up a Replay TV so people could see what it looked like, but it wasn't hooked up.

Jan

[TiVoLance]

Last Night on MadTV they had a fake Ted Koppel admit to TiVoing all the American Idol shows so he could watch them when he got off work :p

[JorgeGVB]

Mind of The Married Man's season opener did show Mickey using his TiVo. Also, the previews for next week hints that TiVo is actually part of the plot line. Apparently, Mickey has been recording soft porn stuff and gets caught by his wife... I am sure that has never happened to anyone on this forum! :D

[mschwab]

Originally posted by JorgeGVB
Mind of The Married Man's season opener did show Mickey using his TiVo. Also, the previews for next week hints that TiVo is actually part of the plot line. Apparently, Mickey has been recording soft porn stuff and gets caught by his wife... I am sure that has never happened to anyone on this forum! :D
No, dear, those things are just showing up on their own! :D

(Good thing she doesn't know how to get to the Season Pass list!)

Actually, she got a real laugh from the "Puppetry of the Penis" segment on Real Sex, while I found it too painful to watch! :eek:

[Naipes]

Originally posted by HTH
Have you spotted TiVo, TiVo logos, or other TiVo references in movies, television, radio, newspapers, comics, magazines, or other popular media? Well this is the thread in which to announce and discuss your TiVo Spotting, or just to check to see if anyone else spotted it first!


The Hartford Courant had a big piece on TiVo in the Entertainment and Leisure section this morning. Here is the link (http://www.ctnow.com/entertainment/hc-tivo.artsep16.story?coll=hc%2Dheadlines%2Dentertainment) to the main story.

Here is another link (http://www.ctnow.com/entertainment/hc-mytivo.artsep16.story?coll=hc%2Dheadlines%2Dentertainment) to a side story.

[mschwab]

"Would all of you, on top of what you're paying, be willing to pay another $250 a year to eliminate commercials?" Kellner says. "I don't know what the average American would feel about that. But it's a fair question."
I would answer a responding "YES!", especially if they filled the hour with actual program content. Avoiding the FF,FF,FF,Play,IR shuffle several times an hour would make my life much easier.

[TiVoPony]

My daughter just found a TiVo reference in the October issue of Disney Adventures magazine. They ask a bunch of cartoon characters "How many hours of TV do you watch each week?"...

Here's the answer from Kim Possible:

"I don't have time for TV. Wade (her helper) is like a human TiVo - he streams stuff to the Kimmunicator, so I can catch it when I can."

Cool! :D

Cheers,
Pony

[BryanRDC]

I don't know what particular sickness this is a symptom of, but I LOVE Kim Possible (yeah, yeah, she's HOT!!!). Seriously, my kids discovered this through the unbelievably catchy theme song that used to play about every hour on Radio Disney, and the show is tongue-in-cheek enough to entertain them and cause my wife and me to raise eyebrows to each other. I knew I liked her for good reason -- any friend of TiVo is a friend of mine.

[skywalkm]

Check out one of my favorite websites, http://www.cinescape.com which as a review of new shows' series premieres (http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Television&action=page&obj_id=36257) , "ROBBERY HOMICIDE DIVISION ... Verdict: This one is your basic cop show, but Tom Sizemore makes it much cooler. I plan on TiVo-ing it while I watch LAW & ORDER: SVU."

[alan]

Are all these stars (Rosie, Ted Kopel, etc.) secret members of the underground upgrade your TiVo to 240 hours club or is "Osbornes" the ONLY show that Rosie watches? :D

[Joe Siegler]

Originally posted by loopey
The first episode of Mind of The Married Man's (HBO) description says something like "Mickey has trouble setting up his TiVo". There is a thread about this in the Now Playing Forum.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=77197

My remarks on this from that thread. :)

I saw this last week on the previews for the episode that just aired this past Sunday night. A few (extremely geeky) observations:

1) No channel numbers on programs recorded in the program info page. Surprised that since the show is in Chicago that they didn't figure out what channel number the show could be on. :)

2) He's using a standalone, based on the fact that it says "Best Quality".

3) If he was counterprogramming with the babes stuff, then why did one of the programs have a green lock dot on it? ;)

4) On the description of the show his co-worker was on, it said "This program will be saved till you delete it", yet didn't have a green dot on it.

5) The remote control he had was way NOT a TiVo remote. Not even close.

6) He never appeared to set up his TiVo, or at least never read his messages. The "You have new mail" icon was on in every shot of TiVo central.

That's all I remember offhand. I also think the font was too big, like it was a custom created screen, but then again, it's been awhile since I've had a standalone TiVo - so I don't remember exactly.

[DrStrange]

Letterman again, talking about how Oprah looked at the Emmys:

"Now don't go crazy, because you know, when I saw this I hit the Tivo immediately..." - he mimes furiously working a remote - "'get it, get it, GET IT'..."

[phronimos]

From a story about a "control room" used by NFL officials on game day:

"...we decided to have a control room in our officiating department. So we had it fully wired to DirecTV. We also have enough TiVo machines to use for every game being played..."

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/272/sports/Video_setup_puts_NFL_in_complete_control+.shtml

[BryanRDC]

From the Will & Grace page at NBC's site:You've taken the trivia. You've bookmarked the fan sites. You've got TiVo programmed for NBC Thursday. But how well do you really know Will, Grace, Jack and Karen? Read their character bios and find out.

[MLAKE1]

During a recent MLB game on ESPN, commentators Joe Morgan and Jon Miller were doing for a promo for an upcoming show on ESPN.

The exchange went something like this ... analyst Joe Morgan said "I'm going to go home and set my TiVo for that!", to which play-by-play man Jon Miller responded, "I'm going to go home and set my BETAMAX for that!"

[TheDewAddict]

Woody has been talking about his TiVo a lot lately on the Woody and Whipping Boy Show on KPNT 105.7 The Point in St. Louis. He mentioned the other day having to TiVo Survivor so he could watch the Cardinals playoff game tonight.

[SC0TLANDF0REVER]

Was watching Friday's episode "Vulnerable", the Detectives were going through an apt and the main detective was mentioning all the A/V gear there.

"Big Screen TV,...TiVo"

:)
~Dave

[Knative]

Originally posted by SC0TLANDF0REVER

"Big Screen TV,...TiVo"

:)
~Dave
They even had the capitalization right on the closed captions.

[FUBAR]

TiVo is often mentioned by the morning show people here in RDU/triangle (NC) area on 105.1 FM Bob and Madison.

[rhobite]

Hey look, Sarah Michelle Gellar is a TiVo lover. (http://www.tivo.com/4.3.1.asp) And what a picture.

"Even though I work crazy hours, I still never miss my favorite shows. TiVo makes sure all of my guilty-pleasure programs are there waiting for me when I finally kick back on the couch to relax!"

Well Sarah, Buffy's at the top of my season pass list.. and I'm not guilty about it.

[Susiemw]

On NPR's Car Talk two weeks ago they mentioned Tivo..... as in having the listeners send one in when they send in their response to a weekly puzzler.

Susan

[dr_mal]

King of Queens on Monday night -- Spence gets a new TiVo, hooks it up, programs a couple of his favourite shows, starts showing it off to the dog-watching girl, and it's recording all sorts of strange shows as suggestions: "Priscilla Queen of the Desert", "The Greg Louganis Story", "Judy Garland in concert".

Spence: "My TiVo thinks I'm gay!"

It even had TiVo sounds as he was scrolling through the menus.

[grecorj]

Phil Mickelson has a TiVo (see story here (http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/gd200211mickelson.html)).

The master bedroom features a TIVO-connected television (Mickelson's favorite show is "The Practice") that rises out of a low cabinet at the foot of the bed...

[jnk27]

TiVo'ed Halloween episode

[JimSpence]

Today on the Fox News Channel's Bulls & Bears stock talk show, they mentioned TiVo while talking about Western Digital and how HD's are showing up in all sorts of devices. When they mentioned TiVo it was in the TiVo-like devices. I guess TiVo is taking on the same generic meaning as Kleenex is to facial tissues.

[jnk27]

:D

[unixadm]

On Friday 11/01's "Providence" episode:

Sid loses her Engagement ring....

Her friend said "Just tell him you traded it in for TiVo....Men LOVE TiVo!"

[Bradc314]

Today's "Best of the Web" on Wall Street Journal's opinionjournal.com:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110002572
Mark your calendar--or better yet, set your TiVo--for Dec. 14. Two years and a day after Al Gore delivered the best speech of his career, conceding the 2000 presidential election, the erstwhile veep is slated to host "Saturday Night Live."

[justapixel]

Newsweek magazine, interview with Aaron Sorkin, writer of West Wing and Sports Night.

Interview was about the ratings drop of WW.
He was asked if he has ever seen the Bachelor. He responded that he watches the Bachelor, he TiVo's West Wing.

:)

[steelcurtain]

Kiefer Sutherland was on The Daily Show last night, and he mentioned TiVo. He did state that the reason he didn't have one was because it is too complicated!! Aargh!

[teknikel]

Originally posted by steelcurtain
Kiefer Sutherland was on The Daily Show last night, and he mentioned TiVo. He did state that the reason he didn't have one was because it is too complicated!! Aargh!

Yes and then Jon Stewart agreed!?!?!

kel

[roxfinch]

Jon Stewart mentions TiVo a lot. He did it again one night this week. I don't remember which night since we got behind on watching them and watched two or three of them last night. It was the show with the Democrat Rep from TN.

Anyway, the guest is explaining something, Jon says something like, "I'm not a stupid man, I mean I figured out how to hook up my TiVo."

[MLAKE1]

On Tuesday's The Screen Savers on TechTV, with Martin Sargent and Steve Wozniak hosting, they mentioned the plans of SoapCity.com to begin offering commercial-free soap operas over the Net for a monthly fee. Martin commented by saying "Why don't people just get a TiVo?"

[MLAKE1]

Been mentioned in another thread, but wanted to add it here too ....

TiVo was voted #1 holiday gift of the year by TechTV in their special "Top 20 Holiday Gifts" show. Leo Laporte mentioned that TiVo was something that "would change your life".

Here's a link to the other thread going about it:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=87140

[ronsch]

Wanda Sykes mentions Tivo in her comedy piece at the end of this weeks Inside the NFL as she's going over things she's thankful about for Thanksgiving. She says she's thankful that Tivo won't have anything to do with the 1-10 Cincinnati Bengals just on principal.

[MLAKE1]

Dave Letterman loves plugging TiVo. Here's a thread commenting on a few of his recent banters with TiVo mentions:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=91466

[Gendal]

In "Regular Expressions," a technical manual for us computer geeks the author says in the intro


Once you learn regular expressions, you'll realize that they're an invaluable part of your toolkit, and you'll wonder how you could have ever gotten by without them!*

* If you have a TiVo, you already know the feeling!

[alan]

Originally posted by Gendal
In "Regular Expressions," a technical manual for us computer geeks the author says in the intro .... I wish TiVo implemented true "Regular Expressions". That would be so cool! Then again my TiVo's already pretty slow. :D

[trojanrabbit]

During an recent radio interview with QB Tom Brady, he was asked about why he appeared to look lost on the sidelines recently. He said that his family was saying the same thing as well after the loss to the Jets, so he mentioned that he had a TiVo and that he watched the NE-NY game before he got to see the game films. His response when he saw himself was something like 'OMG, I looked like THAT??' :eek:. He said he thought he has the same enthusiasm as always, but seeing himself made him think differently. Supposedly he tried to keep himself pumped up for the Dolphins game.

[btsibr]

The Mind of the Married Man (HBO) reference was that Mickey's TiVo had started recording things like Will and Grace, and Queer as Folk (Showtime?) and he was setting it up to record things like Girls Gone Wild and MTV Spring Break. Donna walks in and asks him what he's doing and he says that he is "counter programming.. the TiVo thinks I'm gay".

[NandoVel]

From This Week's People Magazine - which I think hits newsstands Nationally on Jan 3rd.

"A few folks working on hit TV shows didn't mind spreading a little wealth around for the holidays. Ray Romano and executive producer Phil Rosenthal gave the 100-plus cast and crew of "Everybody Loves Raymond" a TiVo, the digital video recorder, with a lifetime subscription service contract -- a $600 value. "

[Imageek2]

From this weeks TVGuide article on Michael Chiklis (The Shield) on his success over the last 12 months.

"I wish I had a TiVo player for my life...so I could put it on freeze frame"

[garner42]

The online comic goats (http://www.goats.com) has a really funny bit about TiVo. Click here (http://www.goats.com/comix/0301/goats030103.gif) for the image.

[jnk27]

ROTFL at goats :D

[BryanRDC]

Originally posted by NandoVel
From This Week's People Magazine - which I think hits newsstands Nationally on Jan 3rd.

"A few folks working on hit TV shows didn't mind spreading a little wealth around for the holidays. Ray Romano and executive producer Phil Rosenthal gave the 100-plus cast and crew of "Everybody Loves Raymond" a TiVo, the digital video recorder, with a lifetime subscription service contract -- a $600 value. " Here's some inside dope on this, from a friend who works for a network who visited with my family during the holidays. It was an 80-hour TiVo, and the note that Ray and the exec producer sent with it said something along the lines of, "Here's a TiVo with enough space to record every episode of 'Everybody Loves Raymond' and still have an hour and a half left over for porn!"

[dpsjolly]

Rachel tells her dad she has got Tivo in Friends

[korn316]

Conan O' Brien mentioned it a dozen times during a recent show. I don't remember which one, I basically watch 3 shows in one hour.

[trainman]

It was Conan's Friday episode. At the end of the monologue, when he was promoting the musical guest, he said something to the effect of, "So be sure you stay up, or use TiVo...don't use TiVo."

And then, later in the show, when he was promoting his appearance on Sunday's "Andy Richter Controls the Universe," he ended with, "Don't TiVo it."

Both of those were fairly obviously winking "ha ha" kind of warnings. At least, I hope they were, since I basically got my TiVo to record Conan every night, and if he says I can't use it anymore, well, I don't know what I'm going to do. :D

[Raj]

TiVo was mentioned on Good Day New York this morning (01-08-03) on WNYW Fox 5. They were talking about reality shows, and one of them said that she's in bed by that time, then the other one said "well I record them on my TiVo".

[docsmullins]

Less than 30 minutes ago on Wednesday, January 8, 2003: On NBC's "Ed" Warren Cheswick's chubby friend, Mark (?), says "Who else do you know that TiVo's the Food Network?"...

[loopey]

I was listening to the 91x radio station in San Diego this morning. They are looking for groups to be part of the audience for No Doubt during the Super Bowl half time show. They said you won't be able to watch the first half of the super bowl, so you will have to record it. Then they jokingly said the super bowl half time show, brought to you by TiVo.

[JYoung]

I heard local entertainment reporter Sam Rubin on the radio today where he was discussing The Bachelorette, mentioned that he recorded it on his TiVo.....

[loopey]

The local radio station (in San Diego) was interviewing Ryan Seacrest (of American Idol) and he said he doesn't know what he'd do without his TiVo, and the DJ said I know aren't they great. Ryan said he couldn't figure it out at first, but blamed it on himself not on how complicated it was to setup and use. He also said he had SPs for everything.

[raeiken]

Today Barbara Walters was interviewing Alison Janney? from West Wing and at the end she said that West Wing was on opposite of some good ABC shows but the audience should Tivo West Wing.

[MannyVjr]

In the latest issue of Esquire Magazine (the one with Catherine-Zeta Jones in the cover) they have a feature about "Doing *stuff* faster", and the advice they gave when it came to "Watch TV faster", guess who was mentioned?

TiVo. Their tip was: turn the closed captioning on and zoom thru whatever you're watching by hitting the ff button once.

You're able to watch a 30min show in 11.

[Nihilator]

Originally posted by raeiken
Today Barbara Walters was interviewing Alison Janney? from West Wing and at the end she said that West Wing was on opposite of some good ABC shows but the audience should Tivo West Wing.

The full quote is:

"...Don't forget to watch The West Wing on Wednesday nights. It's on opposite very good ABC shows, but you can use TiVo."

Allison Janney, I believe, actually laughed out loud upon hearing her suggestion.

--Chris

[TiVoLance]

Yesterday on Entertainment Tonight they showed the free stuff that Golden Globe presenters were getting. Included in the pile was series 2 SA TiVos. Must be nice to be rich and famous AND not pay for stuff :P

[smak]

Yah, among other things gloden globe presenters will get an 80 hour series 2, some watches, jewelry etc...

Oh yah, and a 42" plasma TV.

Niiiice...

-smak-

[JimSpence]

Regardless of your political views, Rush Limbaugh mentioned that he has upgraded his TiVo to over 200 hours this past weekend. And, finally got the second tuner connected.

[BrianWJ]

Was just watching last night's Buffy and, in addition to a Dragonball Z reference, came across a cute little TiVo mention.

Buffy was showing the potential slayers around the demon bar when they bumped into Clem, that sort of giant puppy dog-looking creature.

They were talking about how they haven't seen each other for a bit and he tells her, "I saw this great show on the history channel the other night that I knew you would love and then something went all flooey with my TiVo." :D

[trainman]

Here's a column that appeared in Wednesday's Los Angeles Times:

TiVo, the Ultimate Script Doctor (http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-et-lowry22jan22.story)

The summary is that, since TiVo lets you zip through shows very quickly, it makes them much more tolerable. Best quote: "As much as I enjoy ('Alias'), I became impatient with expository scenes in which Jennifer Garner's agent Sydney Bristow discusses her feelings with friends, anxious to see the next fight, plot twist or skimpy costume."

[tbh999]

I heard an interview on the radio a couple of week ago where Arsinio Hall raved about how great Tivo was.

[GDN]

2 Nights in a row now for Letterman - Tivo was mentioned. Last night he was talking about how cold and windy it was in NYC and wanted to show viewers what he had caught on his Tivo on The Weather Channel - then they showed a clip from The Weather Channel where some of the graphics blew right off the screen, obviously a mock up - but he said did say he had caught the clip from Tivo.

Then again tonight with Ellen Degenerse on - She mentioned Tivo. I've already deleted the show - I forget the context.

But two nights in a row for Late Night - Dave must like it. Maybe he'll start posting here. He talks about that www thing some too ! LOL

[jmace57]

Saw this today on the XDNet Anchordesk.

Here's the link:

http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2909595,00.html

[Francesco]

Oprah said: "TiVo this show!" today. Cannot tell if it was a rerun; I'm not an avid watcher.

[DrStrange]

Originally posted by GDN
Then again tonight with Ellen Degenerse on - She mentioned Tivo. I've already deleted the show - I forget the context.
I just got around to watching it. She was talking about her PCs grammar checker flagging "gonna" saying it should suggest other non-words she could use - "expresso" and "nukyoolar" - "like Tivo".

I thought her making fun of word misuse was amusing, since earlier in the interview she talked about collecting "humorous stories and antidotes".

[arc6th]

bump!

TiVo on Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday night. He was surfing the shopping channels while searching for a birthday gift for Oprah. On the monitor behind the host the familiar TiVo banner popped up when he changed from HSN to QVC.

He even had a new message but didn't stop everything to see what it was!

[crawfordp]

Originally posted by arc6th
bump!

TiVo on Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday night. He was surfing the shopping channels while searching for a birthday gift for Oprah. On the monitor behind the host the familiar TiVo banner popped up when he changed from HSN to QVC.

He even had a new message but didn't stop everything to see what it was!

It was an HDVR2. I'm having a hard time getting a read on this show, I can't tell if the production values are poor or they are just trying to be edgy.

[Professor MOXy]

Chick McGee, the sidekick on the Bob and Tom Show,www.bobandtom.com (http://www.bobandtom.com) , has mentioned several times that he has a Tivo. He apparently is quite the TV and gadget freak and has an HDTV rear projection TV as well as a Direct TV dish system.

I have not heard specifically what Tivo he has. Typically Bob and Tom are usually making fun at Chick's expense because of his addiction to television and the like. This is usually when the subject of the Tivo comes up.


Greg

Series 2 60 Hr Tivo Unmodified so far

Motorola 2244 Digital cable box

[Mike Lang]

Originally posted by Professor MOXy
Typically Bob and Tom are usually making fun at Chick's expense because of his addiction to television and the like.
Don't forget about his shoes!

[trainman]

From the new (February 7) issue of Entertainment Weekly, in an article about the Sundance Film Festival:

"By day, celebs elbowed their way into the myriad swag centers, leaving with goodies from Diesel jeans to digital cameras to freakin' TiVos. (Levi's even cosponsored a Beck concert.) 'Everything I'm wearing right now except for my scarf, down to this watch by, um...Grimoldi,' says 'Bookies' star Rachael Leigh Cook, when asked what she scored. 'I'd really like to thank the producers of my movie for my TiVo.'"

No wonder the lifetime service fee is going up to $299, what with all those giveaway TiVos for celebrities. :D

[Hunter Green]

In the 01-27-2003 issue of InfoWorld in the Ahead Of The Curve article, Steve Gillmor mentions the upcoming multi-room viewing feature of TiVo in the context of how copyright management is more complex than many (such as the RIAA and MPAA) make it out to be.


On the delivery side, the story is way too complex. TiVo (dubbed "God's Machine" by FCC Chairman Michael Powell) will soon allow you to record a show on one TiVo and play it back on another in another room. But the machines must be in one house and registered to the same user.


I expect the same article is on their online site, but I'm too lazy to go find a link. :)

[murgatroyd]

This is two-week-old news by now, but the other day my husband said, "I have something for you," in that tone of voice that makes one think, What is he up to now?.

What he had for me was the February 3rd issue of Electronic Design (http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=17399&Extension=html) with a cover story on TiVo (with a picture of Michael Ramsey, Jim Barton, and the TiVo Guy).

Cover Feature: Success Story
The TiVo Box Redefines Television Viewing
By Roger Allan


PDF is available (but not the cover, alas) at the link above.

Jan

[Popasmurf]

Boston Public - Around 25 minutes. 30 seconds..

"I have to live vicariously through movies I sneak up and watch on my parents TiVo..."

Popa

[teknikel]

With Craig Kilborn.

Guest Jenny Garth (90210, What I Like About You ) talks about the fact that her husband (can't remember name) who is on Fastlane and she have Tivo because their shows are on at the same time Friday night.

kel

[mjh]

I listen to the NPR radio station to/from work, which also broadcasts "Market Place" from PRI. (http://www.marketplace.org) Tonight on "Market Place" they were talking about the big business of the big four networks, and in particular, the use of "reality" shows in order to boost ratings.

Some woman came on who represented an advertising agency and claimed that the reality shows were "TiVo-proof". She said this was because people who watch reality TV can't afford to wait until tomorrow becuase they're going to be discussed at the watercooler the next day.

Here's a link (http://www.marketplace.org/play/audio.php?media=/2003/02/27_mpp&start=00:00:21:13.0&end=00:00:27:30.0) to a real audio stream of the article.

Personally, I watched Joe Millionaire on my TiVo and skipped commercials.

[ElVee]

Found this at InfoWorld

Building entertainment's future - TiVo's CTO develops tools in-house to stay flexible and keep up with the fast pace of change

http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/21/08insider_1.html?s=tc

[cwerdna]

On the 3/17 episode of Oprah, in the middle of where she was interviewing Charlie, Ryan, Trista (The Bachelorette), Oprah said "I have a Tivo" and she had to go back to listen to the "unfortunately" part of Trista's rejection. :)

[martinp13]

I went to the AFI (American Film Institute) page (http://www.afi.com) looking for something else, and there on the front page is a link to their AFI Enhanced TV Workshop. The graphic they use is a Series 1 TiVo remote! :) Not sure if it's a Sony or Philips remote. :)

[PaulaBerge]

The Twin Cities has a coffee house type magazine called The Rake, this is April 2003's "over the coals" rant:

http://www.rakemag.com/coals/detail.asp?catID=58&itemID=2138

Jennifer Garner's Underpants (or why I fired my cable company, and switched to satellite TiVo)

Mostly hypes satellite TiVo, but worth reading for a laugh.

[BryanRDC]

Originally posted by PaulaBerge
The Twin Cities has a coffee house type magazine called The Rake, this is April 2003's "over the coals" rant:

http://www.rakemag.com/coals/detail.asp?catID=58&itemID=2138

Jennifer Garner's Underpants (or why I fired my cable company, and switched to satellite TiVo)

Mostly hypes satellite TiVo, but worth reading for a laugh.
Best. TiVo article. Ever.

"I applauded in my pants." Hilarious.

[kitsap]

PAUSE!! PAUSE!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PAUSE!!!

Hey hey Paula! Very good article. Thanks for passing it along. :)

[Fustanella]

A "Will and Grace" rerun we TiVoed has the duo mentioning their TiVo in defense of an accusation that they don't have a life. :)

[PaulaBerge]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[Fustanella]

Originally posted by BryanRDC
Best. TiVo article. Ever.

I've got to agree. I'm bookmarking that bad boy for the next time I have to explain TiVo to someone.

[gjustice]

ER tonight 4/3 - Dr. Lewis - "Me and a guy named Tivo are gonna curl up on the couch and watch TV."
:up:

[JYoung]

On tonight's ER (Finders Keepers),
Susan Lewis and Abby Lockhart are talking:

Abby: "Do you have any plans for tonight?"
Susan: "Oh, me and this guy named TiVo, we're going to curl up in front of the TV."


I knew there was a reason I liked Susan... :D

[alienman]

It was mentioned on a Simpsons episode a couple weeks back...unfortunately I deleted it.

[DrStrange]

Was that the one where the sea captain said he had a Tivo full of Dharma and Greg he hadn't watched?

[trainman]

And now, a break from the 4.0 hoopla. I guess I'm the only person here who reads the "Over the Hedge" comic strip, since this is from last Saturday and no one's posted this link yet.

http://www.comics.com/comics/hedge/archive/hedge-20030405.html

[spartanstew]

Chris Elliot on David Letterman tonight mentioned to Dave how he just got Tivo.



Stew

[kendee1]

Tivo & Home Media Option now being available was mentioned as a "Top News Story" on the Screen Savers on Tech TV.

[walters]

On "The View" (closed captioning text from TVEyes (http://www.tveyes.com/)):
It goes with any computer. It only costs $200. I think it's worth it. All the kids are going to love this. It's out now. I found out on the tivo.

Clearly they're talking about the Logitech IO Digital Pen. Is this is the first spotting of TiVo promotional content?