TiVo Fall Update - "Worth the Wait"

Just like Android streaming, apparently. We just don't know which decade that will be.

*ducking*

 

Thanks Sam, good nugget. Sounds promising.

 

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

 

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Amazon streaming please. Tough to imagine anything else being "worth the wait" (I'm an iOS guy so...)

 

then just do it!
the Tivo "app store" is a joke

 

Probably in the works, but they didn't have an environment to test in until the latest update was developed. They could just deploy without testing and hope for the best, but that usually doesn't work out too well.

 

Keep in mind that is a post from RCN. While they now have the ability to do Netflix, I'm not sure they'd be too excited about Amazon streaming as they do not offer Amazon downloads.

 

Amazon Streaming is 1080P on several devices now.

 

Still want the download ability, if it's like the streaming on the Amazon Fire TV it's very bandwidth hungry.

 

Amazon doesn't offer a download option on any other STB platform. My guess is when/if they release an updated Amazon Instant app, they will kill off downloads.

 

Confirmed.
http://support.tivo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/259

As noted on that page, the app doesn't comply with FCC regulatory changes. TiVo claims to be working with Amazon on the problem, although I wouldn't hold my breath on that one.

Also being discussed here:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=519461

 

According to Jason @ RCN
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r29495004-

The Fall Update includes a "new feature that will allow you to set up a season pass OUTside of the 14 day program data"

I assume this is a real Season Pass and not just a Wishlist SP.

 

I got B***slapped when I suggested some of the recent scheduling anomalies might be due to TiVo finally experimenting with using more than what Tribune provides them, and we might be getting closer to some of the "walled garden" type of data the MSOs haven't let TiVo access, or some variant of that.

Of course, it's possible that even if that is the case, it might be for MSO leased TiVos only...

 

which aren't many yet. I thought the mso's aren't leasing but customers have buy the hardware.

 

I'm not sure how it all now works with the Roamio. I never heard of any MSOs having the customer buy the Premieres, or other boxes running the TiVo software. The Premieres run roughly the same software as the Roamios, but Roamios keep the OS in flash, and store fewer databases on-drive, requiring more cloud-like storage instead, via the back-end servers.

If any Roamio-using MSO partners require purchase, wouldn't the customers be stuck with a brick, if they cancel their cable? I don't see any party buying the boxes back. The software for the MSO boxes would be different enough, that I don't see just re-running setup making it viable for use like it came from Best Buy or TiVo direct. Thus, no resale value, if I'm correct.

I was just reading some posts on TiVo financials in one of the threads here, and there were only two categories to the numbers of TiVo subs, customer-owned and MSO-owned, with MSO numbers much greater than customer-owned. the same publications showed losses in customer-owned, and increases in MSO-owned (compared to same quarter, last year).

Rather than say "you are wrong", I'm asking where you got your info. I've been curious how new things do show up with the newer software updates, but are then explained as being something only MSO-partner boxes will be using. If retail doesn't get to use it, why even make its presence visible?

Hopefully, somebody like CoxInPhx can help clarify this for us.