TiVo Talk

OK, count me as one of the people who got a TiVo (a digital video recorder or DVR to some, although mine is a TiVo brand) and loves it. Just like trying to convince people about broadband Internet at home and how great it is, I realize it’s an uphill battle. Until you get a TiVo, you don’t appreciate it.

What’s funny for me is how I’ve come to rely on it’s instant-replay feature: Just hit one button and you get a replay of the last 10 seconds — very useful if you miss a line of dialog (”What’d he say?”). Trouble is, I’m so used to the function that I try to apply it in real life.

Obviously that doesn’t work.

I was sitting at a breakfast meeting today listening to a rather interesting speaker from the FBI. At the same time, I was taking notes for an article on his talk. Obviously I’d miss bits here and there, but I’d keep thinking to hit that non-existant-in-real-life replay button.

The same is true with the radio. I’ll be listening to NPR or Bob and Tom, miss something, and reach for a button that isn’t there so I can hear it again.

I suspect other people have a similar problem; I cannot be the only one with this reaction. I take it as a good sign, or, rather, the sign of a good product.