MarketingVOX points out that a recent study done for ESPN resulted in a surprising (at least to me) number of people who say they do not want a DVR - 57% of respondents. Although in this case, the people being given the DVRs were "non early adopters." Is the average consumer a non-early adopter, or are the people included in this study on the other side of the argument, and therefore somewhat of an extreme example? Based on the personal experience I have, the average person who I've met who gets a DVR through their cable or satellite service becomes just as addicted to it as my tech-loving self, and not wanting to use anything else. Perhaps it's that the headline is just a bit deceiving for this particular research.
1. i am an early adopter. i got the first psps, i was one of the first with dvd's, one of the first with an 8mp cam, one of the first with the centrinos...i do love gadgets. but i don't want to pay to play. i already paid for the gadget. that's why i don't like xbox live, don't give a damn about mmmoorororpg's, and tivo's. i understand that i can pay 300 or 400 for a "lifetime" fee (and i use that term loosely, it's not really a lifetime, life of the product i am assuming). i'm already paying for subscriptions out the ass, insurance, home alarm, cable, phones...and i don't care to pay just for the benefit of pausing tv. wow. whoopty do! kiss my ass. besides, my media pc, which has a tv tuner and a 160gb hdd, does the basics of timeshifting, and i don't have to pay monthly fees.
i just don't get the big deal with tivo. plus, they make it hard for you to skip the commercials, right? isn't that the best part of tivo? oh well.
Posted at 4:19PM on Jun 16th 2005 by skoobz