Apple to Buy TiVo?

vallette writes "Reuters is reporting that Apple may be interested in buying TiVo. Seems like a good fit to me. Both companies stock price is up on the rumor."

Right...

[atezun]

And mysteriously my TiVo no longer skips those retina burning iPod commercials

the little "i" thing

[TWX]

Well, at least the TiVo service already somewhat goes with the current Apple naming scheme...

Mac Tivo?

[CTO1]

Great. Now my Tivo will play even fewer games.

I like the part about "cheaper"

[TuballoyThunder]

Analysts said that Apple's focus on its immensely successful iPod digital music player would probably preclude it from going after money-losing TiVo, whose growth strategy has been questioned due to the rise of cheaper DVRs being deployed by cable TV providers.

If Apple did buy TiVo, the price differential would no longer be an issue--everybody expects to pay the Apple premium!

Apple Product Cycle

[Anonymous Coward]

Saw funny run-down of the Apple product cycle [misterbg.org] in someone's sig today. This cracked me up.

Ready, Set...

[kromozone]

Let the wild speculation begin! I predict the iMovie store will play an integral part in this along with the new chip-based 3ivX encoder, and the cell processor system, and some sort of robot sent back from the future. Oh my!

Re:Maybe it's going here

[SamBeckett]

I think Apple could come up with a better name than "iHome"; that is retarded in the strictest short-yellow bus sense possible. Now if you excuse me, I have to go type some things up in iWork while listening to my iPod which is powered by iTunes. iRule.

Re:Mac Tivo?

[daeley]

Great. Now my Tivo will play even fewer games.

Wait till you see the one-button remote control. ;)

(I kid because I love.)

Oh yeaaaaaaahhhhhhh

[Anonymous Coward]

I can't wait to see what it would look like, perhaps an egg shaped object that, resembles something Mork kicked open and crawled out of!!

Re:Right...

[SilentChris]

Aww, com'on. Admit it. You had fun guessing those guys were U2. It took my wife 6 repeated viewings to figure that out (and it took my grandmother one viewing to spout "Why on earth would that girl twirl her hair around like that? She's going to get whiplash!")

Re:Go for it!

[useosx]

So if Apple buys TiVo are they then dying twice as fast or twice as slow?

Or are their deaths still interdependent?

My Tivo Sucks

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you Tivo fanatics? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a Tivo (a revision 3) for about 20 minutes now while it attempts to copy a 17 minute show from one machine to another. 20 minutes! At home, on my MiniITX running MythTV, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this Tivo, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.

In addition, during this program transfer, the Channel Guide will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even the media player software for the PC is straining to keep up as I type this.

I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working on various Tivos, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a Tivo that has run faster than its Wintel counterpart, despite the Tivo's faster Linux architecture. My ReplayTV with 8gigs of HD runs faster than this machine at times! From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the Tivo is a superior machine.

Tivo addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use a Tivo over other faster, cheaper, more stable systems.

(Word to the mods. [kottke.org])

Cue the obvious comment

[quantaman]

So it would be iTiVo then?

Perfect Match

[MustEatYemen]

Misery Loves Company.
Wonder when Apple will pick up BSD cause that's been dying forever, oh wait.

Re:Go for it!

[bill_mcgonigle]

So if Apple buys TiVo are they then dying twice as fast or twice as slow?

It'll seem faster because you can skip the commercials.

It looks perfect

[davidmcw]

They both love inappropriately capitalised names...

Kinda tenuous, I know, but it is late and I'm tired

Ob. Family Guy

[Zorilla]

Peter: "No, that says 'Audi' - the "T" is silent!"

Re:Maybe it's going here

[bsharitt]

Why would they make a Tivo out of a cardboard box?

Re:Snide Remark

[Zorilla]

3) Why would it cost you $699?

The answer probably involves a sentence ending in, "you cocksmoking teabaggers," but I'm not going to go there.

Re:Maybe it's going here

[wfeick]

It'll be called the tPod.

Re:Imagine if this was Microsoft...

[Snuggly_Soft]

...I would be psyched because it would mean tivo wins. I've never seen a BSOD in hi-def. I look forward to it.

Re:renamed to

[Tablizer]

No, Tipple.

"Dad, during the Superbowl halftime, I saw a Nipple on the Tipple!"

Re:Go for it!

[desmodromic]

it's "sole purpose", dumb-ass.

otherwise, great post.

Re:Right...

[Patik]

I think it's time you move out of your grandmother's house so you and your wife can have your own place.

Re:Go for it!

[milkman_matt]

Buying TiVo gives them a running start. They can always call it the Apple TiVo or the Mac TiVo if they want.

or the iVo!

Re:maybe

[geekboy642]

And there'll only be one button on the remote.

Re:Go for it!

[Anonymous Coward]

it's dumbass [urbandictionary.com], dumbass.

Apple has a new name for this gadget

[TheWingThing]

It will be called iVo

Re:Alternatively...

[godless dave]

Apple would not only get the name but the familiar and excellent Tivo interface/software. ...and charge 20% more for it.

Rumors for nerds

[isotpist]

Slashdot: Rumors for Nerds, stuff that we have no reason to think will happen.

Re:Alternatively...

[anonicon]

"and charge 20% more for it."

Hey there Mister, you missed a zero! No Tivo for you! One year!

Re:Alternatively...

[I_M_Noman]

it's pretty clear he's not some empty suit

Or in his case an "empty turtleneck".

Re:Alternatively...

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, imagine that. Nobody is 100% perfect.

Please complain about Jobs' success when you run a multinational corporation with hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.

Re:Dear God

[Ohreally_factor]

That would be fine for you, but some of us have squeaky snakes.

Re:Alternatively...

[Virtual Karma]

I thought this is about business and not about preferences