TiVo and the Death of the VCR
Posted at 8:24 pm | Filed Under DVR, Recording, Televisions, Tivo, VCR
Remember when your Grandma had you come over, because the light on her VCR was blinking. That clock had to be set with scientific precision. Her soaps were coming on, and she had to go the market. Remember the first time she accidentally recorded over As the World Turns ? You were the only hope she had of getting her hair dyed a lovely shade of blue, and not missing out on the overly dramatic hijinks of drastically younger people.
That all changed with the advent of the TiVo. Calling itself a Digital Video Recorder or DVR, the TiVo didn ‘t need you to set the time. It would do so itself. Your Grandma didn t have to check her TV Guide, because the DVR downloaded its own program schedule. She didn t have to ask you to explain how to record something, because all she had to do was hit the little red button, and it was taken care of. No longer would she have to worry about recording over her show.
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