I’m with Watson…. My itchy trigger finger belies my deep desire for TiVo for my radio. We’ve had ReplayTV since May of 2002 (nearly 3 years). It’s been with us at 3 different residences, through 3 different cable companies and 1 satellite TV provider. It may not be TiVo, but I honestly have no complaints. In fact, because we have an early ReplayTV, we still have the auto-commercial-skipping the company abandoned in 2003.
When we have to use our cable system (Comcast) menu for choosing programming (rarely), it drives us crazy — the interface is so slow to respond. When we can’t pause or rewind — when traveling or with radio — it’s extremely frustrating. We’re spoiled, but it just feels so right. Needless to say, we’re not alone.
This is why I desperately want one for my radio. Podcasting really won’t do. I don’t want to be totally timeshifted away from the rest of the listening public. I like my NPR in the car on the way home, and I like knowing everyone else is out there listening to the same thing at the same time. I just want to rewind it a bit if I miss something… or pause if I’m hitting some gnarly traffic. Then, of course, I want to skip ahead (through the pledge breaks?) and catch back up to the rest of the world. Is that too much to ask?
Tivo Killer, Qu’est Que C’est?
When I miss something on Imus between the shower and the closet, my trigger finger gets itchy. That’s the finger I use to hit rewind on my remote control for the cable box from Time Warner when there’s something on
Get a Radio Shark from Griffin Technologies. I bought one this weekend and it gives you a 30-minute buffer (a la TiVo) and lets your record shows whenever you want. It’ll sync with your media player and is pretty spiffy looking to boot.
I have mine grabbing Fresh Air every day (listened to it last night at 10 p.m.), This American Life, The Infinite Mind and Car Talk. It’s a really nice piece of hardware.
Lee, I was thinking Radio Shark was Mac only but I know you’re a Microsoft apologist (ha ha, old joke) so it must be Windows compatible, too. Need to check it out!