TiVos are just little linux boxen. They don't get turned on and off or moved a lot (primary cause of hardware failure), so they seem to last pretty well.
Mine did suffer a drive crash this year but $100 fixed that up and tripled our space. This was after..err...5-6 years of use?
However, TiVo's business plan is currently f*cked. I worry about their ability to survive another 5 years. This is too bad, because their GUI and UE is the best out there, and what makes the product great -- everything from the groundbreaking remote control design to the menu interface.
They got away from usability in the past 5 years in favor of trying to make money (by cramming ads into places that used to be interface) but even so they're still 3x better than every other DVR/On-Demand interface I've seen...
Lifetimes follow the machine, and I think always have -- as dsr says, his Series1 is as old as they come and even its license is mobo-specific.
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Date: 2009-01-16 12:51 am (UTC)Mine did suffer a drive crash this year but $100 fixed that up and tripled our space. This was after..err...5-6 years of use?
However, TiVo's business plan is currently f*cked. I worry about their ability to survive another 5 years. This is too bad, because their GUI and UE is the best out there, and what makes the product great -- everything from the groundbreaking remote control design to the menu interface.
They got away from usability in the past 5 years in favor of trying to make money (by cramming ads into places that used to be interface) but even so they're still 3x better than every other DVR/On-Demand interface I've seen...
Lifetimes follow the machine, and I think always have -- as dsr says, his Series1 is as old as they come and even its license is mobo-specific.