Why I’m Hating My Tivo
January 6th, 2006 | Published in Out Loud
From the NYT: Over the last few days, the length of bowl games has reached its annual state of temporal silliness. The triple-overtime Orange Bowl lasted 4 hours 49 minutes, the Fiesta 3:45, the Sugar 3:57 and the Rose an even 4 hours.
This explains how 2006 was probably the most frustrating bowl series for Tivo owners ever. I myself, am kinda pissed. See, I set my Tivo to record 30 minutes over the “end” of the Rose Bowl, which netted me an amazing game—up to the 5:15 min. mark in the 4th, at which point my recording ended.
So I missed the final two Texas drives and USC’s 4th and 2 gamble. Thanks a lot, Tivo. You suck.
(Note: My Comcast DVR neighbor did the same thing as me, also missing the end of the game.)
Maybe, just maybe, the networks will stop trying to screw us like last year (fiddling with show start/end times) and put some kind of flag in the feed, letting your DVR know that a particular show is not, in fact, over.
Until that time, the life of my 40 hr. Tivo (which is essentially worthless these days), will continue to depend on the whims of my favor—‘cause I’ll tell you, right now I’m seriously considering running over the damn thing with my car.