Canadians Finally Get TiVo [Jesus Wept]


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Every once in a while we read a mundane press release—in this case, announcing that Canada gets TiVo—and just start laughing. Poor Canada is finally getting TiVo service, “just in time for the holiday season.” But that’s not the funniest part. The only hardware available will be the TiVo Series2, standard def, last gen DVR for 199 CAD. Merry Christmas, Canada. Now I know how Koreans look at American cellphone technology. On an unrelated note, Gizmodo will be starting a DVR drive for an unspecified, commercial-pausing-impoverished North American country. Here’s the full TiVo press release:
TiVo(R) DVRs available at Best Buy and other major Canadian retailers in time for the holiday season
ALVISO, Calif., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq:
TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video
recorders (DVRs), announced today that TiVo DVRs will be available in
retail stores in Canada in time [...]

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