Patent Office upholds Tivo's "time warp" patent, EchoStar not so happy

[Scott Greczkowski]

Patent Office upholds Tivo's "time warp" patent, EchoStar not so happy.

Patent Office upholds Tivo's "time warp" patent, EchoStar not so happy - Engadget

 

[akodoreign]

Patent Office upholds Tivo's "time warp" patent, EchoStar not so happy.

Patent Office upholds Tivo's "time warp" patent, EchoStar not so happy - Engadget

Beat me to the post. Can we say erf?

This could be very bad news.

 

[Ronnie-]

hmmm, this could be very bad for all of the E* DVR customers.

 

[akodoreign]

hmmm, this could be very bad for all of the E* DVR customers.

Yeah just got my 722 a month ago

sounds to me that Tivo is just being a little **** though. They can't make money so they sue E*.


It's called having a poor business model. They should be suing D* as well.

*bleh*

 

[Hall]

hmmm, this could be very bad for all of the E* DVR customers.

Do you assume that Dish will simply shut down their DVRs ? They will NOT ... EVER. Dish will either buy TiVo and then own these patents or they will pay TiVo a licensing fee.

 

[sclaws]

Just saw this on gizmodo as well...my day will be quite ruined if E* can't negotiate a resolve with Tivo on this prior to any court-ordered DVR shutdowns.

Beer me...gonna be a tough ride from here I think.

 

[jpdubose]

...or they will pay TiVo a licensing fee.

Which will be then passed on to the subscribers in the form of an increase in the DVR fee and/or the cancellation of the DVRAdvantage packages.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I would love to see the option to pay more to have Tivo software on our DVR's. That would make things very interesting.

Although I don't think it will ever happen.

 

[jpdubose]

I would love to see the option to pay more to have Tivo software on our DVR's. That would make things very interesting.

Although I don't think it will ever happen.

I would love to see the option to pay to have the Tivo2Go PC software so that I could archive to my PC and transfer to my iPod.

I don't think that will ever happen either though.

 

[akodoreign]

I would love to see the option to pay more to have Tivo software on our DVR's. That would make things very interesting.

Although I don't think it will ever happen.

Had Tivo once. I didn't care for it's suggestions.

(this part is tounge and cheek, I did have a Tivo but never received these suggestions)

Recorded North to Alaska, it recorded Broke Back mountain because I might also like it.

Recorded Hamlet, It recorded Hamptaro......

oh the huge manitee!!!

 

[pdxsam]

Look for a settlement. If DIsh has to turn off their DVR's they will have to shut the door. They've got no competitive edge at that point.

 

[ArtWIS]

Yeah just got my 722 a month ago

sounds to me that Tivo is just being a little **** though. They can't make money so they sue E*.


It's called having a poor business model. They should be suing D* as well.

*bleh*

D* has a non-litigation agreement with Tivo and E* doesn't!

 

[Ronnie-]

Do you assume that Dish will simply shut down their DVRs ? They will NOT ... EVER. Dish will either buy TiVo and then own these patents or they will pay TiVo a licensing fee.

its possible, however whatever course they take will be expensive, and you can be sure that cost is passed on to someone

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

From what I understand this will in no way effect anything on the 622 / 722, which does not use the same technology. It may mean slight changes to the DVR operation on older DVR's.

 

[Ronnie-]

From what I understand this will in no way effect anything on the 622 / 722, which does not use the same technology. It may mean slight changes to the DVR operation on older DVR's.

U sure about that Scott? I have heard different from other sources.(i ask, because you seem to have a pretty good handle on this situation)

 

[cparker]

hey if they want to send me a 622 to replace my 508PVR *and* grandfather it out of fees like the 508... I'll settle for that

 

[Jim S.]

From what I understand this will in no way effect anything on the 622 / 722, which does not use the same technology. It may mean slight changes to the DVR operation on older DVR's.

Well if that's true, let's dump the old systems and move everybody to MPEG4 already so we can actually have decent PQ.

 

[Ronnie-]

Well if that's true, let's dump the old systems and move everybody to MPEG4 already so we can actually have decent PQ.

Another scenario where this would cost E* alot of money regardless of which DVRs it actually covers.

 

[jerryez]

I have two TiVos and a 722. I Love them all.

 

[belawrence]

not just bad news for E*,

But also for Motorola, Cisco(Scientific Atlanta), and Diego(Moxi).