TiVo vs Voom

[barth2k]

To see the uphill battle facing voom, consider TiVo

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/09/b...l=1&adxnnlx=1092071178-RxbyzzMVe/GQbxzr1fD2EQ

It's practically a household word (it's a VERB for pete's sake), but after 5 yrs, it has only 1.6M subs and losing money.

Does this sound scarily familiar?

"There are probably 30 to 40 million people in the United States who match the profile of TiVo users: affluent, educated, watching HBO and ESPN, interested in home entertainment."

I'd say Voom probably shares the same demo.

Voom better execute, execute, and execute like a madman. Hurry up Voom with that new dish and DVR!!

 

[Technut]

To see the uphill battle facing voom, consider TiVo

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/09/b...l=1&adxnnlx=1092071178-RxbyzzMVe/GQbxzr1fD2EQ

It's practically a household word (it's a VERB for pete's sake), but after 5 yrs, it has only 1.6M subs and losing money.

Does this sound scarily familiar?

"There are probably 30 to 40 million people in the United States who match the profile of TiVo users: affluent, educated, watching HBO and ESPN, interested in home entertainment."

I'd say Voom probably shares the same demo.

Voom better execute, execute, and execute like a madman. Hurry up Voom with that new dish and DVR!!

here's another link to a tivo story, good news is there going to be offering a $100/00 rebate CNN/MONEY tivo story

Mr. C

 

[DarrellP]

The subscription fee is killing them. I love the PVR world and I am way more tech oriented than the normal person, but I refuse to pay for a subscription, lifetime or otherwise. Over at DBSTalk, Nick ran a poll on how much do you spend for technology in a month, to include sat subscriptions, DSL, cell phones, etc and I am being $10'd to death. My monthly bill is in the neighborhood of $200/month! OUCH!