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- November 11, 1999
Product
of the Year
The PTV 100 Personal TV Receiver, a joint effort of Philips
Electronics, which makes the hardware, and TiVo, which designs
the software, firmware, and service content, was selected as
the overall etown.com 1999 Product of the Year. The device was
chosen from among more than 2,000 products by a panel of
etown.com expert consumer electronics reviewers based on
several criteria including ground-breaking technology,
superior performance, and overall value."
As far
as the overall Product of the Year winner is concerned, we,
the editors of etown.com, agree with Cliff Roth, who noted in
his review of TiVo ...that it was "one of the most
amazing new products I've seen in my 20 years of reviewing
video equipment."
"TiVo
is a fantastic tool for the here and now that actually
delivers on the promise of giving you control over what and
when you watch," Roth wrote. "It's a promise that
dates back a quarter of a century to the hype of the original
VCR. But now it's for real."
ETOWN.COM
PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
TiVo
HOME
THEATER PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
TiVo
PVR
PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
TiVo
- November 11, 1999
Couch
Potato's Best Friend
"There's never been a better time to be a couch
potato."
- November 8, 1999
I
Want My TiVo
"TiVo rocks! I've been testing it for a few weeks and
can't imagine living without it. The concept is simple, but
the way you watch television will change profoundly.
The
remote control is moderately sized with easy-to-read,
color-coded buttons.
The
text manual is thorough, but the menu screens are intuitive
enough to preclude its necessity.
I love
TiVo. It is a great innovation that is well thought out. TiVo
is also going to be a key piece in the next evolution of
television.
That's
the best thing about TiVo -- TV adjusts to your schedule,
instead of you adjusting to your TV's.
The
other great thing about TiVo is that it is fairly affordable,
especially compared with its competitor."
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September, 1999
Philips
TiVo PTV 100 Personal Video Server
Constantly improving, this video server evolves into a
winner.
"...clearly superior to [competition] in video quality in
an A/B test. I noticed better clarity and detail with TiVo...
Ergonomically,
[the TiVo remote] felt good in my hand and had nice big
buttons. I wish more remotes were this good.
I'm
rapidly finding a warm spot in my heart for TiVo. ... combined
with the lower price, it's hard to argue that TiVo's not a
better value. ...the guys from [competition] will be
hard-pressed to keep up."
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September, 1999
Test Reports -
Philips TiVo Personal TV
"TiVo is a leader in what is potentially one of the most
transforming product categories to reach consumers in several
years.
The
audio was very good...
Thumbs
up for TiVo."
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September 2, 1999
Viewing
May Take a Revolutionary Turn
"Most hot new companies insist their product is going to
change the world, but two California start-ups promising to
revolutionize the way people watch television are beginning to
attract a lot of believers.
Bernoff
of Forrester Research predicts DVRs will be the
fastest-growing consumer electronics product in history, with
four out of five homes having one within 10 years. The impact
on TV will be enormous, he says. ''Primetime'' could become
increasingly irrelevant as more shows get recorded for later
viewing, while middle-of-the-night time slots could become hot
properties in an environment where time-delay TV is the
norm."
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August 24, 1999
Are you ready
for a 'Personal TV System'?
"TiVo is supposed to give consumers complete control over
their television viewing experience -- allowing them to watch
what they want ... when they want it. I can report that TiVo
does just that!
...check
out TiVo. It's very, very, very cool and might be just what
you're looking for.
If you
spend a lot of time in front of the tube and want absolute
control of what you want to watch and when, then TiVo is
absolutely worth it for you.
Smart
box!
When it
came to the commercial break, I fast-forwarded TiVo and caught
up with the broadcast in real time. That's very cool!
Setting
TiVo up was easy.
Once
you try it, you'll be hooked."
- August 22,1999
Play
It Again
"Call him TiVo , the television genie. By whatever name,
he makes all of us, the couch potatoes and the no-time-for-TV
crowd, take a brand-new look at the medium and its
entertainment potential.
You're
richer for it.
For me,
one of the most engaging features was the ease in ordering
TiVo to "record" programs in the future, without
reference to code numbers. You simply type "ER" or
"Law and Order" or "Heat of the Night,"
and the machine automatically pops up a list of the upcoming
showings of the programs, including new presentations, reruns
or whatever.
It IS a
genie."
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August 13, 1999
TiVo Puts Fan in Driver's
Sofa
"TiVo is a dramatic enhancement for sports viewers - or
for anyone who watches TV with any regularity.
Hello,
Santa? I'm making my list."
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August 13, 1999
Beyond
the Hype: What It's Really Like to Use TiVo and Replay
"Right away, TiVo's remote gives you an idea of what the
whole TiVo interface is going to be like: colorful, flashy,
and stylized
One
nice feature of TiVo is the intelligent fast-forward this
feature works great, and is fast becoming one of my favorite
things about TiVo.
So
which one wins?I would have to say TiVo wins."
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