Because my Comcast Motorola DVR is crap. First, it cut off the end of the Super Bowl (how does that happen?) And now its latency issue is out of control. We were watching American Idol — watching it slightly delayed to skip the commercials — and it locked up and fast-forwarded all the way to live. Then we hit the back button a few times, which kicked in THREE MINUTES LATER, replaying the same commercial over and over again (the Apple Mac Book Air spot). Then it locked up. So we turned the power off and back on again, and it ate the recording, bouncing us back to live right when Randy said it was the best performance he’s ever heard. My pregnant wife, um, none so happy. It seems we’re not the only ones with this problem (or other problems ). So which DVR would you recommend? We’re throwing this one away.
PS: If TiVo had these problems, the company would collapse. But because it’s Comcast and they’re almos...
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Google to TV: We want to work with youFrom: lostremote.com
Post Date: 2008-03-28 07:55:42
In a presentation to TV execs at the annual TVB marketing conference in New York, Google’s Michael Steib (formerly from NBC) said he wants to partner with broadcasters on targeted TV ads. Steib said he estimates there are 6,000-7,000 national advertisers that don’t buy TV but should. “They think TV isn’t for them. We think TV is for them,” he said. Google’s system involves targeting TV ads via set-top boxes. As we’ve written about before, Goo...
more Facebook stealing top Google talentFrom: lostremote.com
Post Date: 2008-03-27 19:37:50
Forbes notes that Google has been losing several key staffers to Facebook lately — including engineers, execs and others. One of those that left, engineer Justin Rosenstein described the appeal of Facebook, calling it “the Google of yesterday, the Microsoft of long ago. That company where large numbers of stunningly brilliant people congregate and feed off each other’s genius. That company that’s doing with 60 engineers what teams of 600 can’t pull off.”
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