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Suhit Gupta
07-11-2007, 02:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/PVRblog/~3/132361989/amazon-unbox-no.html' target='_blank'>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/PVRblog/~3/132361989/amazon-unbox-no.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"This is good news, you can now access Amazon Unbox directly from your couch and buy/rent movies using your TiVo remote. You have to set a PIN here, and enter that PIN whenever you purchase anything. Of course, you will have to wait anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour before your entire movie gets downloaded, but it sure beats running to a computer anytime you're thinking of wanting to download something to your TV. Not even the AppleTV allows for direct purchases and downloads from the couch."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/771190585_573bc0450f.jpg" /><br /><br />This was bound to happen sooner or later. Though I honestly thought that Netflix would get there first. I like this feature, and right now it even seems affordable with a number of things available for free. I just hope it is not going to cost an arm and a leg. Having a 99c option like in iTunes would be perfect, IMHO.

Damion Chaplin
07-11-2007, 08:44 PM
You know, despite all the hype, I think I know one person who owns an actual TiVo. Everyone else I know owns a generic Motorola or Scientific Atlanta DVR. Couple that with the fact that I know dozens of people who have a Netflix account and not a single one that's ever used Amazon's Unbox and I'd say Amazon hasn't beaten anyone to the punch yet...

Suhit Gupta
07-11-2007, 10:21 PM
That is a VERY interesting point because I had always "predicted" that cable companies would soon overtake TiVo in market share. So yeah, maybe Amazon chose the wrong partner. For TiVo of course, this is good because they need distinguising factors so as to convince users to keep using their services.

Maybe Netflix will partner with one of the cable companies? :?

Suhit

ptyork
07-11-2007, 10:32 PM
Maybe Netflix will partner with one of the cable companies? :?Suhit
Or maybe TiVo will... oh, wait, they already did...

Suhit Gupta
07-12-2007, 02:18 AM
Are you referring to the Comcast-TiVo relationship?

Suhit