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Ars Technica has some good news: Comcast is going to be testing the Tivo interface on their DVRs. Not a moment too soon; the existing interface really, really sucks eggs (ask my wife - she really gets exercised about it :) ) Anyway - here's the important part:
After more than a year, we may finally start to see the fruits of cooperation between TiVo and Comcast. In March of 2005, the two companies agreed to work together on implementing TiVo's interface and functionality on Comcast's own DVR boxes. Relations between the two companies had previously been complicated and strained, and in the early part of 2005 there were many fears that TiVo was ultimately doomed. Those fears haven't entirely subsided, but things are certainly looking up.
Really good news.
Update: This seems to apply to a specific line of Comcast DVRs - and mine isn't one of them. Sigh
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