gadgets, sports, tv
Sure, 100% of us would rather pay less (or preferably nothing) for our cable and satellite television service. But despite years of the media building the cord cutting myth, not very many of us are actually cutting the cord. It’s a popular idea that resonates with many of us, but not enough for most of us … Read more
When I came back to “Team TiVo” about 9 months ago I was looking for something and found Dave Zatz’ blog. It’s not all-TiVo all the time, but it covers both popular and obscure video tech that I’m curious about, so I’ve become a regular reader. Yesterday I saw Dave tweet the following: Speaking of … Read more
Inertia is hard.
It’s been almost 15 years since I got my first DVR. If you follow a lot of TV media coverage like I do, nobody could fault you for thinking that DVRs are in nearly 100% of homes. That’s almost certainly the case for TV media professionals.
But heading into the 2013-14 television season, nearly 14 years after the dawn of DVRs, Nielsen estimated that slightly less than 47% of homes* were equipped with DVRs.