Troy on TiVo
22 December, 2008
TiVo Saves the Day
I watched the movie Tropic Thunder over the weekend and was laughing how they brought up TiVo a few times. Then at the end of the movie, TiVo becomes the hero and saves the day. In the Ben Stiller movie he plays Tugg Speedman, and Matthew McConaughey shows up in the jungle with a TiVo machine that he promised his actor client Tugg he'd have while on location shooting his movie. He shows up and has to toss it up in the air in front of a rocket that's about to blow up the helicopter Tugg and the other actors are riding in.
After I saw this scene, I rewound and I pointed my digital camera at my flat panel TV to record the 1 minute video clip of this heroic moment for our friend the TiVo box. I hope I'm not violating any Dreamworks' copyright, but figured this is only going to help entice more people to see this funny movie. Go TiVo!
After I saw this scene, I rewound and I pointed my digital camera at my flat panel TV to record the 1 minute video clip of this heroic moment for our friend the TiVo box. I hope I'm not violating any Dreamworks' copyright, but figured this is only going to help entice more people to see this funny movie. Go TiVo!
12 December, 2008
Are we jerks for raving about TiVo?
According this MSNBC tech article, yes we are. The author thinks since it really is just for TV, it's not that important. He goes on to write,
"it's not self-improving and it's not going to cure cancer"
I beg to differ. The benefits of TiVo are countless. Don't most people chat up with friends the valuable products and services they believe in? Why would we be jerks for talking about a great product like TiVo? This author has it wrong and you might be surprised to see the other seven products in the list. A few others don't belong either, but especially TiVo.
