]] What happens when digital video recorders give viewers
]] control of the TV schedule, the content, and the ads? The
]] whole world is watching.
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]Great article. Too bad the 'old' Wired magazine would've published ]this in 2000.

the last page was especially interesting to me. Seems like TiVo grew on the word of mouth of a smallish group of techo-savvy folks with an immediate comprehension of the kinds of freedoms a TiVo could offer. The question now is, what did you exchange for those freedoms?

as for the rest of the article, i can't wait until TV is a la carte... it's what i've been wanting for damn near a decade. For fucks sake, if the only shows i care about are Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Dead Like Me, Enterprise and Scrubs, i should get to buy them piecemeal. I'd even go for a seasonal subscription to individual shows if the pricing was right. This all shouldn't be that hard, technologically speaking...

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