A life where TiVo has always existed

Alan Taylor writes about this three year old daughter that happens to be 3 months older than their three year old TiVo, and how that has affected her view of what TV is. It's hard to imagine what it must be like to use a regular tv if all you've ever known is being able to watch, pause, and fast forward any show you like.

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[Andrew Preston]

My daughter is 16 months old. She loves The Wiggles, but she doesn't like to wait for them to get to the singing part. We have a Time Warner Explorer 8000 that works sometimes, and she loves to tell her parents to make it "go!"

That doesn't work at her grandmother's house. I wonder what she thinks about that. Is her grandmother's TV broken? Why does her parents' TV work so much better?

Plus, The Wiggles are ALWAYS on at her house. Why does she have to wait for them to come on at her grandma's house?

[jeff pazen]

I have often thought that same thing about my daughter (three and a half) and Tivo.

It's tough when she wants a favorite on demand. We try to explain that we can't play a show right at that moment: "Dad, I want to watch Blues clues..." "Sorry, we don't have any blues clues recorded..."

Also, one big thing is to MAKE DAMN SURE you hit stop right after the end of a recorded show - there may be a promo for what is up next (that did not get recorded). Sarah doesn't understand WHY it isn't coming up next, and that is more confusing than being told there are no episodes of Dragon Tales in the list.