We do have to keep it hooked to the phone line.  You do have to trust TIVO
when they say they won't collect data on individuals although they do
collect data on subscribers as a whole.  It's like being hooked to Internet,
someone is always keeping track of where you are going.

Beth t th OT

-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: i feel really rather pathedic at times


On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 10:32 pm, you wrote:
> After you play with it, it's not too hard.  If you are used to the screen
> for your cable or satelite it won't take too much adjustment.  You can
mark
> show you like or dislike (it's got little thumbs up, and thumbs down
> buttons on the remote).
> The down side is that the box does know what you watch.
>
> Beth t the OT
>

Do they insist you keep it plugged into the phone socket (so that it can
"phone home" with the valuaable data of what you have watched!!)

Imagine political parties "customising" campaign literature based on what
you
watched over the last 12 months.  See this:-

<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030602/sfm030_1.html>

This is why I purchased my PVR - no such Big Brother tendencies.

Cheers

Deri