BBC hijacks TiVo recorders
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?] BBC hijacks TiVo recorders By Andrew Smith Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22 GMT Users of the TiVo digital video recorder have reacted angrily to a new sponsorship feature that automatically records certain programmes, adverts and other promotional material. One of TiVo's more innovative features is its ability to recommend programmes based on viewing habits, such as watching every episode of a soap opera or every film starring a certain actor. But viewers in the UK were surprised this week to find that the second episode of the little-known BBC sitcom "Dossa and Joe" had been recorded without their knowledge and added to the system's main menu screen. They were even more surprised to find that they won't be allowed to delete the programme for one week, and that more sponsored recordings are on the way. ... <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25436.html>
At 10:39 am -0700 1/6/02, Steve Schear wrote:
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?]
There is a commercial Windows package that does the same thing - circa $50, written in Edinburgh, called showshifter. They give you a choice of ways to access schedules that you buy seperately ie Digiguide so you can't be hijacked. http://www.showshifter.com/ f
Steve Schear wrote:
BBC hijacks TiVo recorders
But viewers in the UK were surprised this week to find that the second episode of the little-known BBC sitcom "Dossa and Joe" had been recorded without their knowledge and added to the system's main menu screen.
Hmmm. My Tivo didn't record it. Cheers, Ben. -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.thebunker.net/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff
Steve Schear wrote:
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?]
BBC hijacks TiVo recorders By Andrew Smith Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22 GMT
Users of the TiVo digital video recorder have reacted angrily to a new sponsorship feature that automatically records certain programmes, adverts and other promotional material.
One of TiVo's more innovative features is its ability to recommend programmes based on viewing habits, such as watching every episode of a soap opera or every film starring a certain actor.
But viewers in the UK were surprised this week to find that the second episode of the little-known BBC sitcom "Dossa and Joe" had been recorded without their knowledge and added to the system's main menu screen.
They were even more surprised to find that they won't be allowed to delete the programme for one week, and that more sponsored recordings are on the way. ... <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25436.html>
Steve Schear wrote:
[This sort of thing is why I will never consider buying networked appliances that I don't feel are in my control. Has anyone considered reverse engineering Windows for an open source release?]
BBC hijacks TiVo recorders By Andrew Smith Posted: 24/05/2002 at 23:22 GMT
Last I knew, TiVo ran a customized Linux base OS, the source of most of which was publicly available. The recording app is proprietary, though, I think. jbdigriz
Last I knew, TiVo ran a customized Linux base OS, the source of most of which was publicly available. The recording app is proprietary, though, I think.
modified linux kernel + some other bits for booting. Anything interesting is probably proprietary. sources available from http://www.tivo.com/linux -- J. Eric Townsend -- jet spies com buy stickers: http://www.spies.com/jet/store.html to support the artcar: http://www.spies.com/jet/artcar.html Looking for vets who served with USASSG/ACSI/MACV in Vietnam, 1967-1970.
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