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TiVo in trouble?

I've been a TiVo user for several months now, and absolutely love it. Everyone I've shown it to has been impressed. However, today a co-worker who is interested in buying a unit expressed concern about TiVo's future. A friend of his claimed that TiVo was in risk of going bankrupt and closing any time now.

Needless to say, this scared the crap out of me.

I immediately scoured the net for any news stories I could find about TiVo's financial status, but all I could find were articles from the middle of 2001, mentioning TiVo's possible financial problems, but nothing more.

Can anyone help provide more information? Is TiVo near the end?

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Enough! Enough!

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People have been making posts asking the same thing for the last 3 years yet we are still here.

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My usual response applies:

Yes. It is in dire trouble. I head they are already going under. You should sell me your TiVo for $10 shipped while you can still make a dollar off of it.

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My mother's fiance's cousin's gastro-internalist said TiVo was doing fine, and I really think he ought to know.

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I'm not a TivoPony but I play one on television.

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You're right, they're in trouble, I'll buy your TiVo off you for $15 -- that's $5 more than jerobi offered!!

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As was once said, "The reports of my death have been greatly exxagerated" and I would say this applies to TiVo as well. Could they go under? Sure, but I for one have 2 SA's and will getting a third along with 5 of my friends who will be getting DirectTivo S2's soon. So, pickup that peanut and ENJOY!!!

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Registered: May 2001
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Join The Motley Fool where there is a message board of investors and get all the company financials and stock talk you need. TiVo the company is doing fine.

There is always someone looking for an excuse not to buy or ready to criticize someone else's purchase. The most common excuses from the elite naysayers are I don't watch much TV and they know what I'll be watching.

Enjoy your TiVo. I've had mine for over 2 years and feel pretty smart. TiVo is on the path to doubling subscribers to one million within 9 months with the launch of DirecTV's Series2 Digital Satellite Recorder Powered by TiVo.

Don't worry about a thing. TiVo's name brand, superior technology and patents are quite valuable and would be sold to another company if anything.

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Hmm, wasn't there a "Peanuts" storyline about this very subject 30 years ago?

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Hi Morf - yes, the rumors are all true. I'll take your TiVo off your hands for $20 if it'll help you sleep at night. It's not for me you understand, I donate them to needy individuals who just seem glad to have TiVo regardless of doom and gloom prophesies.

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Morf, just in case you haven't clearly seen the dripping sarcasm in the responses here, your co-workers friend is full of (insert 4-letter expletive here, which in this context stands for 'misinformation').

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Do I hear $25?

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Much thanks to the few people that gave me honest answers.

mtchamp, I will check out the Motley Fool like you suggest.

The rest of you, believe me that I did search the forums for a thread such as this, but found a whole lot of nothing. My internet search only found stories that tell of the financial trouble TiVo is/was in, and I could find none that said "Nevermind. TiVo doing great!':

http://www.businessweek.com/magazin...37/b3748086.htm
http://www.thestreet.com/tech/georg...s/10025401.html

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quote:

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Originally posted by martinp13
My mother's fiance's cousin's gastro-internalist said TiVo was doing fine, and I really think he ought to know.

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you know him too!? I am friends with him through my neighbor's counsin's lawn guy

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To borrow from the sig of one of the UK members (thanks blokedownthepub):

"Must be true. Bloke down the pub told me."

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Here is the TiVo Discussion board at Motley Fool:

http://boards.fool.com/Messages.asp?bid=109175

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$26.50!

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I'd offer to swap it for TiVo stock, but I guess we're not allowed to discuss that here.

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Morf,

Nevermind. TiVo doing great!

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