I can honestly say that my favorite technology advancement that has been produced in the past ten years is by far TiVo. For anyone that doesn’t know what I mean by TiVO, according to Wikipedia, “TiVo DVRs provide an electronic television programming schedule, and provide features such as Season Pass recordings and WishList searches. TiVo also provides a range of features when the TiVo DVR is connected to a home network, including movie and TV show downloads, advanced search, personal photo viewing, music offerings, and online scheduling.” Is this pathetic, out of all of the new products that have been sold to us in the past 10 years, and something tv related is what I choose? Possibly. But regardless, I find it incredibly convenient and I don’t think I could ever enjoy TV as much as I do when I have this feature. In the book The Future of the Internet and How to Stop it, the author touches upon the subject of TiVo on various chapters. I point he makes that I found interesting is on page 71, where he states: “TiVo is greatly leveraging- television viewers describe its impact on their lives as revolutionary-but it is not very adaptable.” Although this is an advancement that revolutionises the way we watch TV, overall the way it can help advance anything other than television isn’t very much.
