Replies to post #503 on TiVo (TIVO)

[tivonomo]

Liberty has been widely rumored to launch tivo in parallel with horizon. why would they not use competition to make both better?

[HankRearden]

They aren't using a 3rd party?

They're using like 20-some 3rd parties to deliver the Horizon experience. Horizon is not proprietary to Liberty, it's a amalgamation of technology from many different vendors.

This is the crux of the issue that cable companies face - they are not hardware/software/UI developers and thus, must rely on many third parties to deliver an advanced-TV experience which, naturally, results in design-related chaos, hence the Horizon problems.

I would suggest reading this article which validates my opinion...

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