More TeeVee haha

What do you think this refers to:

whose ... gizmo lets TV viewers record programs, fast-forward through ads and pause at will.

You might think, ahhh, the good ole VCR with which I can record any teevee show I want, watch it later and fast forward thru those ads that you don't want to watch. While that was true in the 1980s and still is today, that quote was taken from this article on TiVo whose consumer base is getting antsy again. TiVo plans on putting "pop-up" ads on top of ads which TiVo users are fastforwarding thru and they plan on limiting the length that an user can keep a show on their TiVo's hard drive. And the article goes on to state HBO will not allow consumers to save any on demand programing.

While I can understand why consumers like TiVo, if they want the same features, just go to a VCR. Sure you have to remember to program it to tape your shows for you, and the quality might not be as good, but you don't have to pay a monthly subscription fee, you can skip the ads without seeing more ads pop-up, you can keep your copy as long as the tape will last (or better yet, get a dvd writer / vhs combo and dub the vhs tape to a dvd), and you can make as many copies as your heart desires.

My point: I don't want to listen to TiVo consumers bitch and moan about how TiVo is "selling out" to the Man when they, the consumers, have other viable options for recording and viewing their fave teevee shows.