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Ten things that Microsoft and TiVo must each do to win the living room

Engadget has an excellent article which talks about 10 different things that both TiVo and Microsoft must do to win the DVR market. The article was originally posted by Thomas Hawk.

I thought that one of the points was particularly good�.

Provide the ability to connect external hard drives. The robust 250GB drive on my Hughes HR10-250 will be a dinosaur in a few years, and you shouldn�t have to hack into your TiVo box to upgrade storage.

Why should the consumer have to open the case and install a new drive when they want more space. In some ways, I understand why TiVo doesn’t allow for this. Why would you buy another TiVo if you could constantly upgrade it to support even more data? The average consumer doesn�t’ want to have to open the case. More then likely, they will buy a new TiVo before opening the case�.

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