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Originally Posted by Hugh
You are not comparing like for like.
With the website, it is "one size fits all"; with the TiVo box, each individual users' information has to be updated with the appropriate metadata and data for the programmes they have on the box, each time they record something.
Now I am sure this could be improved, by caching info (if they don't do it already) and then only looking for changes in data, and uploading that, but it is not the simple task you make it out to be, imho.
btw, you say you "don't buy that at all"? Is that statement based on technical knowledge, or just an opinion?
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How large a file do you think the "metadata" is? Tivo has a 10Mb connection with its own dedicated modem.
The speeds which large files can be shifted around these days and your excuse that Tivo is slow because it needs to fetch data do not add up.
Its not fetching video files,its text with maybe a jpg.