{"id":236,"date":"2006-02-09T23:49:29","date_gmt":"2006-02-10T05:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/?p=236"},"modified":"2006-02-09T23:49:58","modified_gmt":"2006-02-10T05:49:58","slug":"how-itunes-and-the-ipod-video-convinced-me-to-get-cable-and-tivo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/09\/how-itunes-and-the-ipod-video-convinced-me-to-get-cable-and-tivo\/","title":{"rendered":"How iTunes and the iPod with Video Convinced Me To Get Cable and TiVo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although many of my friends and colleagues consider me to be an \u00fcber geek \u2014 I like to have the latest gadgets and software \u2014 I’ve never really had cable or TiVo<\/a>. Instead, I was content with whatever was on networks, or not watching any television at all. But that all changed when iTunes Music Store<\/a> (iTMS<\/acronym>) started selling television shows and introduced the iPod<\/a> with video support.<\/p>\n

iTMS<\/acronym> made it possible for me to pay and download many of the shows I could never watch. The two main reasons I couldn’t watch them were children and low-budget cable. First, we don’t watch television when our two-year-old daughter is around. Second, we only have a super-basic-mega-limited cable package, which means we only get local networks, home shopping channels, and Univision. So thanks to iTMS<\/acronym>, I’m now able to download shows like Battlestar Galactica<\/a>, Lost<\/a>, and ESPN X-Games<\/a> highlights, and then play them on my TV<\/acronym> using my iPod and an A\/V cable.<\/p>\n

This has been great, but not perfect. There are several downsides to videos purchased from iTMS<\/acronym>, which include:<\/p>\n