I don’t imagine there’s much difference, but so far the TiVo is my only reference point. An impressive machine, though to be fair, I haven’t really experienced other providers’ devices. I decided to go all in with a premium NextBox 2.0, which has all the bells and whistles. A disaster waiting to happen, especially around children or pets. The biggest Biggest Losers are now just pleasingly plump.Īnother consideration is what Purdy calls “the topple effect,” where you have a tower of technology perched tenuously above or below the TV. On the plus side, it makes everyone look really, really thin. In the meantime, though, I have had to get used to the slightly squished proportions of an HD signal on an SD screen. I’m ashamed to admit this, but I still have a boxy standard-def tube TV. “Basically, all the TV sets today that are leaving shop floors are high definition,” Purdy says. All those flat-screens that will be bought and gifted this Christmas will need to be fed. Most of us who still haven’t upgraded will eventually bow to the inevitable. This was long overdue - the new box has been available since February. Let’s face it, a guy who watches TV for a living really should be more technologically current. “Some customers want a very simple television experience, or outlets within the home they don’t want digital on, or somewhere they only have a basic need for video.” “We’ll still have analog in our customer base for quite some time to come,” Purdy reassured me. Turns out I was wrong, as I quickly found out when I put in a call to David Purdy, Rogers’ vice-president of content. And when a shiny new TiVo recorder came along and expanded the family, I thought we had it all.īut I panicked when I heard that, at the end of the year, digital was going to completely replace analog broadcast, thus rendering my current setup obsolete. It wasn’t easy parting with my faithful old analog cable box. But that awkward phase has passed and I see a happily ever after in our future. It took some time to really get to know each other.
I’ve fallen in love with my Rogers NextBox.
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