Thanks to the folks at AOLTW, for a sterling example of the type of boneheadedness I was citing just below. All we need is a little updating of the early-90s pitch: " "The deal is that we get to eat Blockbuster's TiVo's lunch." That's all that's really needed, since the video-on-demand technology and even the people are the same. What's it, you ask?

"...the Mystro TV system offers networks and studios considerable advantages over in-home personal video recorders such as TiVo or ReplayTV, which is made by Sonicblue . Not only can networks determine the availability of their shows, but Mystro TV prevents consumers from making, storing or sharing copies (something ReplayTV allows). Mystro also does not automatically skip commercials or even include a fast-forward button that leaps past one 30-second commercial at a time (another feature of ReplayTV.) While a program is paused or rewinding, networks can insert new commercials during the process or display them around the periphery of the screen."

Via BoingBoing,
3:53:42 PM