tivo 799619 300x225 The Invention of TiVo

TiVo was created in the late nineties by Mike Ramsay and Jim Barton. Ramsay and Barton were originally working on a large-scale interactive television system called “Full-Service Network Project”. TiVo originated from the idea of this project.

Ramsay and Barton realized that they could scale down and make a system that was even more intelligent and at an affordable price. This affordable system would be very similar to the large-scale interactive television system. They named this new invention TiVo.

Ramsay and Barton wanted TiVo to be a user-friendly system. It was their goal to give consumers control over their television programs. The invention of TiVo would give consumers more time and ability of watching their television shows.

At the Consumer Electronics Show in January of 1999, TiVo was introduced. Shortly after the show Ramsay set a goal within his company that the first TiVo digital video recorder would be shipped on March 31, 1999. Although all odds were against them, the company achieved this goal and named the first digital video recorder model blue moon.

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