Tivo and Yahoo — two great tastes come together

I just discovered that I can now sync up the TV listings in MyYahoo with my Tivo. This is immensely cool and utilitarian.

When I see a program in MyYahoo that I want my Tivo to record, I just click a link and it programs my Tivo to record the show. Before, I’d see the program in MyYahoo, then hop over to the Tivo site to set up the recording. Now it’s one-stop shopping. Another cool touch: When I set this up, Yahoo asked me if I wanted to sync up my Yahoo program guide with my Tivo program guide. Yup.

I also saw that Tivo is planning to allow recorded shows to be easily moved to a video iPod. (I just hope they do a Mac version; the currently don’t offer very good Mac support.) I also hope they ignore the whining and moaning rising up from the TV industry and follow through with this. This is the kind of stuff that will give Tivo a competitive edge over those generic cable company DVRs … and it’s the kind of utility that will make it indespensible.