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Katherine Coble - If I Ran TiVo:

But you know what I'd do if I ran TiVo? Aside from making all of my TiVo'd shows available to watch on my iPod, that is.

I would have an inboard link to the Internet Movie Database. It's a no-brainer. I think I've said this before, but it bears repeating. The math geniuses at MIT, Cornell and CERN will come up with an exact expression of Pi one day. It will have fewer digits than the number of times I've watched a TiVo'd program and said "what else have I seen that guy in?!" My number one form of exercise right now consists of Googlates--the act of going up and down two flights of stairs to check the credits for obscure character acters in "Law and Order" and really long WWII movies. It's a sad state of affairs that could be so easily rectified.

That's a swell idea. We look up actors all the time using our laptops and wi-fi, but integrating it with TiVo and your cable modem/DSL connection is good integration.

Here's another feature I keep wishing for - TiVoing shows without recording them. For some shows I'd like to have TiVo offer to change the channel, but not record the show. For example, if Seinfeld or Simpson reruns are on, that's cool and I might want to watch them right then, but I honestly never go back and watched TiVo'ed episodes of those shows.