They say there are two types of people in the world - people who love TiVo, and people who have never tried it. This kind of fanatical devotion to a technology has not been seen since - well, since the Apple Mac reared it's head in 1984.

The Cult of Jobs continues to this day, the iPod winning new converts with every MP3 download. TiVo, on the other hand, continues to be a ground breaking technology in the hands of a company that really doesn't know how to fulfill it's potential, lacking the funds or resources to develop their PVR into the iPod for TV.

Which makes the swirling rumors that Apple will buy TiVo so very tantalizing. PVRBlog has an interesting commentary on exactly what a merged TiVo and Apple could unleash on the world. Surprisingly they do not mention what to me is the most obvious combination - stick TiVo functionality in a Mac Mini, and you've got yourself a compete home media system to sit under the TV.