Snazziness

"We wanted to give the wallpaper some snazziness and motion," says Ha, laughing.

And, for elevated snazziness, the black carbon-fiber-weave case can be customized with wild designs, automotive paints or, for something Apple may never match, it can be chromed.

There's a painful disparity between the snazziness of TiVo's technology and the decrepitude of its balance sheet.