nightdesigns
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| Tivo 3/HD Users Rejoyce!
I've actually been holding off getting the Tivo HD because of this. Cox is starting to implement SDV in my area in December so I'd be screwed.
I wonder if this also means that we will be able to get onDemand too?
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Anonymous
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join:2004-06-01
IA | Why?
I don't get it. I hope it's not something that will be 'must do'. Screw Tivo! |
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ajwees41
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Omaha, NE | reply to nightdesigns
Re: Tivo 3/HD Users Rejoyce!
I have read that it might or might not allow PPV or EOD on a 2way system. |
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ajwees41
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Omaha, NE | reply to Anonymous
Re: Why?
what don't you get? |
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cghh
join:2001-01-15
Milpitas, CA
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Re: Tivo 3/HD Users Rejoyce!
said by ajwees41  :I have read that it might or might not allow PPV or EOD on a 2way system. It's only for SDV (as announced, anyway). VOD and PPV require all sorts of user interface stuff, as well as billing issues. There is no user interaction or billing component to SDV beyond selecting channels that are already included in your monthly package. The cable companies have dug in their heels on this and are adamant that they completely control the user interface for VOD and PPV (and everything else on the DVR). TiVo has proposed a compromise where the cable company could have their own screens for VOD and PPV. |
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insomniac
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Naperville, IL
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Re: Why?
If you don't have TiVo (and it sounds like you don't), then this does not apply to you in any way.
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cghh
join:2001-01-15
Milpitas, CA | reply to Anonymous
It is all of the consumer electronics companies that want to play in this space that are also involved. Including Microsoft. |
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nightdesigns
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Re: Tivo 3/HD Users Rejoyce!
Then again, why would tivo want to give access to PPV and EOD when they can launch their own service (didn't they want to partner with netflix?)
The Series 3 come with an Ethernet port, the base is there.
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inteller
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join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | oh, so I see how it works...
Tivo gets a solution that works for them meanwhile the rest of us who have cableCARDs in our TVs (without the ability to upgrade firmware) can go fuck ourselves.
fuck you TiVo. |
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dvd536
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| said by inteller :fuck you TiVo. Amen!
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smcallah
join:2004-08-05
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What's that have to do with TiVo?
TiVo happens to be a device with USB ports and an Ethernet port, making it capable to communicate back to the cable headend.
Your TV with CableCard, not designed by TiVo, has no ports that would allow it to have a device that would communicate back to the cable headend.
I fail to see how TiVo is at fault. |
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morbo
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join:2002-01-22
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clubs: | reply to inteller
waa waa. blame your tv manufacturer (and yourself) for your problem. |
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ifarrell
join:2000-08-10
Willow Spring, NC
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Because they're the same type of unimaginative people that would substitute Apple or Microsoft after the f word.
I'm just glad a solution was arrived at. I just hope the Cable Companies don't see this as another way to suck a few more bucks out of our wallets by saying they'll only rent the USB device. |
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ifarrell
join:2000-08-10
Willow Spring, NC | reply to morbo
PLEASE DON'T FEED THE TROLLS!!!!!!! |
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ifarrell
join:2000-08-10
Willow Spring, NC | reply to nightdesigns
Re: Tivo 3/HD Users Rejoyce!
Netflix thing fell through.
They're with Amazon now. |
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Shogun00
join:2002-09-23
Goodyear, AZ
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Re: oh, so I see how it works...
said by ifarrell :PLEASE DON'T FEED THE TROLLS!!!!!!! Amen Brother!
TivoHD Rocks! |
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Matt
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said by inteller :Tivo gets a solution that works for them meanwhile the rest of us who have cableCARDs in our TVs (without the ability to upgrade firmware) can go fuck ourselves. fuck you TiVo. I can upgrade the firmware in my TV ...
Regardless, I don't see how this is Tivo's fault.
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caddyroger
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said by inteller :Tivo gets a solution that works for them meanwhile the rest of us who have cableCARDs in our TVs (without the ability to upgrade firmware) can go fuck ourselves. fuck you TiVo. So it Tivo fault that the television don't have usb or ethernet on them. I have a 72 in Toshiba with a cable card but no usb.
You can't blame Tivo on that.
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Johnny
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Atlanta, GA
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said by inteller :Tivo gets a solution that works for them meanwhile the rest of us who have cableCARDs in our TVs (without the ability to upgrade firmware) can go fuck ourselves. fuck you TiVo. Why would you have only a cableCARD in your TV? Don't you want to time-shift programs? How did you expect to watch SDV channels?
- Get a digital box from the cable company OR
- Get the DVR from the cable company and suffer the shitty interface, no automatic rewind, no To Do List, confusing remote, no scheduling from the Web, no downloading to computer OR
- Get a TiVo HD DVR, get a beautiful interface and toss that cable company remote with 514 buttons on it, and schedule and download recorded programs from your computer.
If your TV/cableCARD only solution won't do SDV, and your cable provider is putting channels on SDV, that's the TV's responsibility to build in some sort of two-way communication so the TV can map the channels to its channels. |
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ajwees41
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Omaha, NE
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2 edits | said by Johnny :said by inteller :Tivo gets a solution that works for them meanwhile the rest of us who have cableCARDs in our TVs (without the ability to upgrade firmware) can go fuck ourselves. fuck you TiVo. Why would you have only a cableCARD in your TV? Don't you want to time-shift programs? How did you expect to watch SDV channels? - Get a digital box from the cable company OR - Get the DVR from the cable company and suffer the shitty interface, no automatic rewind, no To Do List, confusing remote, no scheduling from the Web, no downloading to computer OR - Get a TiVo HD DVR, get a beautiful interface and toss that cable company remote with 514 buttons on it, and schedule and download recorded programs from your computer. If your TV/cableCARD only solution won't do SDV, and your cable provider is putting channels on SDV, that's the TV's responsibility to build in some sort of two-way communication so the TV can map the channels to its channels. You can download stuff off of the cable dvr There are currently only three things a tivo can go that cable dvr's don't do. MRV,Wishlist,andweb scheduling. |
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