justbits
More fiber than ATT can handle
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Chicago, IL
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| Crap!
And I just bought a TiVo Series 3 and transferred the lifetime service to it. Doh! At least for me, it was cheaper than a comparable MythTV system.
Oh wait, this article is just FUD, speculation and rumor. I don't have anything to worry about.  |
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haertig
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Broomfield, CO
| said by justbits  :At least for me, it was cheaper than a comparable MythTV system. ??? MythTV is free. Unless you're talking about buying a new computer to run it on. I just run it on my existing desktop. I did have to buy a TV tuner card though. $45 on sale, if I remember correctly. The guide data is free, not a monthly (or lifetime) pay subscription like Tivo. |
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DreamWraith
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Mount Vernon, WA | It also doesnt have support for anything encrypted, as there is no cable card PC devices as of yet. |
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LilYoda
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Mountains | No but it takes the output of your set top box as an input...
And it pilots your STB so that it tunes the correct channel.
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DreamWraith
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Mount Vernon, WA | Yes... And HD Capture cards with component video input support @ 1080i 60 cost somewhere around the tune of 1000 dollars, or more. |
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cdru
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| reply to justbits
said by justbits :Oh wait, this article is just FUD, speculation and rumor. I don't have anything to worry about. I wouldn't say it's FUD or a rumor, but obviously it's speculation. However, I agree with Yankee for the most part. TiVo, as a consumer hardware device, I believe will be dead for the most part by 2010. With just about every major cableco/telco/satelliteco having their own DVR hardware, many people are just opting to go with that hardware. They don't want to go through the hassles of setting up the TiVo to control the digital receiver. They want features like VoD that the DVRs provide as part of the service, but that TiVo doesn't.
Sure TiVo has a great interface. And I see them around after 2010 more as a software company licensing their interface, not as a hardware company.
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LilYoda
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AH ok. Didn't know series 3 was doing HD recording. However, how much do they sell the series 3 for???
HD is so overrated anyway 
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DreamWraith
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Mount Vernon, WA | series 3 is sold by tivo for 799. has 2 cable card slots, dual qam/atsc/ntsc tuner, etc.
»www.tivo.com/2.0.boxdetails.asp?···es3HDDVR |
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