Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL | at the same price is better to have it at home and add your
at the same price is better to have it at home and be able to add a bigger disk to it as well. |
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Rob
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join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
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| said by Joe12345678  :at the same price is better to have it at home and be able to add a bigger disk to it as well. Except you don't have to worry about it breaking, and you can access the recorded shows on any TV in the home.
160GB, IMO is plenty. |
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TKJunkMail
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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said by Joe12345678 :at the same price is better to have it at home and be able to add a bigger disk to it as well. If offered at same price, I can't see any incentive for customers to switch from their local DVR to a remote DVR service that is inherently less responsive to remote control actions. And if a node gets overloaded, you may not even be able to watch your recorded show when you want to.
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Lee GWB
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Allendale, NJ | Yes, I t would be interesting to see if any "latency" issues or the like pop up. Still interesting none the less.
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SLD
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join:2002-04-17 | reply to Rob
My media center fills with over 200GB pretty easily, and that is with only 5 or 6 shows, many is SD. |
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TKJunkMail
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said by Lee GWB :Yes, I t would be interesting to see if any "latency" issues or the like pop up. Still interesting none the less. Lee The latency should be very similar if not identical to that you see with VOD services. It takes a second or two for a fast forward or reverse to start after pressing the remote button. Same thing with a pause and restart. Also there is no 30 sec skip available like with the local DVR to quickly go thru commercials.
In fact that brings up a possible issue - will they let you FF thru commercials or not?
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
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said by Joe12345678 :at the same price is better to have it at home and be able to add a bigger disk to it as well. Only if you are using your own box such as a Tivo. Otherwise, CV owns the box and you cannot hack it to add more disk space. |
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Frank
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join:2000-11-03
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said by Rob :said by Joe12345678 :at the same price is better to have it at home and be able to add a bigger disk to it as well. Except you don't have to worry about it breaking, and you can access the recorded shows on any TV in the home. 160GB, IMO is plenty. not for hd it's not...
when I had cablevision I attached a 500gb drive to my dvr in addition to the 120 or 160gb hd that came with it. Right now I'm on fios and i'm actually contemplating buying a tivo because I keep having to delete stuff everyday due to lack of space and those bastages at verizon wont activate the sata port to enable additional hd space to be used.
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xirian
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join:2003-01-26
Beacon, NY | reply to n2jtx
you can add more space with an external via the esata port. |
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dan991199
join:2007-10-01
St Catharines, ON | reply to SLD
my popcorn hour has a 1tb drive in it for a reason |
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wispalord
join:2007-09-20
House Springs, MO
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this will kick ass if you can watch a show at another house, like at a friends via password or something...  so i can dvr a movie and watch it later at my gf house for example. |
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