 GlobalMindDomino Dude, POWER Systems GuyPremium
join:2001-10-29
Hollywood, FL | Not sure if I care Interesting I've seen several class action notices come my way recently. Most of them amount to being entitled to $20 or some such thing.
Really not worth my time.
Having said that though, it's annoying to pay Comcast for the rental, especially with how they stack fees on HD boxes. However, given their apparent distaste for supporting CableCards (and the relative lack of any enforcement in that area), having the Comcast supplied box seems the most appropriate from a support standpoint.
If the thing goes TU, I get a new one, no other cost involved. Can't say that about my TiVo.
I can also see where with all the older boxes that would appear on the market, there would be a vast disparity of what boxes support what over the long term. Sounds like a systems nightmare. And you bet Comcast et al would throw up their hands and say "oh well, too bad for you" and I can't say I blame them for that.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| Standards, man, standards. Let's call a standard DVROI (Digital Video Recorder Open Initiative)
DVROI-SD - Records SD content
DVROI-HD720 - Records HD at 720p
DVROI-HD1080i - Records HD at 1080i
DVROI-HD1080p - Records HD at 1080p
DVROI-OD - Does on-demand
Just have an easy way of describing standards and you're good. I think most of the public knows about WiFi now, and they know that WiFi N is better than WiFi G etc. |
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GlobalMindDomino Dude, POWER Systems GuyPremium
join:2001-10-29
Hollywood, FL | said by iansltx:Standards, man, standards. Let's call a standard DVROI (Digital Video Recorder Open Initiative) DVROI-SD - Records SD content DVROI-HD720 - Records HD at 720p DVROI-HD1080i - Records HD at 1080i DVROI-HD1080p - Records HD at 1080p DVROI-OD - Does on-demand Just have an easy way of describing standards and you're good. I think most of the public knows about WiFi now, and they know that WiFi N is better than WiFi G etc. Which is all fine & good in theory...now let's see it implemented. 
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TheGlobalMind.com / Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go? / Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. - Ralph Waldo Emerson / Free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Don't lose faith Just make it an IEEE standard like WiFi, Ethernet etc. and see what goes...we have standards for codecs (MPEG-2, MPEG-4) etc. so why not have a standard for STBs? |
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*Pulls out sock puppets
"I'm Comcast - I have deal with MOTO to sell box - I HAPPY"
"I'm consumer, I want box for kid's room + extra for guest room, where 2 buy?"
"I'm companyX, I have DVR, you buy?"
Comcast goes "NOMNOMNOM" on companyX and consumer.
Standards are good, but hard to get. I like yours, easy to understand. Then again, aren't consumers supposed to be dumb like most companies want them to be? They certainly can't learn can they? |
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