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Re: How can you patent something you did not invent??? said by r81984: Replay TVs version worked without a subscription fee meaning their technology was much better than Tivo's. If by that you mean "ReplayTV cost a lot more up front because the cost of the subscription was built into the price of the box," you are correct.
And if I might ask, what software were people using to record TV to their PC in 1998 that had trick play features? I first got a PCI TV tuner that had software to record in about 2000.
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| said by wierdo:said by r81984: Replay TVs version worked without a subscription fee meaning their technology was much better than Tivo's. If by that you mean "ReplayTV cost a lot more up front because the cost of the subscription was built into the price of the box," you are correct. It is a DVR there is no reason for a subscription.
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| said by r81984:It is a DVR there is no reason for a subscription. Tell that to TiVo, Replay, the cable companies, and the satellite companies. The guide data doesn't magically appear, you know.
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1 edit | said by r81984:It does on my Media Center PC. And someone is paying for the data itself and the cost of distributing it to you. That Microsoft or whoever hides that cost from you does not make it nonexistent, only hidden from view. I don't know what they charge for Media Center, so they could be building it into the price of the OS for all I know.
(Somehow I expect a TiVo HD+Lifetime would have been cheaper, anyhow)
Neyland, they offer the ability because people want to occasionally do so (and the folks who use it solely for trick play on sporting events want to view live), but the device is designed to primarily be used for watching time-shifted content.
There are a lot of things I disagree with TiVo on (no free space indicator, for one!), but they adamantly stick to their idea of how the device should be used and develop for that. Much like Apple in that respect, actually.
Edited to correct punctuation error
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