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Re: How can you patent something you did not invent??? 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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It's wierdo, not weirdo. Yes, I know that's not the 'proper' spelling of the similar english language word.  |
