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That would be a good option. That box is used parts of Boston but not many other places. Too bad.
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The tech support guy from my cable company said that the model DVR I have has a port for a SATA hard drive. Their was supposedly a new firmware upgrade that was released (or should be released) that allows you to plug in an external drive for increased capacity. He said that they don't support that feature through tech support, so they couldn't help you get it going.
Perhaps some internet research is in order... I have a motorolla DCT3416 HD DVR box. If I can just add an external drive that would be great.
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Yup, will do. I preliminary search turned up a couple of message board posts on various sites but nothing too promising yet. I didn't have much time to search around so will look more today.
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If anything, the downfall of Tivo and other similar products will be TV on Demand. Watch what you want, when you want, recorded or not.
This will depend on pay structures that are devised though. If providers begin charging by content (individual shows watched) verses subscriptions, it may change how much people decide they truly need to watch. This model is not good for advertisers without a yet uninvented cost recovery restructuring so therefore it is not good for networks, and so perhaps unlikely.
Currently, in Canada, the networks are at war, literally, with the cable companies. Cable wants to start charging extra money for the formerly free public stations. Of course, they don't intend to pay the public networks in turn so the public networks are advertising slogans like "Don't let cable companies make you pay twice!".
It will be interesting to see what the CRTC decides. Oh, and let's not forget the new proposed TV tax. Another uproar.
And they wonder why people are turning to the Internet to download free programming?
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But broadcasting will be here for quite awhile. Here in the U.S., the NTSC will accept inferior standards to ensure that the new broadcasts are backwards-compatible, because of concern that citizens have their freedom of hearing speech.
On-demand downloads will, of course, keep becoming more popular, but as long as I own the TiVo anyway, I should still be able to time-shift for an awfully long time to come.
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Like I did with Tuesdays posts.
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That's what I need... a TiVo for forums....
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If anything, the downfall of Tivo and other similar products will be TV on Demand. Watch what you want, when you want, recorded or not.
This will depend on pay structures that are devised though. If providers begin charging by content (individual shows watched) verses subscriptions, it may change how much people decide they truly need to watch. This model is not good for advertisers without a yet uninvented cost recovery restructuring so therefore it is not good for networks, and so perhaps unlikely.
Currently, in Canada, the networks are at war, literally, with the cable companies. Cable wants to start charging extra money for the formerly free public stations. Of course, they don't intend to pay the public networks in turn so the public networks are advertising slogans like "Don't let cable companies make you pay twice!".
It will be interesting to see what the CRTC decides. Oh, and let's not forget the new proposed TV tax. Another uproar.
And they wonder why people are turning to the Internet to download free programming? Agreed and it's available already, online w/ services like Hulu, though I don't think Canada can use it. Hulu is quite good, though it's not exactly HD. But the average person doesn't really care.
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Oldskool: I haven't seen you sign onto the Playstation network in some time.. do you still use your ps3?
Haven't been on in a while. I was actually using it for a while over the summber but mostly to watch my Netflix BR discs. I may get more play time if I decide to get Batman. I'm also considering DJ Hero, since I like many of the tracks. My problem is that I have GH on Wii, so I can't decide which platform to target w/ DJ Hero. I'm leaning towards PS3, mostly for sound quality.
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