[opendtv] Re: LG LST-3410A PVR
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:54:40 -0500
Silvio Macedo wrote:
> I'm involved in one situation where the STB will be
> trivial, but enough to allow networked PVR - that is,
> PVR functionality is in the network servers of the
> provider, commanded by a simple and cheap STB. For
> the user, he feels like he actually has a PVR at home.
The biggest "advantage" of that solution goes to the
service provider, who now has you locked into its own
system.
> Think of all the advantages: better control of rights,
> more and better services, possibly much easier to
> operate for the user, failsafe recording, lower
> initial investment, easier upgrades, personalization,
> more diverse and easier evolution of business models...
Hard to beat the ease of operation of a VCR/DVDR/PVR,
but of course, what you say may be true, depending on
your perspective.
Take the case of the PC. Wouldn't it make a lot more
sense for Microsoft to set up a distributed network of
mainframes, and have people log onto these mainframes
from dumb terminals? All the advantages you list for
the in-network recording device applies equally to
Microsoft.
Upgrades are now up to them, the applications you are
allowed to run is in their control, initial investment
for each subscriber is low (but of course Microsoft isn't
doing this as a favor to us), and so forth.
By the way, I noticed a Toshiba PVR that somehow
depends on the tuner from the Toshiba DTV set. The PVR
itself is cheap, and it only works with Toshiba DTVs.
I saw it in a B&H catalogue. Same sort of enforced
dependency.
Bert
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