[opendtv] Re: An inspired rant about the astonishingly loathsome Comcast DVR
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:01:41 -0500
Albert Manfredi wrote:
> Lesson 3: even if you can't resist paying someone a monthly ransom for
> your time-shift recording, the new HD TiVo PVRs have an integral ATSC
> tuner. TPV did not complain about its performance, so I assume it's
decent.
>
It may have changed now but the last I heard you would be paying for 2
cable card fees plus a guide subscription fee for the real Tivo. And
that is a higher monthly fee than just renting the Comcast box, which
worked well for me until they decided I needed a higher priced bundle in
order to keep it. Then I just went the all computer route.
- Tom
flyback1 wrote:
http://battellemedia.com/archives/003055.php
Not only don't they not work well [egad, a triple negtive!],
they also burn out their power supplys quite regularly.
Lesson 1: don't become impregrnated by local monopolies for HD
programming. There's no reason for that.
Lesson 2: don't become imrgenated by local monopolies for time-shift
recording. There's no reason for that either.
Lesson 3: even if you can't resist paying someone a monthly ransom for
your time-shift recording, the new HD TiVo PVRs have an integral ATSC
tuner. TPV did not complain about its performance, so I assume it's decent.
I'm sorry, but it's hard to listen to cries of rape after consentual sex.
Bert
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